An Adapter is an object that provides data to certain components like a ListView object or a Spinner object. There are distinct classes that implement the Adapter class, such as ArrayAdapter, which loads an array of objects. We can create a custom adapter that extends the ArrayAdapter class to create …
A navigation drawer is a common structure for the top-level of our Android app. A drawer provides a safe start point of return with which users can easily understand the application structure. Using Android Studio, we can create a project from the template of an activity with a navigation drawer: …
Android Studio Essentials is my third book that has been recently published by Packt Publishing here. You can get it also from Amazon here. This book is an update of my previous book “Android Studio Application Development”. Android Studio is an IDE that is based on the JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA. It gives …
The giveaway that was published here has ended. The winners were generated automatically and they will be contacted to let them know about it. Winners: Angel (entry #53) Paul (entry #106) Victor (entry #41) I used an external tool, PromoSimple (promosimple.com) to register the entrants and their number of entries. The …
Readers would be pleased to know that I have teamed up with Packt Publishing to organize a Giveaway of my book “Testing and Securing Android Studio Applications” Three lucky winners stand a chance to win e-copy of the book. Keep reading to find out how you can be one of …
Testing and Securing Android Studio Applications is my second book that has been recently published by Packt Publishing here. You can get it also from Amazon here. Today, mobile applications are increasingly being used to access the Web. Mobile developers play a key role in how consumers access the Web with millions …
Android Studio IDE is gradually improving. One of these improvements is the management of tests cases in the Android projects. In this old post: Test project setup in Android Studio, I explained how to prepare your Android project to run test cases. In the last versions of Android Studio, v0.8 …
For my PhD I write scientific articles that are submitted to scientific journals or conferences. The objective is to get them accepted and published. Currently we have 3 papers accepted. One of them has recently been published, the only article written in Spanish. The journal is Iberian Journal of Information and Technologies. …
Android Studio supports testing for activities natively. Let’s see how you can set up your test environment: Open Android Studio and the Android project under test. You can create a blank project with a main activity and layout. Create the package where the tests will be saved. You can create …
Genymotion is an Android emulator, according to them, the faster Android emulator. Genymotion creates a virtual image of Android and it is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. Download and install Oracle VirtualBox. This is necessary only for MacOS systems, otherwise VirtualBox is bundled with the Genymotion installer. Download …
