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Android Articles
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Screen Pinning
Whether any person plays competitions on the phone, there is a necessary and unknown aspect present within a phone that is called screen pinning. Whether they can be a gamer or they play lots of competitions then this aspect is so valuable to the users. Not for competitions, there are additional features for which this aspect is utilized. This is so helpful for the tool, whether the person is an IT manager viewing to get the user’s business tools rides a solitary application. Screen pinning can be a piece of Android tool that allows only displaying an exact application monitor. ...
Read MoreWhat is the difference between START_STICKY and START_NOT_STICKY while implementing
Introduction Here are some of the steps to implement services in android Create a Service class: The first step is to create a Service class that extends the android.app.Service class. This class will define the behavior of the service. Start the service: You need to call startService() method with an Intent that identifies the service you want to start. You can do this with the help of BroadcastReceiver or Activity. Stop the Service: You need to call stopService() method with an Intent that identifies the Service you want to stop. You can also call the stopSelf() method within the ...
Read MoreDifference between compileSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion
Introduction An SDK (Software Development Kit) provides a set of tools such as libraries, tools and API to the developer for building the application for a specific platform. The SDK Version refers to the version of android platform that an app is built against. Each Version of the Android SDK corresponds to a specific version of the Android operating System. For Example Android 11 has an SDK version of 30, while Android 10 has an SDK version of 29 and so on. When developing an Android app, it's essential to understand the difference between compileSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion. These two terms ...
Read MoreWhat does @hide mean in the Android source code?
What is the meaning of the keyword ? Keywords are the unique words which are present in android source code to add a specific action for a function within an android application. Keywords are already defined with a certain set of actions to it. When we add a keyword in front of any function it will help to specify the action to it. There are different types of keywords used within android source code such as @hide, @findViewByID, public, private, @hide and many more. In this article we will specifically take a look at the @hide keyword within our android ...
Read MoreStrikethrough Text in Android
Introduction In many android applications we can get to see that a text view is being striked through a line on it. We can get to see this type of text view in most of the ecommerce applications where the original price of the product is striked through with the discounted price. In this article we will take a look at adding a Strikethrough on our text view in Android. Implementation We will be creating a simple application in which we will be creating a text view in which we will be displaying the heading of our application. After that ...
Read MoreStackView in Android
Introduction Many times while developing an android application, we have to display a set of data in the form of a stack. For example if we are displaying a bundh of cards within our application we can display those cards in the form of a stack in our android application. In this article we will take a look at using a Stack View within our android application. Implementation We will be creating a simple application in which we will be displaying the stack of numbers from one to five and swiping each down we will be displaying another number. Now ...
Read MoreService vs Intentservice in Android
Introduction Service is a component in Android that runs in the background for performing specific tasks or long running operations without the interaction with the user interface. The main objective of the Service is to ensure that the service remains active in the background and the user can multiple applications at the same time. Here are some of the steps to implement services in android Create a Service class: The first step is to create a Service class that extends the android.app.Service class. This class will define the behavior of the service. Start the service: You need to call ...
Read MoreRunning Google Maps v2 on the Android Emulator
Introduction Many android applications nowadays use Google Maps within it to display the map to the users. For example we use many food delivery applications in which we can get to see our order status along with the location of the delivery boy on Google Maps. In this article we will take a look on How to run Google Maps v2 on the android emulator. Implementation We will be creating a simple application in which we will be displaying a simple Google Map within our application and we will be adding a marker on that map to the Delhi location. ...
Read MoreRealm Database in Android
Introduction There are several databases used in android for storing as well as retrieval of data such as SQLite, Room DB, Realm Database and many more. Realm Database is also one of the famous data storage services which uses SQLite to store the data within our android application. In this article we will take a look at using Realm Database in Android. Implementation We will be creating a simple application in which we will be displaying two text input fields. Users can enter his name and age from that field. Then we will also add a button which we will ...
Read MoreImplementing services in Android?
Introduction In many android applications we can see them perform some background tasks in it such as playing music in the background. Many music applications can play the song when the app is not open and play the music in the background. This task can be done with the help of services in android. In this article we will take a look on How to implement services in Android. Implementation We will be creating a simple application in which we will be displaying a text view for displaying the heading of the application. Then we will be creating two buttons, ...
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