Android Studio Tip #2 – Extract Instance Variable
You might need to “convert” a local variable into an instance variable. Well, you can do this very easy with Android Studio. So, in order to extract an instance variable…
Month: January 2015
Android Studio Tip #1 – Extract Constants
If you have hardcoded strings that should be extracted into constants, you can do that in at least 2 ways: the hard way the EASY way The hard way is…
Android Quiz
Android Quiz 2017-02-22 Name What is the main difference between FlexboxLayout and LinearLayout? There is no such thing as FlexboxLayout in Android. It is a CSS layout. The significant difference…
Load localized strings at runtime
Here is a possible solution if you want to load localized text resources on a TextView in Android. Problem: You may need to extend your app flexibility to be able…
How to unzip Gzipped InputStream
If you are working with HttpURLConnection on Android then you might encounter strange InputStream outputs like when you have a strange character encoding even though on the server side everything…
Print Android signing key SHA in code
If you ever want to get the Android SHA (1/256), MD5 or the signing key used to sign your app for example you can use the following snippet. Important! Be…
Make Genymotion point to localhost
I had a lot of fights with this and I think it’s better to write down the solution so I won’t waste my time looking again on google/stackoverflow for it.…
Android Floating Action Button (FAB) Tutorial
TUTORIAL DEPRECATED Use this tutorial instead: Floating Action Button New In this tutorial I will show you how to add a Floating Action Button aka FAB, for pre Lollipop versions and…
