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Colors are usually stored in a resource file named colors.xml in the /res/values/ folder. They are defined by <color> elements: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources> <color name="colorPrimary">#3F51B5</color> <c...

Java's Reflection API allows the programmer to perform various checks and operations on class fields, methods and annotations during runtime. However, in order for an annotation to be at all visible at runtime, the RetentionPolicy must be changed to RUNTIME, as demonstrated in the example below: @i...

First of all for a JAX-RS application must be set a base URI from which all the resources will be available. For that purpose the javax.ws.rs.core.Application class must be extended and annotated with the javax.ws.rs.ApplicationPath annotation. The annotation accepts a string argument which defines...

Calendar objects can be created by using getInstance() or by using the constructor GregorianCalendar. It's important to notice that months in Calendar are zero based, which means that JANUARY is represented by an int value 0. In order to provide a better code, always use Calendar constants, such as...

add() and roll() can be used to increase/decrease Calendar fields. Calendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar(2016, Calendar.MARCH, 31); // 31 March 2016 The add() method affects all fields, and behaves effectively if one were to add or subtract actual dates from the calendar calendar.add(Calend...

When desired XML format differs from Java object model, an XmlAdapter implementation can be used to transform model object into xml-format object and vice versa. This example demonstrates how to put a field's value into an attribute of an element with field's name. public class XmlAdapterExample { ...

"External" Storage is another type of storage that we can use to save files to the user's device. It has some key differences from "Internal" Storage, namely: It is not always available. In the case of a removable medium (SD card), the user can simply remove the storage. It i...

The getClass() method can be used to find the runtime class type of an object. See the example below: public class User { private long userID; private String name; public User(long userID, String name) { this.userID = userID; this.name = name; } } pu...

// Obtain an instance of JavaScript engine ScriptEngineManager manager = new ScriptEngineManager(); ScriptEngine engine = manager.getEngineByName("nashorn"); // Define a global variable engine.put("textToPrint", "Data defined in Java."); // Print the global var...

// Obtain an instance of JavaScript engine ScriptEngineManager manager = new ScriptEngineManager(); ScriptEngine engine = manager.getEngineByName("nashorn"); // Execute an hardcoded script try { engine.eval("print('Hello Nashorn!');"); } catch (ScriptException ex) { ...

// Required imports import javax.script.ScriptEngineManager; import javax.script.ScriptEngine; import javax.script.ScriptException; import java.io.FileReader; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; // Obtain an instance of the JavaScript engine ScriptEngineManager manager = new ScriptEngineM...

Static and member methods in Java can be marked as native to indicate that their implementation is to be found in a shared library file. Upon execution of a native method, the JVM looks for a corresponding function in loaded libraries (see Loading native libraries), using a simple name mangling sche...

Calling a Java method from native code is a two-step process : obtain a method pointer with the GetMethodID JNI function, using the method name and descriptor ; call one of the Call*Method functions listed here. Java code /*** com.example.jni.JNIJavaCallback.java ***/ package com.example....

Add the dependency as described in the Remark section, then add a RecyclerView to your layout: <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView android:id="@+id/my_recycler_view" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"/> ...

This Activity code will provide basic functionality for including a Google Map using a SupportMapFragment. The Google Maps V2 API includes an all-new way to load maps. Activities now have to implement the OnMapReadyCallBack interface, which comes with a onMapReady() method override that is execute...

Map Style Google Maps come with a set of different styles to be applied, using this code : // Sets the map type to be "hybrid" map.setMapType(GoogleMap.MAP_TYPE_HYBRID); The different map styles are : Normal map.setMapType(GoogleMap.MAP_TYPE_NORMAL); Typical road map. Roads, s...

The shared remote interface: package remote; import java.rmi.Remote; import java.rmi.RemoteException; public interface RemoteServer extends Remote { int stringToInt(String string) throws RemoteException; } The server implementing the shared remote interface: package server; im...

You should be careful when comparing floating-point values (float or double) using relational operators: ==, !=, < and so on. These operators give results according to the binary representations of the floating point values. For example: public class CompareTest { public static void main...

Classes implementing Iterable<> interface can be used in for loops. This is actually only syntactic sugar for getting an iterator from the object and using it to get all elements sequentially; it makes code clearer, faster to write end less error-prone. public class UsingIterable { pub...

Button button = new Button("I'm here..."); Timeline t = new Timeline( new KeyFrame(Duration.seconds(0), new KeyValue(button.translateXProperty(), 0)), new KeyFrame(Duration.seconds(2), new KeyValue(button.translateXProperty(), 80)) ); t.setAutoReverse(true); t.setCy...