In Early September 2020 Google released the first Alpha of a new Jetpack library named DataStore. DataStore is a replacement for SharedPreferences. While there are some similarities to SharedPreferences, DataStore offers far greater flexibility. In this series of posts we’ll take a detailed look at this new library.
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DataStore: Basics
In Early September 2020 Google released the first Alpha of a new Jetpack library named DataStore. DataStore is a replacement for SharedPreferences. While there are some similarities to SharedPreferences, DataStore offers far greater flexibility. In this series of posts we’ll take a detailed look at this new library.
WindowInsetsCompat
In March I wrote about some extremely nice updates to WindowInsets that were introduced in the Android 11 developer preview. I mentioned in that article that a Jetpack version would be coming for backwards compatibility. This arrived in androidx.core 1.5.0-alpha02. In this article we’ll look at how to use these new Jetpack API.
SSID Connector – The Full App
Recently a friend and former colleague Robert Sproats approached me regarding some issues he was having. He asked if I was aware of best practices for connecting to a specific WiFi SSID on modern and legacy devices. Android Q deprecated the WifiManager APIs for this and they no longer work for Q and later devices.…
SSID Connector – Compatibility Wrapper
Recently a friend and former colleague Robert Sproats approached me regarding some issues he was having. He asked if I was aware of best practices for connecting to a specific WiFi SSID on modern and legacy devices. Android Q deprecated the WifiManager APIs for this and they no longer work for Q and later devices.…
SSID Connector – Callback Flow
Recently a friend and former colleague Robert Sproats approached me regarding some issues he was having. He asked if I was aware of best practices for connecting to a specific WiFi SSID on modern and legacy devices. Android Q deprecated the WifiManager APIs for this and they no longer work for Q and later devices.…
Material Slider
Google released Material Components 1.3.0-alpha02 on 16th July 2020. One component that has received a lot of love in this release is the humble slider. There are some nice additions on top of the basic functionality, and in this post we’ll explore them a little.
Animatable2: Part 2
Correctly determining whether to use Animatable2 or Animatable2Compat can be more complex than it may appear. Previously we looked at some of the complexities of using Animatable2 or Animatable2Compat to register for animation callbacks. This is because Animatable2 only appeared in API 23 and later AnimatedVectorDrawableCompat caters for earlier versions. Also, the Android X library…
Animatable2: Part 1
Sometimes we need to receive callback when an AnimatedVectorDrawable starts and ends. The Animatable2 interface makes this possible. It allows an Animatable2.AnimationCallback implementation to be registered which receives relevant callbacks as the animation is played. Things aren’t always as straightforward as they might initially appear. Animatable2 first appeared in API 23, but API 21 was…
Lottie: Delayed Loop
Lottie is a very nice library which enables vector animations that are more complex than can be done using Animated Vector Drawables. The main use-case for Lottie is that it takes animations that are generated using Adobe After Effects (exported using the Bodymovin plugin). After Effects is a tool aimed at designers rather than developers,…