Questions tagged [android]
Android is Google's software stack for mobile devices. For non-developer questions, see http://android.stackexchange.com
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Why is my android application crashing when connecting to socket? [closed]
I am new to android development and I am attempting to connect to a server socket, however my application keeps crashing - can someone help me out?
NOTE: I have added the following permission
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No hardcoded path
Since i develop in Java, i got into the habit of not putting hardcoded text in my code.
For paths to files and folders I use the code below. I did it in a way that it was easy to set up and quick to ...
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Correct flow between Kotlin, Realm and ViewModels using Coroutines
I'm stepping back into Android after being away from it for about a year. Trying to get an out of date app of mine back on its feet, and continuing work on it.
The app was written using Java, MVP, ...
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How can I find the type of number entered by the user?
I am making a fractions calculator that can calculate fractions, whole numbers and mixed fractions.
So there is a String fraction, which is the input.
Also, the user will enter the fraction in a ...
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Renaming and deleting video file
I am using below code to rename and delete video.
Need review for the following:
Code optimization
Performance
Overall code review
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Multiple functions to run SQLite queries and save the output to a variable
I am building an Android quiz app. I want to display a progress bar showing how many questions a user has answered correctly and how many they have left. Questions are split by difficulty level; easy, ...
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Code for sorting items in recyclerView
I'm have recyclerView which is needed for displayed for show list of my audio records. I added the ability to sort my audio records. Please take a look at the code that I use for sorting and tell me ...
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Adapter for RecyclerView with supported onClick handling and select color text on last clicked item
I have written an adapter for RecyclerView. It can handle onClicks for RecyclerView items and select the color name and edit <...
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Cycle through an array of available colors repeatedly
I have an array of colors for my app to choose from. My goal was to have the app cycle through the array of colors, apply it to my object, and reset to the beginning once each color has been used. ...
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List Filtering Code
I am developing applications for android. In my application, the user can add information about his weight and watch the progress of weight change. I decided to add filtering of the elements according ...
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A thread-safe typed Promise implementation in Java for Android
Introduction
I've created a typed Promise implementation in Java for Android, borrowing ideas from this article for a JavaScript implementation, by Forbes Lindesay.
To allow for "asynchronicity", my ...
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Code for adding a user to the database
I have a code that adds a user to the database, getting the username from the dialog.My fragment implements the interface with the onInputSend method, which is called by the dialog when the user ...
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Scheduled Notifications (First Android App)
I'm unbearably happy to present my first Android project, which collects market index data (three Asian indices) and fires a notificaiton every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 7:30 AM displaying the ...
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Class for user actions
I implemented a class for relationships with the user (deletion, name change, check for existence), I created this class to remove extra logic from the activity class. Could you talk about how my code ...
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Android single activity app structure for smooth ux
I have an app that has only one activity and 5 fragments. I removed the navigation component because it was buggy and restored the old navigation, which is simply a ...
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Change layout in Gridlayout runtime
I'm trying to change the GridLayout of my application in runtime, the user can select 1, 2 or 3 columns for his display. To do that I've used a ...
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Code to support different measurement systems
I am developing an application in which the user can use different measurement systems. Currently,
there is support for the metric and imperial measurement systems. To support these systems, I wrote ...
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Custom view to select a value
I created a Custom view to select a value. I use horizontal Recyclerview to select an integer value and 2 buttons that decrease or increase the values. Could you consider the code and tell how it can ...
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moving player right or left depending on swipe
In my Player.java class, I want to incorporate a function that moves my player according to the left or right swipes. I also used time in seconds in order to vary the movement in an cyclic way:
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Does iterating through a large data set in a Map each time i click impact the performance?
I need to get values from a Map by Adapter position i get from a RecyclerView.
As you can see each time i click on an Album Art i create a new array of album objects.
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Java's AtomicInteger equivalent in c#
I'm trying to replicate Android's GenerateViewId() to assign a unique Tag to dynamically created UIViews in Xamarin.iOS.
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Code for saving / loading a class object
As I was advised, I broke my code into 2 classes. Could you take a look at the repository class and report what problems this code has
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Code for creating a dialog for choosing a date
I have code that creates an AlertDialog to select a date by a user. I ran into a problem that this code began to take up a lot of space. Could you offer ideas on how to shorten this code / put it into ...
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Android - Running endless code in Foreground while using the app
Im making an application that i want to have the ability to send report emails with a frequency. daily, weekly or monthly.
Now i want those emails to be sent only if the app is running and if the ...
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Set backgroud color based around database call [closed]
I have the following method that only checks if a Sqlite database has data, but I don't like how the code looks
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Loading 300 images on a custom spinner with images
I have a spinner that it has a custom layout with 5 imageviews and 1 textview. I would like to load it up with 80 rows, so it will display around 300 images (all images are within the app).
