Splash the new way: SplashScreen API
You must have come across Splash Screens on mobile apps, both as a user and as a mobile developer. During my early days as a mobile developer, I mostly frowned… Read more »
Tag: Android Development
Detecting which app was used to share your apps content
Almost all mobile apps do some sort of sharing data with other apps. For example, your app might want to share URLs, images, videos or text content to other apps like Facebook, Twitter, Gmail and so…
Android Security – Part II: Android KeyStore and cryptography operations
Android Security – Part I: Persisting user credentials Previous posts in this series We talked about the Android KeyStore system in brief in the last post. We will delve into… Read more »
Android Security – Part I: Persisting user credentials
Do you think your mobile apps are secured? Users are now more aware and suspicious about what apps they install on their devices. And rightly so, since there have been… Read more »
Room Database – Kotlin – Nullable column
You might come across this error when you are using Room database on Android. This happens because the generated schema for your tables mark some of the table’s columns as NOT NULL.
Easy Video Chooser Library for Android
After I wrote the “Easy Image Chooser library for Android“, I thought I could easily extend this library to handle other things as well. For now, I have implemented the… Read more »
Easy Image Chooser Library for Android
In almost all the Android apps that I have worked on, there has been a requirement for choosing an image or taking a snap and using the device’s camera. Taking… Read more »
Easier Bug Reporting on 4.2
With the recent release of an updated Jelly Bean version, i.e, 4.2, there have been quite some new things to awe you. These are two things that could probably make… Read more »
Android Themes: A dialog without a title
Most of the times, I have seen developers not leveraging the power of themes and styles. Themes and styles are a great way to easily create UI that are manageable… Read more »
Sending SMS on Android and tracking it
Lets look at how to send an SMS. It’s pretty simple though. A few lines of code and your SMS is gone. To make it more convenient and meaningful, we… Read more »