Android SharedPreferences

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• SharedPreferences*
• Store, retrieve, remove, and clear data from SharedPreferences
• Can be used to store primitive data types
• Intent*
• Can be used to start an activity, service, or broadcast receiver
• Can be used to pass data between activities
• Supports various request codes for different operations
• Fragments*
• Can be used to pass data from an activity to a fragment
• newInstance() pattern is used to pass data to a fragment
• Gradle*
• Used for building and managing Android projects
• Supports various build types and product flavors
• Can be used to manage dependencies and libraries
• FileIO*
• Can be used to read and write files to internal and external storage
• Supports various file formats and compression algorithms
• Camera and Gallery*
• Supports various camera and gallery APIs
• Can be used to take photos, select images, and perform image processing
• Bluetooth and BLE API*
• Supports various Bluetooth and BLE operations
• Can be used to connect, discover, and communicate with devices
• Runtime Permissions*
• Introduced in Android 6.0 (API 23)
• Used to request permissions at runtime
• Supports various permission types and request codes
• Alert Dialog and Dialog Fragment*
• Supports various dialog types and styles
• Can be used to display alerts, prompts, and confirmations
• Glide*
• A popular image loading library for Android
• Supports various image formats, caching, and transformations
• GreenDAO*
• A popular ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) library for Android
• Supports various database operations, caching, and relationships
• Handler and BroadcastReceiver*
• Supports various messaging and event handling mechanisms
• Can be used to handle messages, broadcasts, and intents
• UI Lifecycle*
• Supports various UI lifecycle events and callbacks
• Can be used to manage UI state and resources
• HttpURLConnection*
• A built-in HTTP client for Android
• Supports various HTTP methods, headers, and caching
• Callback URL*
• Used for redirecting users to a callback URL after authorization
• Supports various OAuth and authentication flows
• Snackbar and Toast*
• Supports various UI feedback and notification mechanisms
• Can be used to display messages, alerts, and confirmations
• Widgets*
• Supports various UI components and layout mechanisms
• Can be used to create custom widgets and layouts
• MediaPlayer and MediaStore*
• Supports various media playback and management mechanisms
• Can be used to play, pause, and control media playback
• MediaSession*
• Supports various media session and playback mechanisms
• Can be used to control media playback and volume
• Multidex and Dex Method Limit*
• Supports various multidex and method counting mechanisms
• Can be used to manage method count and prevent method limit errors
• Data Synchronization with Sync Adapter*
• Supports various data synchronization mechanisms
• Can be used to synchronize data between devices and services
• PorterDuff Mode*
• Supports various image processing and masking mechanisms
• Can be used to apply effects, filters, and transformations to images
• Menu*
• Supports various menu and navigation mechanisms
• Can be used to create custom menus and navigation flows
• Picasso*
• A popular image loading library for Android
• Supports various image formats, caching, and transformations
• RoboGuice*
• A popular injection framework for Android
• Supports various injection mechanisms and scopes
• ACRA*
• A popular crash reporting and error tracking library for Android
• Supports various error reporting and tracking mechanisms
• Parcelable*
• Supports various serialization and deserialization mechanisms
• Can be used to pass data between activities and components
• Retrofit2*
• A popular REST client library for Android
• Supports various HTTP methods, headers, and caching
• ButterKnife*
• A popular view injection library for Android
• Supports various view binding and injection mechanisms
• Volley*
• A popular network and HTTP client library for Android
• Supports various HTTP methods, caching, and request queueing### Android Notes for Professionals

Chapter 1: Getting Started with Android

• Creating a new project in Android Studio
• Setting up Android Studio
• Android programming without an IDE
• Application fundamentals
• Setting up an Android Virtual Device (AVD)

Chapter 2: Android Studio

• Setting up Android Studio
• View and add shortcuts in Android Studio
• Useful Android Studio shortcuts
• Improving Android Studio performance
• Enabling or disabling blank line copy
• Filtering logs from UI
• Creating filters configuration
• Creating an assets folder

Chapter 4: TextView

• Spannable TextView
• Strikethrough TextView
• TextView with an image
• Making RelativeSizeSpan align to top
• Pinch zoom on TextView
• TextView with different text sizes
• Theme and style customization
• Customizing TextView

Chapter 5: AutoCompleteTextView

• Using an AutoCompleteTextView with a custom adapter and click listener
• Simple, hard-coded AutoCompleteTextView

Chapter 6: Autosizing TextViews

• Autosizing TextView granularity
• Preset sizes for autosizing TextViews

Chapter 7: ListView

• Custom ArrayAdapter for ListView
• Basic ListView with an ArrayAdapter
• Filtering with CursorAdapter

Chapter 8: Layouts

• LayoutParams in Android
• Gravity and layout gravity
• CoordinatorLayout scrolling behavior
• Percent layouts in Android
• View weight in Android
• Creating a LinearLayout programmatically
• Using a LinearLayout
• RelativeLayout
• FrameLayout
• GridLayout

Chapter 9: ConstraintLayout

• Adding ConstraintLayout to a project
• Chains in ConstraintLayout

Chapter 10: TextInputLayout

• Basic usage of TextInputLayout
• Password visibility toggles
• Adding character counting
• Handling errors
• Customizing TextInputLayout appearance
• TextInputEditText

Chapter 11: CoordinatorLayout and Behaviors

• Creating a simple behavior
• Using SwipeDismissBehavior

Chapter 12: TabLayout

• Using TabLayout without a ViewPager

Chapter 13: ViewPager

• ViewPager with a dots indicator
• Basic ViewPager usage with fragments
• ViewPager with a PreferenceFragment

Chapter 14: CardView

• Getting started with CardView
• Adding a ripple animation
• Customizing CardView
• Using images as backgrounds on pre-Lollipop devices
• Animating CardView background color

Chapter 15: NavigationView

• Adding a NavigationView
• Adding underlines to menu elements
• Adding separators to a menu
• Using a DividerItemDecoration

Chapter 16: RecyclerView

• Adding a RecyclerView
• Smoother loading of items
• RecyclerView with DataBinding
• Animating data changes
• Popup menu with RecyclerView
• Using multiple ViewHolders
• Filtering items in RecyclerView
• Dragging and dropping in RecyclerView
• Showing a default view until items load

Chapter 17: RecyclerView Decorations

• Adding dividers to RecyclerView
• Drawing a separator
• Using DividerItemDecoration
• Item offsets with ItemDecoration
• ItemOffsetsDecoration for GridLayoutManager

Chapter 18: RecyclerView onClickListeners

• Kotlin and RxJava example
• RecyclerView click listener
• Another way to implement Item Click Listener

Chapter 19: RecyclerView and LayoutManagers

• Adding a header view to RecyclerView with a GridLayout manager
• GridLayoutManager with dynamic span count
• Simple list with LinearLayoutManager
• StaggeredGridLayoutManager

Chapter 20: Pagination in RecyclerView

• MainActivity pagination example