Android

Google Places API can be used to find nearby places. In this tutorial, we'll be developing an application that displays the nearby places of our choice along with the approximate distance and time from our current location. We'll be using the Google Places API Web Service with Distance Matrix API in the application. Google Places […]

In this tutorial we'll implement a Navigation Drawer in our android application. Android navigation drawer is a sliding menu and it's an important UI component. You will see navigation drawer in most of the android applications, it's like navigation menu bars in the websites. Android Navigation Drawer Android Navigation Drawer is a sliding left menu […]

In this tutorial, we'll discuss the intricacies of android ConstraintLayout. Google had introduced android constraint layout editor at Google I/O Conference 2016. The new Layout Editor has a set of powerful tools to allow developers to create flat-ui hierarchies for their complex layouts. Android ConstraintLayout To use android ConstraintLayout, make sure you're using the latest […]

URL: https://www.progressiverobot.com/increase-gradle-build-speed/ In this tutorial we'll look at things that can be done with the Gradle build to speed up the build time. Speed up your Android Gradle Build As our Android Studio project size increases, the gradle build performance becomes critical. The gradle speed for even the simplest project is pretty slow. Though every […]

URL: https://www.progressiverobot.com/qr-code-barcode-scanner-android/ QR Code scanner or Barcode scanner for android features are present in many apps to read some useful data. In this tutorial, we'll be discussing and implementing the Barcode API present in the Google Mobile Vision API. To know the implementation of Face Detection using the Vision API refer [here](/community/tutorials/android-face-detection). Barcode Scanner for […]

Android Date Time picker are used a lot in android apps. In this tutorial we'll demonstrate the use of a Date Picker and Timer Picker Dialog in our android application. These components are used to select date and time in a customised user interface. We will use DatePickerDialog and TimePickerDialog classes with Calendar class in […]

Up until now we've used android CoordinatorLayout in plenty of our tutorials. Yet we haven't gone into it's details. In this tutorial we'll discuss and customise the CoordinatorLayout in android app. Android CoordinatorLayout Android CoordinatorLayout is a super-powered [FrameLayout](/community/tutorials/android-framelayout-absolutelayout-example-tutorial). It has a lot more to offer than it seems. It has additional level of control […]

Android external storage can be used to write and save data, read configuration files etc. This article is continuation of the [Android Internal Storage](/community/tutorials/android-internal-storage-example-tutorial) tutorial in the series of tutorials on structured data storage in android. Android External Storage External storage such as SD card can also store application data, there's no security enforced upon […]

Today we will learn about Android Toggle Button and Switch in android app. We'll discuss and implement Switch button Widget and the ToggleButton widget in our application. Android Toggle Button Android Toggle Button is used to display on and off state on a button. Switch is another type of toggle button that's predominantly used since […]