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android:layout_gravity android:layout_gravity is used to set the position of an element in its parent (e.g. a child View inside a Layout). Supported by LinearLayout and FrameLayout android:gravity android:gravity is used to set the position of content inside an element (e.g. a text insid...

GridLayout, as the name suggests is a layout used to arrange Views in a grid. A GridLayout divides itself into columns and rows. As you can see in the example below, the amount of columns and/or rows is specified by the properties columnCount and rowCount. Adding Views to this layout will add the fi...

Product flavors are defined in the build.gradle file inside the android { ... } block as seen below. ... android { ... productFlavors { free { applicationId "com.example.app.free" versionName "1.0-free" } paid { ...

Dependencies can be added for a specific product flavor, similar to how they can be added for specific build configurations. For this example, assume that we have already defined two product flavors called free and paid (more on defining flavors here). We can then add the AdMob dependency for the ...

Resources can be added for a specific product flavor. For this example, assume that we have already defined two product flavors called free and paid. In order to add product flavor-specific resources, we create additional resource folders alongside the main/res folder, which we can then add resourc...

Basic cases int[] numbers1 = new int[3]; // Array for 3 int values, default value is 0 int[] numbers2 = { 1, 2, 3 }; // Array literal of 3 int values int[] numbers3 = new int[] { 1, 2, 3 }; // Array of 3 int values initialized int[][] numbers4 = { { 1, 2...

A Java class can implement multiple interfaces. public interface NoiseMaker { String noise = "Making Noise"; // interface variables are public static final by default String makeNoise(); //interface methods are public abstract by default } public interface FoodEater { ...

This example illustrates sending a String with value as "Some data!" from OriginActivity to DestinationActivity. NOTE: This is the most straightforward way of sending data between two activities. See the example on using the starter pattern for a more robust implementation. OriginActivit...

An interface can extend another interface via the extends keyword. public interface BasicResourceService { Resource getResource(); } public interface ExtendedResourceService extends BasicResourceService { void updateResource(Resource resource); } Now a class implementing ExtendedR...

Examples of using Default Methods introduced in Java 8 in Map interface Using getOrDefault Returns the value mapped to the key, or if the key is not present, returns the default value Map<Integer, String> map = new HashMap<>(); map.put(1, "First element"); map.get(1); ...

Create the JSONObject using the empty constructor and add fields using the put() method, which is overloaded so that it can be used with different types: try { // Create a new instance of a JSONObject final JSONObject object = new JSONObject(); // With put you can add a name/va...

Android logs can be filtered directly from the UI. Using this code public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity { private final static String TAG1 = MainActivity.class.getSimpleName(); private final static String TAG2 = MainActivity.class.getCanonicalName(); @Override p...

Custom filters can be set and save from the UI. In the AndroidMonitor tab, click on the right dropdown (must contains Show only selected application or No filters) and select Edit filter configuration. Enter the filter you want And use it (you can selected it from the same dropdown) Important...

Two methods in java.util.Collection create an array from a collection: Object[] toArray() <T> T[] toArray(T[] a) Object[] toArray() can be used as follows: Java SE 5 Set<String> set = new HashSet<String>(); set.add("red"); set.add("blue"); ...

Methods can also have generic type parameters. public class Example { // The type parameter T is scoped to the method // and is independent of type parameters of other methods. public <T> List<T> makeList(T t1, T t2) { List<T> result = new ArrayList<T&...

When we create a button in layout, we can use the android:onClick attribute to reference a method in code to handle clicks. Button <Button android:width="120dp" android:height="wrap_content" android:text="Click me" android:onClick="handleCl...

Java SE 5 Since Java 1.5 you can get a String representation of the contents of the specified array without iterating over its every element. Just use Arrays.toString(Object[]) or Arrays.deepToString(Object[]) for multidimentional arrays: int[] arr = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}; System.out.println(Arrays.toS...

Java 7 introduced the very useful Files class Java SE 7 import java.nio.file.Files; import java.nio.file.Paths; import java.nio.file.Path; Path path = Paths.get("path/to/file"); try { byte[] data = Files.readAllBytes(path); } catch(IOException e) { e.printStackTrace();...

When we create any View in layout, we can use the android:onClick attribute to reference a method in the associated activity or fragment to handle the click events. XML Layout <Button android:id="@+id/button" ... // onClick should reference the method in your activity or fra...

Strings can be internationalised by defining a different strings.xml for each language you support. You add a new language by creating a new values directory with the ISO language code as a suffix. For example, when adding a German set your structure might look like follows: When the system look...