Read Time 2 minutes Https is way of securing http(web) traffic. There are many versions of establishing encrypted http connection but we will discuss here only the simplest one, used by most of the web sites running on https. Examples of these can by encrypted.google.com , gmail.com etc. Whenever there is an https (encrypted connection) you will notice https:// …
Read Time 2 minutes Using Broadcast receivers is good practice if you want to send and receive data between different applications. However its not good at all if you are using them for communication internal to application. There are many reasons for NOT using broadcast: A broadcast is sent system-wide, so this is not performance efficient. When we use …
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Read Time 2 minutes It is advisable to use thread/asynTask or Service to handle long running task such as file I/O, internet access etc. IntentService is simple, easy to use and take care of many hectic tasks for You.Read more about IntentService atdeveloper.android . A simple use case of the topic can be: Your activity send a web request …
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Read Time 2 minutes PRE:You must be familiar with simple list view/spinner and simpleAdapter. By default listView only accepts a simple adapter with array of strings. However listView control be customized as you wish. Take a look of various listView use cases The world of listView Google I/O. We can add custom controls like TextViews, buttons, images etc and make them …
Read Time < 1 minute Much have been written and discussed about Intent filters and their types (explicit and implicit). I am just going to discuss their usage in basic/simple android applications. You don’t need to define any intent-filter (other that the launcher activity) if your application doesn’t call external intents e.g reading contacts, and you are not intended to receive …