09Jun 2018 by Michael Kelley No Comments

Android: Is It Really Open-Source Software?

Android, apps
Today, more than ever, the opportunities for an app developer are seemingly limitless. At his fingertips, he has the ability to create apps (applications or software) for two major operating systems that run on mobile devices. And why not? The mobile platform is clearly where the most opportunity (and the most fiscal reward) lies. And if a developer knows how to write apps for Android and iOS, the potential is unlimited. Many see Android’s open-source approach as a clear benefit. But is Android truly open or does it just seem that way? Open-Source Defined To the average Android or iPhone user, phrases like “open-source” or “closed-source” are mystifying. All they see or understand is what happens on their devices. If the OS runs well, they can get the apps they…
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11Sep 2017 by Krrishnaaaa No Comments

Set up Continuous Integration server (Jenkins) for Android Projects

Android, Jenkins
Jenkins is one of the best open-source Continuous Integration server available. It helps in automating the builds and sharing of the application with minimal or no user interaction. In this post we are going to set up continuous integration server Jenkins for Android projects. Later this post will be extended for flavor specific build creation and sharing. Prerequisites: Ubuntu 16.04 server with root access Topics covered: In this article following two topics will be covered: Installation of Jenkins on Ubuntu 16.04 Configure Jenkins access Configure for Android Projects 1. Installation of Jenkins on Ubuntu 16.04: In order to do this, login to the server with root access (in other words, access to terminal with #). Run following command to add the key of Jenkins to the machine. root@pcsalt:~# wget -q -O…
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18Jul 2016 by Krrishnaaaa 1 Comment

Solution: Access to the dex task is now impossible, starting with 1.4.0

Android
Everybody* who wants to upgrade to and above 1.4.0 build tool version is getting this error. Error:Access to the dex task is now impossible, starting with 1.4.0 1.4.0 introduces a new Transform API allowing manipulation of the .class files. See more information: http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/transform-api As you can see by visiting the new build system: transform api that there is no solution provided. Follow the steps to solve the problem Access to the dex task is now impossible: (more…)
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29May 2016 by Krrishnaaaa No Comments

Product Flavors in Android

Android
Environment plays a vital role in the application development. As per the requirements, we have to create few environments, viz. Dev, QA, UAT, and Prod. In some projects, only a subset of these environments is required. So, with different environments comes different API endpoints. But for Android application development, most of the developers are still following the same old concept of enabling the endpoint of one environment and commenting endpoints of the rest of the environments. Now, we have Product Flavors in Android. And, it maintains the build as per the requirement. That is, there is no need to change in code if a build for a different environment is required. (more…)
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05Oct 2015 by Krrishnaaaa No Comments

How to get all values of SharedPreferences programmatically in Android

Android
SharedPreferences stores all values in XML file. So, if you want to iterate through all the values stored in it, you could try following code. public static List getAllValues(Context context) { Map values = getPref(context).getAll(); List prefDataList = new ArrayList(); for (Map.Entry entry : values.entrySet()) { PrefData prefData = new PrefData(); prefData.key = entry.getKey(); prefData.value = entry.getValue().toString(); prefDataList.add(prefData); } return prefDataList; } (more…)
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02Oct 2015 by Krrishnaaaa No Comments

RecyclerView – Android

Android
In this post, we are going to load the list of posts from PCSalt.com. In our previous post, JSON Parsing – Android, we used ListView to display a list of posts. But, in this post, we are going to use RecyclerView to display it. (more…)
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