What is LiveData? LiveData is part of Android Architecture Components released by Google. It is an Observable(it follows observer pattern) class that holds data of type that you specify. If you have worked with RxJava, it is similar to an Read more…
What is Lifecycle and why should I care? Lifecycle is a part of many Architecture Components released by Google to make the life of Android devs a whole lot easier. Lifecycle provides a set of classes and interfaces that let Read more…
Pre requisite of this tutorial is that you must have knowledge of databases and basic CRUD operations with them. Knowledge of SQLite in Android is recommended but not necessary. This tutorial will get you started with Room in Android by teaching you all the CRUD Read more…
Have you noticed how some android applications move the content inward when you open the navigation drawer? Isn’t that a cool effect! In this tutorial I am going to show you exactly how you can achieve the same. Below is Read more…
Bottom Sheet is a really nice way to create improved UI and UX designs. They are used by almost all big applications out there, be it Uber, Google Maps, Google Docs and almost any other Google application. Android comes with Read more…
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…