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A GitHub Integration with Android Studio

Sagar Rao — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 17:44:13 +0000

Overview This blog will help you in integrating the Github with the Android Studio IDE and also covers the whole process into very simple steps and understandable figures can make the beginners experience the things very easy. Prerequisites I Recommend you to refer my previous blog “An intro to Git and Git for beginners” to […]

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An Intro to Git and GitHub for Beginners – Part 01

Sagar Rao — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 10:31:24 +0000

History behind the Github ⦁ File System Handled Before Centralized System ⦁ Centralized System ⦁ Distributed System ⦁ Differences between Centralized and Distributed System File System Handled before – Centralized System ⦁ In the era of 20th Century, there was a big concern with the record management. ⦁ physically separate file collection can create extra […]

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Android Custom Content Provider with Example

AcadGild — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 08:41:43 +0000

Introduction: ContentProvider is one of the pillars of Android. It is a component which i)- hides database details (database name, table name, column info. etc.) ii)- allows the application to share data among multiple applications. Steps to create ContentProvider: i)- Create ContentProvider subclass (android.ContentProvider). ii)- Register ContentProvider in AndroidManifest.xml file using provider element. (<provider>). To […]

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Introduction to Serializable & Parcelable

AcadGild — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 01:53:11 +0000

Introduction: Serializable and Parcelable are two interfaces, where Serializable is a standard java interface and Parcelable is an Android-specific interface. Serializable interface implemented by “java.io.Serializable” and Parcelable interface by “android.os.Parcelable”. In Android, if we want to pass the objects to activities then there is a need to implement the Serializable or Parcelable interface. Serializable interface […]

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Introduction to Android SqLite

AcadGild — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 18:20:09 +0000

Introduction: Android SQlite is an open source database which comes with Android OS. It is a lightweight database as it requires limited memory at runtime. SQlite is different from other databases. It supports relational database features. It is used to store the user data. We can perform many operations in SQlite database like Create, Read, […]

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Introduction to Fragments in Android

AcadGild — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 18:16:16 +0000

Introduction: Fragment is a small part of Activity. It split the Activity into Sub Activity called Fragment that fits into an Activity. This feature was first time introduced in Android 3.0 HoneyComb (API level 11). There is no need to add any permissions inside a manifest file to create the Fragment in your application. It […]

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Sliding TabLayout Example in Android

AcadGild — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 18:13:05 +0000

Introduction: This feature comes with Android design support library. Android Sliding Tab Layout shows a custom view pager, tab strip which provides us a continuity in the layout when scrolling. Real Time Example: YouTube application uses the functionality of Sliding Tab Layout. We can see this while sliding it. Classes & Methods: There is a […]

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How to Create Splash Screen in Android

AcadGild — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 07:56:32 +0000

Introduction A Splash screen is a graphical control element consisting of a window containing an image, a logo and the current version of the software. A splash screen usually appears while a game or program is launching. @source wiki The splash screen is an activity that will show for a specific time mentioned when your app is starting and after […]

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JSON vs XML

AcadGild — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 07:08:17 +0000

In Web Application Development, we use different types of formats for accessing a data over the web. Today, we will compare two different formats JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) and XML (Extensible Markup Language). Both have their particular usage for to & fro data passing. JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) – A model of efficiency A Lightweight […]

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Introduction of RecyclerView in Android

AcadGild — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 03:48:18 +0000

Introduction: Recycler View is a new widget of Android i.e. “android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView”. Recycler View is an advanced form of ListView and GridView. It works like a ListView but it is more flexible and advance with the large data set. By using LayoutManager class in RecyclerView we can show the items in horizontally and vertically scrolling list. […]

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