Introduction and Comparison to JAVA In JAVA when you want to create a simple POJO class , you have to do a lot of ceremony, write getter/setter for all properties, write equal, toString and hashCode function. While the verbosity of Read more…
Want to add 360 VR functionality in your android app? It’s very simple, just follow along and your app will have the required functionality in no time! We will use the VrPanoramaView provided by Google in its VR SDK. Steps to add Read more…
With Kotlin you can do much more with functions as compared to JAVA. Lets explore some of the features related to functions offered by Kotlin. If you are completely new to functions in Kotlin, then please read this: Getting Started Read more…
Android has supported setting custom fonts from a long time, but it has always missed out on one feature, setting fonts in xml. It has only allowed using fonts programmatically. Android team has finally resolved this pitfall in Support Library Read more…
While scanning barcode in android is an old topic, some people still struggle to find a easy and reliable solution. So here is a tutorial on scanning as well as generating barcodes in android. We will use two libraries, one Read more…
Whether you are a newbie or a working professional, software design is something that you will have to think about if you want to become a better software developer. There are many parts when designing and writing software, functions is Read more…
Compared to JAVA, Kotlin has a different syntax when writing functions. Lets take a look at an example and then break down every line to understand it.
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//Function Example fun simpleFunction(message: String): Int { println(message) return 10 } |
In kotlin, to define a function you have to use the fun keyword. Read more…
In the previous tutorial we saw how to use control flow statements. In this Kotlin tutorial we will take a look at the different types of looping constructs. If you have ever programmed in a language you will be familiar Read more…
In the previous Kotlin tutorial we saw how to define basic variables using var/val and learned about the basic data types that Kotlin provides. Now we will look at how to implement control flow in the language using if, else and when. Read more…
In the previous tutorial you saw some basic linux commands, now you will see some of the commands that are used to create and manipulate files. Touch The touch command is used to create a file. Just type touch followed by Read more…