Android Development Tips

Want to become a better, more effective Android developer? Get tips that can help you code smarter and create fast, reliable apps that look great.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Download exercise projects from GitHub
• Use the GitHub repo in Android Studio

1. Android Development Tips Weekly

• Communicate with Snackbar messages
• Manage view components with Butter Knife
• Create a reusable dialog class
• Convert a layout to ConstraintLayout
• Manage global data with singletons
• Convert image files to WEBP format
• Create an Espresso user interface test
• Create classes for Android with Kotlin
• Run background tasks in intent services
• Send broadcast messages with EventBus
• Handle events with Java 8 syntax
• Improve forms with design layouts
• Display draggable rows in a list of data
• Manage persistent data with Realm
• Play an audio file from assets
• Send an SMS message from an app
• Get a list of audio files on a device
• Play sounds with SoundPool
• Display the build date of an APK file
• Build Kotlin classes with properties
• Manage versioning with Gradle variables
• Use reporting tools from the Google Play Console
• Make web service calls with Retrofit
• Make asynchronous calls with Retrofit
• Send request parameters with Retrofit
• Upgrade a project to Android Studio 3.0
• Clean up calls to findViewById()
• Create adaptive launcher icons
• Use XML and downloadable fonts
• Explore a device's file system
• Profile an app's memory usage
• Manage an SQLite database with Room
• Manage background threads with Executors
• Track vital stats in a published app
• Inspect database files with DB Browser
• Execute tasks with JobScheduler
• Create Room entity classes in Kotlin
• Create Room DAO classes in Kotlin
• Upgrade to Android Studio 3.1
• Convert a project to use Kotlin
• Handle events with Kotlin lambdas
• Manage menus with when
• Define global constants with Kotlin
• Use Kotlin data and enum classes
• Create inheritance hierarchies in Kotlin
• Manage data collections in Kotlin
• Sort data collections with Kotlin
• Filter data collections with Kotlin
• Create Kotlin extension functions
• Use support functions from Android KTX
• Use virtual devices with Google Play