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When a type is defined without a constructor: public class Animal { } then the compiler generates a default constructor equivalent to the following: public class Animal { public Animal() {} } The definition of any constructor for the type will suppress the default constructor genera...

var numbers = new[] {1,2,3,4,5}; var lastNumber = numbers.LastOrDefault(); Console.WriteLine(lastNumber); //5 var lastEvenNumber = numbers.LastOrDefault(n => (n & 1) == 0); Console.WriteLine(lastEvenNumber); //4 var lastNegativeNumber = numbers.LastOrDefault(n => n < 0); Con...

var oneNumber = new[] {5}; var theOnlyNumber = oneNumber.SingleOrDefault(); Console.WriteLine(theOnlyNumber); //5 var numbers = new[] {1,2,3,4,5}; var theOnlyNumberSmallerThanTwo = numbers.SingleOrDefault(n => n < 2); Console.WriteLine(theOnlyNumberSmallerThanTwo); //1 var theOnl...

var numbers = new[] {1,2,3,4,5}; var firstNumber = numbers.FirstOrDefault(); Console.WriteLine(firstNumber); //1 var firstEvenNumber = numbers.FirstOrDefault(n => (n & 1) == 0); Console.WriteLine(firstEvenNumber); //2 var firstNegativeNumber = numbers.FirstOrDefault(n => n < ...

For classes, interfaces, delegate, array, nullable (such as int?) and pointer types, default(TheType) returns null: class MyClass {} Debug.Assert(default(MyClass) == null); Debug.Assert(default(string) == null); For structs and enums, default(TheType) returns the same as new TheType(): struct...

var names = new[] {"Foo","Bar","Fizz","Buzz"}; var thirdName = names.ElementAtOrDefault(2); Console.WriteLine(thirdName); //Fizz var minusOnethName = names.ElementAtOrDefault(-1); Console.WriteLine(minusOnethName); //null var fifthName = names.Eleme...

var numbers = new[] {2,4,6,8,1,3,5,7}; var numbersOrDefault = numbers.DefaultIfEmpty(); Console.WriteLine(numbers.SequenceEqual(numbersOrDefault)); //True var noNumbers = new int[0]; var noNumbersOrDefault = noNumbers.DefaultIfEmpty(); Console.WriteLine(noNumbersOrDefault.Count()); //1 C...

Structs inherit from System.ValueType, are value types, and live on the stack. When value types are passed as a parameter, they are passed by value. Struct MyStruct { public int x; public int y; } Passed by value means that the value of the parameter is copied for the method, and any...

Classes inherit from System.Object, are reference types, and live on the heap. When reference types are passed as a parameter, they are passed by reference. public Class MyClass { public int a; public int b; } Passed by reference means that a reference to the parameter is passed to t...

An enum is a special type of class. The enum keyword tells the compiler that this class inherits from the abstract System.Enum class. Enums are used for distinct lists of items. public enum MyEnum { Monday = 1, Tuesday, Wednesday, //... } You can think of an enum as a conve...

You can use default parameters if you want to provide the option to leave out parameters: static void SaySomething(string what = "ehh") { Console.WriteLine(what); } static void Main() { // prints "hello" SaySomething("hello"); // prints &quot...

All six methods return a single value of the sequence type, and can be called with or without a predicate. Depending on the number of elements that match the predicate or, if no predicate is supplied, the number of elements in the source sequence, they behave as follows: First() Returns the fir...

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 { ...

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); ...

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...

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...