Is this a ...
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Code for getting the coordinates of points on the chart
I am a beginner android developer. I am working on one of my applications. For this application, I wrote an algorithm that is needed to obtain data that is used to build a diagram. I have a list of ...
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Recyclerview Adapter for weather app - Makes API calls for each item
I have a weather app that allows the user to save Cities (with nickname and zip) into a room database. I'm using mvvm and livedata to observe the list of cities and update the recyclerview ...
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ANDROID - Receive and manage markers in Google Maps
Recently, I've received negative feedback of interview's test. They say that they need somebody with higher technical level, the quality of the task was not good enough.
I upload it here, to request ...
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An app displaying items fetched from JSON, but I think maybe I'm not using best Android development praxis
I have been programming in various languages for a very long time, and this was one of my first attempts to build an Android app. Apparently this was not good enough for the challengee, could somebody ...
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Android Studio Autocomplete that creates a new entry if no entry selected
I want to use the android component autocomplete:
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/AutoCompleteTextView
There are some possible values the user can select, but I also want that,...
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Android - Simplify ViewModel and Repository classes with OOP
Let's say I have 2 repository classes:
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ZooRater mobile app. This code is responsible for displaying and handling zoo dashboard. Need general advice
Context: gitlab link
I know, it's a lot of code but I need your help ladies and gentleman. I'm not sure if I can ask for code review for the whole project so I just ask to review this activity. I ...
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Downloading large amount of data and storing on Android & iOS
So I have this API that downloads from our web service, but the we service sends it as a ZIP file instead of a json stream or something else.
Now the files can get quite large butt they are not ...
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Game Level Unlocking Logic Java [closed]
I am making a quiz game and every time you complete a stage, the next stage will be unlocked.
The Problem:
When I am at Stage 3 and finish it, Stage 4 is unlocked. But when I feel like I want to ...
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Java regex and replaceAll to extract strings into objects
I have this method that creates book objects. I pass a list of strings (size 60000+) that contain the information of the book, the function then goes and extracts the information makes the book object ...
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Does using SharedPreferences drain resources?
I have created class that uses SharedPreferences to store and retrieve application settings. Is it good idea to access ...
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Cloud Function: Deleting from both Firestorage and Firestore in a kind of “batch”
I've written code that deletes a "post" the user has sent with my Android app. A "post" is made of an image (stored in Firestorage) named A, of a Firestore document named B which is the user UID (this ...
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Uses SeekBar to adjust the data displayed in UI from my Room database
I wrote code that takes the value of the progress bar in my Android app which influences what is displayed on the UI. If the user's progress bar value is above or below a certain number, data will be ...
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Starting an activity after 1000ms from a splash screen with Runnable and Handler().postDelayed
I have implemented a splash screen which is the main activity of my Android app. This splash screen shows an image, and after 1000ms there is an animation to show another activity's layout.
The code ...
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Implementation of Conway's Game Of Life on Android
I ended up using 2x 2D arrays with a one element border around everything to simplify the kernel logic.
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Decrypt multiple 10Mb files with defined password
One operation of my Android project is to decrypt one file (chosen in a set of ~30 files for pagination1) of ~10 Mb each and I do this with the following:
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Notify observers when object attributes update
I have a Singleton manager class for managing request model and its attributes.
My main aim is update object observers when some of the object attributes changes.
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Sending DTMF tones from dialpad
I have the following code which works perfectly fine. I am using the dial pad to set the number and also to send the DTMF tones. But I find the code to bit more repitive. Is there any better way to ...
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Design a native video buffer in C++ to be shown on android application and shared with other modules in native space and Java
I'm working on a design for a video buffer in C++ that will be used by many consumers both in the native library space(C++) as well as Java side using JNI. My Idea is the following:
Have a buffer ...
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SharedPreferences singleton wrapper
I was wondering wether my implementation of the PreferenceService below is thread safe or could cause memory leaks.
Android Studio gives me the warning "Do not place Android context classes in ...
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Multiple Stopwatch App
I was fed up with the default alarm clock when doing laundry. The washing machine is in the basement and takes different time depending on the choosen program. The stopwatch has to be configured for ...
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Populate an ArrayList of different instances of a class
First of all, here is an overview of my application. I want to create a multiple-choice app, on android, using data stored on a remote MySQL database. The DB has 100 questions that will appear in ...
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Android Java Splash Screen code
Here's my android splash screen. I am trying to figure out a better way to write it. It just moves the logo up to the center of the screen. It's my third time creating a splash screen for an android ...
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Code feedback on running app
I have made an Android app called RunTracker - https://github.com/michaelnares/runtracker/tree/master/app. The intended functionality is that the app saves runs to the local filesystem, shows your ...
