Like any other software development requirements, Android app development also require a basic infrastructure. Infrastructure in the sense, a computer, internet connectivity and softwares. I will list out each of them in the following sections. Hardware Our requirement is to have a computer with good performance. It does not matter whether it is Desktop or […]
How To Create A Foreground Service In An Android Application (Kotlin)
In this tutorial, we will learn about foreground service and how to create a foreground service in an android application. A foreground service is a service, which works exactly same as a normal service (background service) and the only difference is it has a notification attached to it in the notification tray of the device. […]
Product Flavours In Android Gradle Project
If you are looking for a solution to build different versions of your application with same source code then you have reached at the right place. This article will guide you on how to configure your app using Gradle script for applying different configurations on single codebase of your Android Project. A flexible build system […]
How To Clear Activity Back Stack On Logout
While developing an application with feature logout, we might have come across a problem of session management. Even if we managed to solve the authentication, we have to deal with an another problem that is page history clearing. When each user logouts out from application, we have to clear the history of activities that he […]
Process And Threads In Android
Process is an Operating System’s creation for executing instructions either from operating user or system itself. Any task of OS (Operating System) is executed as a process. Creating a process is one of the main functionalities of an OS. For these reasons, it has been measured as a basic unit of CPU execution. Every task […]
Android Development Infrastructure
In this post i would like to share some information on Android Development Infrastructure. It includes recommended Hardware, Software, Network and external Services are being used by Android developers world wide. This consolidated list of infra details would helps Android Native developers to save their valuable time. Please note, the infra requirements have been given […]
WeakReference to Avoid Memory Leak in Android Application
When you write code for software development, it is very important to understand where and when it is going to be executed. If you know these 2 points well, then only you can build awesome software. In this tutorial our talk is mainly focused on Android App development, You know already Android apps run in […]
Multiple Constructors In Kotlin
In some cases when we need to use a class with different objects as its constructor argument. In such case we have to create multiple constructors. In Kotlin there is a predefined constructor called primary constructor which can either be an empty or with arguments. Primary Constructor or Default Constructor This is normal way in […]
Android Kotlin How To Create And Schedule A Notification
In the this tutorial we will explain how to send a notification using Notification.Builder class. And how to schedule it after a certain interval. Here we show how to schedule the notification after 5 seconds. Scheduling of the notification is achieved by using AlarmManager. By registering a BroadcastReceiver called AlarmReceiver we can subscribe the broadcast […]
Android Kotlin Listen To Internet Connection Using BroadcastReceiver
One of the most common use in mobile application is to perform tasks through internet. There is no guarantee that user has always active internet connection when they operate on our application. So it is safe to know in advance that user has a active internet connection or not. Based on this we can show […]
Android How To Add Tooltip Message Near To A View
Tooltip is a simple popup message tip shown near to a view. It is similar to its web version that shown when you mouse over it. It is helpful for giving special or extra information about a UI element in the page. From API Level 26 Android introduces new property called android:tooltipText through this we […]
Android Create Splash Screen In Kotlin
Here in this tutorial i am going to explain you about creating a splash screen in Kotlin language. A splash screen is the first launching activity of the applications which waits for certain seconds and go to the next page either to login page or home page of the application. Splash screen is common to […]
Android Change Language At Runtime Programmatically
This tutorial will explain you how to change the language locale of your application at runtime or dynamically. The code explained here will show you how to convert text written in English to French language using a Helper class. Step 1: Create Separate string.xml With Translations Please create two String.xml under res folder. that are, […]
Android Location Tracking In Background Service
In this tutorial i’m going to explain about how to track the location of the device using a background service with Google LocationServices API Client and share the location to the Activity using a broadcast receiver. The background service will keep running as long as the application exists in the memory and sticks to the […]
Android Tutorial On Glide V4 Implementation
Glide is a widely popular,fast and memory efficient image loading library for Android. Loading images either from local storage or url is a essential part of Android applications. It is a wise decision to leave the memory optimisation and performance to a more trusted third party library. Here i will explain about the basic implementation […]
