Category Archives: ANDROID

MapKit Demo Swift – Annotation, Custom Annotation, Custom Annotation with Button, Search, Showing Directions – Apple Maps iOS

By | February 14, 2016

Hi all, In this Demo I will show How to implement Apple ‘s MapKit on iOS. This demo will show following this. 1. Show Annotation in Maps. 2. Show Custom Annotation in Maps. 3. Show Custom Annotation with Custom Button in Maps. 4. Pin Point to location from Search. 5. Showing Route/Direction between two location… Read More »

CardView Demo in Android L

By | February 11, 2016

Here is a simple CardView Demo in Android. This demo shows how you can apply Corner radius and Shadow in Android L. Here is the Activity. This is the Fragment that adds the CardView. The Layout for the Activity. Fragment for placing CardView. You can download the complete Android Studio Source Code from here..  

Custom Transitions in ANDROID.

By | February 9, 2016

Here we are going to create custom transitions for a fragment. We will create transitions using Java classes by extending the Transition Class in Android. ChangeColor.java is the java class that extends transition. ChangeColor.java CustomTransitionFragment is the Fragment to which we are going to apply the transition. The MainActivity that adds the fragment. Download the… Read More »

Display Route between two places in Google Maps V2

By | February 14, 2016

Hi all… Yet another post on Google Maps.. In this demo I will show you how to show a route between two places in Google Maps V2.     Hope you have gone through my previous posts before. If not please check here. You need to set up Maps Correctly for it to load. Lets… Read More »

Create Custom Notification in Android.

By | January 31, 2016

This demo explains how you can create a Custom Notification in Android old and New versions. The notification appears expanded in Versions > 16. Let’s jump into the code… Below is the MainActivity that creates the notification. You can download the complete Android Studio Source Code from here.. Send your comments to coderzheaven@gmail.com

ActionBarActivity deprecated..

By | January 28, 2016

ActionBarActivity is now deprecated.. Check out what Google says about using AppCombat. The AppCompat Support Library started with humble, but important beginnings: a single consistent Action Bar for all API 7 and higher devices. In revision 21, it took on new responsibility: bringing material color palette, widget tinting, Toolbar support, and more to all API… Read More »

Starting with Material Design in Android – Volume 1

By | September 19, 2015

1. To create apps with material design: Review the material design specification. Apply the material theme to your app. Create your layouts following material design guidelines. Specify the elevation of your views to cast shadows. Use system widgets for lists and cards. Customize the animations in your app. 2. Apply the Material Theme To apply… Read More »

Show Download Progress in NotificationBar in Android with Notification Event Listeners

By | August 30, 2015

Below Sample code shows you how to download images from a url with progress in the notification bar. “NLService” Class is the actual Notification Listener class that can hear events in your notification. But before everything you need to be sure that, you have enabled notification access for your app. Make sure you add the… Read More »

NSNotificationCenter Example in Swift

By | July 15, 2015

Here is a simple demo on how to use “NSNotificationCenter” in swift. NSNotificationCenter is particularly useful when there are multiple class or struct instances that need to take action based on something that happens elsewhere in your application. To Register the notification… we will call Now to trigger the notification… The “notificationKey” should be unique… Read More »

Sync Adapter in Android – A Simple Example…

By | July 6, 2015

Hello all, In Today’s article we will be discussing about the SyncAdapters in Android. SyncAdapter is just a simple plugin like structure for syncing your server and Device. Check out this post about Account authenticator before proceeding. Why do we use SyncAdapter instead of Using Alarm Manger to Sync? Automated execution     Sync can be requested… Read More »

What are Generics and Why should we use Generics?

By | July 2, 2015

The Java Generics programming is introduced in J2SE 5 to deal with type-safe objects. Advantage of Java Generics There are mainly 3 advantages of generics. They are as follows: 1) Type-safety : We can hold only a single type of objects in generics. It doesn’t allow to store other objects. 2) Type casting is not… Read More »

ActionBars in Android

By | February 7, 2016

1. How to start with ActionBar in Android? With Android 3.0 Google eliminated the need of hardware menu button which is replaced by Action Bars. Here is a quick example on how to use ActionBars. First create a new project and name it ActionBarExample. Now create a folder named “menu” in res folder and create… Read More »

How to connect Localhost in your MAC or Windows to your Android Device OR Android Emulator ?

By | December 7, 2014

The name “localhost” is just a loopback to your own computer. 1. ACCESSING LOCALHOST ON ANDROID DEVICE. To access it on your Android Device, you need to find the computer’s IP address. The most general way of finding this info, which works on both Mac and Linux, is to go into the Terminal and type… Read More »

What are static variables? Why it is used? What is it’s use? – A Common Interview Question.

By | November 7, 2014

The static keyword is used in java mainly for memory management. We may apply static keyword with variables, methods, blocks and nested class. The static keyword belongs to the class than instance of the class. The static can be: variable (also known as class variable) method (also known as class method) block nested class Static… Read More »

Nexus 6 Came…

By | October 16, 2014

Specifications GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – all models   CDMA 800 / 1900 – XT1103 US model 3G Network HSDPA 800 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 / 900 – XT1100 Global model   HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 – XT1103… Read More »