Android Development
When I was searching for a way to set up a proxy on Amazon Fire Tv (Fire OS 6), I found this helpful article: Viewing Secure (SSL/HTTPS) Traffic From Your App on Fire TVs Running Fire OS 6.
But after the third time I opened the control panel and entered an IP address and the port details, I decided to find a more efficient way.
Recently I was struggling with Navigation Component and succeded in solving some of its issues. I am happy to share with you the solutions I’ve found.
GitHub Repo: https://github.com/Pulimet/NavigationComponentSample
Create a project and select the template “Navigation Drawer Activity”. You will get the ToolBar, Drawer and navigation stuff for free as shown in the screenshot.
Now, let’s assume that we got a request to move the drawer under the ToolBar. We need to modify activity_main.xml for that.
Create vertical LinearLayout and make it wrapping DrawerLayout
Open app_bar_main.xml copy AppBarLayout and paste it as a first item in the previously created LinearLayout.
Also from the app_bar_main.xml get the include (content_main) and put it as a first child of DrawerLayout instead of existing include of app_bar_main.xml.
Delete app_bar_main.xml file
In v21\styles.xml – remove the line that makes status bar transparent.
android {
applicationVariants.all { variant ->
variant.outputs.all {
def flavor = variant.productFlavors[0].name
if (flavor == 'prod') { // Open folder for specific flavor
variant.assemble.finalizedBy openFolderWithApk
}
}
}
task openFolderWithApk(type:Exec) {
workingDir '../app/prod/release/' //Update flavor and buildType
commandLine 'cmd', '/c', 'start .' //on windows
}
}
Output result: AppNameProd4.1.2_050718.apk
android {
applicationVariants.all { variant ->
variant.outputs.all {
def flavor = variant.productFlavors[0].name.capitalize()
def version = variant.versionName
def date = new Date()
def formattedDate = date.format('ddMMyy')
outputFileName = "AppName${flavor}${version}_${formattedDate}.apk"
}
}
}
Simple and funny tutorial about dependency injection library Dagger 2.
In other words, manually managing the dependency injection is like, mining the dragon glass — taking permission from the dragon queen and then forging them as weapons and then to go and fight with the White Walkers (hard dependency issues). Dagger 2 framework is like the valyrian swords — it’s been created by masters and all you need is to just wield it.
https://medium.com/@harivigneshjayapalan/dagger-2-for-android-beginners-introduction-be6580cb3edb
Another exercise as a supplementary for a lecture about Notifications, Permissions and broadcast receivers.
Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10xCnKDBKdPNuhw_R4qBaWpFDiZ4pVUVkAqRMyixL2-U
GitHub: https://github.com/Pulimet/PermisssionsBroadcastsNotificationsTutorial
Recently I’ve created an exercise as a supplementary for a lecture about Room.
Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1BQ6KvCnb8l_ETsJg-1nevxQfzErgAUAPI5L4IaKCG4I
GitHub: https://github.com/Pulimet/RoomFirstStepsTutorial
Now (27.0.0 support library) fragment can use support library versions of Transition for fragment transitions, including shared-element transitions.
https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/support-library/revisions.html#27-0-0
Support android.transition classes provide transition API back to android API level 14.
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/transition/package-summary.html
Inspired by: Fragment Tricks (Google I/O ’17).
So let’s start with the build.gradle (support library 27.0.0+) :
implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.0.1' implementation 'com.android.support:design:27.0.1' implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.0.2'
