Notifications are incoming messages to an android application from a server or within the application. It will be shown in the notification bar even if the app is not open. Here in this tutorial i will explain you how to create direct reply notifications. Direct Reply Capability Of Notifications Direct Reply is one of the […]
How To Screen Capture Programmatically In Android
In this article i will explain about taking the screenshot of the current screen with few lines of codes. It is a very handy and useful code if you play with screenshots of your app. It converts the view to a bitmap and save it in device storage for future use. I will write two […]
4 Ways To Reduce APK Size
APK, Android Application Package, is in a zip file format. The Java/Kotlin/C++ code, and resources we are using in our android application are compiled and compressed into APK file. When a user installs an application from the Google Play store, it downloads its APK file and stores it in the data folder which is created […]
Using Custom Fonts In Android Application Development
Using of custom fonts in android application development is not yet welcomed and we know fonts are major factor in defining the look and feel of User Interface. Android in the beginning was not giving any option to add custom fonts and it only shows the default font .i.e, the same font of the device. […]
Open Camera Instance Asynchronously
Is it possible for opening camera asynchronously? i would say “yes”. By Asynchronous task we can open camera in a separate thread. Opening camera is an expensive task for every android application. The speed of camera opening depends on the hardware capacity and present memory resource availability. Device with good hardware opens camera quickly. While […]
Create Triangle Shape Using XML In Android
Here in this article lets how to create a triangle shape using XML shape. No images needed for this method. With few lines of code we can create a triangle shape with desired color. Shape class only allows for creating rectangular and circular shapes. But with trick we can create triangle. It is very useful […]
Web Vs Native Vs Hybrid Mobile Development: A Comparison
When you are new to Mobile Application Development or you start a new project the first thought will be about the type of development i.e, Web vs Native vs Hybrid. You might have also heard that some has edge over others. But how do you know which is best for your need? I am a […]
How To Add Library Project In Android Studio
This tutorial will teach you an alternative way to add library project to your android project without using built-in user interface of Android Studio. Maybe this is an older way to do but in certain cases it is still relevant. Now many developers are migrating to gradle based build automation system and new open source libraries are […]
Create Splash Screen In Android
What Is A Splash Screen? Splash screen is the initial screen when user opens the app. It basically contains branding items like logo, slogan and company name etc. It also known as the boot screen. If you want to execute a long task and get the result to show as the content of the next […]
Create your first android app – Hello Android! using Android Studio
Here i am going to split entire process of Hello Android application creation into 5 steps. Which are as follows, Step 1: Create a new project Step 2: Create an activity Step 3: Create a layout for the activity Step 4: Add activity to AndroidManifest.xml Step 5: Build & Run Create a new project Here […]
How To Get Screen Dimensions Programmatically In Android
Get Screen Dimensions Programmatically In Android In Pixels The following source code shows how to get dimensions or screen sizes of the Android device your application is running on: Create an activity class called MainActivity.java and write the following code into onCreate method In dp unit
Android How To Create Rectangle Shape Drawable Using XML
This tutorial will explain you about creating rectangle shape drawable as resource. It is extremely easy and consumes less APK size when you compare it with image drawables (JPG, PNG etc) that is being bundled with APK. I recommend you to replace all these kind of simple shapes with corresponding shape drawables for saving APK […]
How To Create Circle Shape Using XML In Android
Android allows us to create shapes using shape drawable. The basic shapes supported in shape drawables are Line, Oval, Rectangle and Ring. This tutorial focuses on how to create circle shape. The drawable created using android shapes are scalable and highly maintainable compared to pre graphics bundled with APK. Here we use Oval. If you […]
How To Disable Back Press In Android
I think you know the architecture of application where activities are being added like stack i.e, LIFO (Last In First Out). Backpress will pop last activity from the memory stack and you are able to view previous activity. In Android we can make changes to this default behavior of an android activity by either overriding […]
How to play mp3 file programmatically
There are some cases where you need to play play mp3 file. Here it is achieving with the help of MediaPlayer Class. Here are the steps Step 1: Create asset folder under java directory Step 2: Save your mp3 file in asset Step 3: write the following code in your activity class
