Android

Android GridLayoutManager is the RecyclerView.LayoutManager implementation to lay out items in a grid. In this tutorial, we'll create an application that displays [CardViews](/community/tutorials/android-recyclerview-android-cardview-example-tutorial) inside a RecyclerView in the form of a GridLayout. Also, we'll implement an interface that makes RecyclerView item click similar to a [ListView](/community/tutorials/android-listview-example-tutorial) itemClickListener. Android GridLayoutManager We've implemented a RecyclerView using a […]

Custom progress bar in android application gives it a personal touch. In this tutorial, we'll create a custom progress bar by implementing a spinning logo icon in our application. Most of the time, we end up using a [ProgressBar](/community/tutorials/android-progressbar-example) as the loading icon while the data gets loaded. Going by the current trend, apps like […]

In this tutorial, we'll be discussing and using the Android DayNight theme in our application. If you have an app with reading materials then having night mode is helpful for ease of eyes. Android DayNight Theme Android released a new theme: Theme.AppCompat.DayNight with the support library 23.2.0. Thanks to this theme, we can now toggle […]

Today we'll discuss and implement Android BroadcastReceiver that is a very important component of Android Framework. Android BroadcastReceiver Android BroadcastReceiver is a dormant component of android that listens to system-wide broadcast events or [intents](/community/tutorials/android-studio-tutorial-hello-world-app). When any of these events occur it brings the application into action by either creating a status bar notification or performing […]

Today we will look into android internal storage. Android offers a few structured ways to store data. These include [Shared Preferences](/community/tutorials/android-shared-preferences-example-tutorial) Internal Storage [External Storage](/community/tutorials/android-external-storage-read-write-save-file) [SQLite Storage](/community/tutorials/android-sqlite-database-example-tutorial) Storage via Network Connection(on cloud) In this tutorial we are going to look into the saving and reading data into files using Android Internal Storage. Android Internal Storage […]

Material Design 2.0 is out and we can't wait to get our hands on Dialogs. In this tutorial, we'll be customizing Dialogs using Material Theme in our Android Application. Material Components – Dialogs Alert Dialogs are a vital part of applications. Typically used to bring user's attention to something important. Thanks to Material Design 2.0, […]

In this tutorial, we'll be discussing the Smart Lock feature and implement it in our Android Application. Google Smart Lock Smart Lock is used to automatically sign into your application by saving the credentials once and for all. That means that if you reinstall your application after a while, you can automatically sign in with […]

Up until now we've displayed same type of Views within a [RecyclerView](/community/tutorials/android-recyclerview-android-cardview-example-tutorial). In this tutorial, we'll implement heterogeneous layouts inside a RecyclerView. RecyclerView RecyclerView with heterogeneous layouts is commonly used in to display section headers and details(Both require different layouts, hence different view type). Also, it's used in a Newsfeed Application(like Facebook, Instagram) that display […]

In this tutorial we'll be implementing a ViewPager under the TabLayout that we'd already implemented in [this](/community/tutorials/android-tablayout-appbarlayout) tutorial. Android TabLayout ViewPager Overview ViewPagers are used to swipe through pages of data. It's generally used in conjunction with fragments. Let's modify our layout from the previous tutorial as below. activity_main.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="https://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:app="https://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" […]