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// Create a new instance of a JSONArray JSONArray array = new JSONArray(); // With put() you can add a value to the array. array.put("ASDF"); array.put("QWERTY"); // Create a new instance of a JSONObject JSONObject obj = new JSONObject(); try { // Add the JSONAr...

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...

First example reimplemented in Kotlin and using RxJava for cleaner interaction. import android.view.LayoutInflater import android.view.View import android.view.ViewGroup import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView import rx.subjects.PublishSubject public class SampleAdapter(private val ite...

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 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...

Strings are typically stored in the resource file strings.xml. They are defined using a <string> XML element. The purpose of strings.xml is to allow internationalisation. You can define a strings.xml for each language iso code. Thus when the system looks for the string 'app_name' it first che...

In order to define a string array write in a resources file res/values/filename.xml <string-array name="string_array_name"> <item>text_string</item> <item>@string/string_id</item> </string-array> for example res/values/arrays.xml <?x...

Dimensions are typically stored in a resource file names dimens.xml. They are defined using a <dimen> element. res/values/dimens.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources> <dimen name="small_padding">5dp</dimen> &l...

Integers are typically stored in a resource file named integers.xml, but the file name can be chosen arbitrarily. Each integer is defined by using an <integer> element, as shown in the following file: res/values/integers.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> &...

In order to define an integer array write in a resources file res/values/filename.xml <integer-array name="integer_array_name"> <item>integer_value</item> <item>@integer/integer_id</item> </integer-array> for example res/values/arrays.xm...

Gradle (Module:app) Configuration android { .... dataBinding { enabled = true } } Data model public class Item { public String name; public String description; public Item(String name, String description) { this.name = name; this.descr...

If your model has private methods, the databinding library still allows you to access them in your view without using the full name of the method. Data model public class Item { private String name; public String getName() { return name; } } Layout XML <?xml versi...

Data model public class Item { private String name; public String getName() { return name; } } Layout XML You must import referenced classes, just as you would in Java. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <layout xmlns:android="h...

From the documentation: The exception that is thrown when an application attempts to perform a networking operation on its main thread. This is only thrown for applications targeting the Honeycomb SDK or higher. Applications targeting earlier SDK versions are allowed to do networking on their ma...

/** * Interface with default method */ public interface Printable { default void printString() { System.out.println( "default implementation" ); } } /** * Class which falls back to default implementation of {@link #printString()} */ public class WithDefault...