In this tutorial, we’ll be discussing JNI and develop a basic Android Application using NDK tools. A background in c/c++ would be useful, though not a prerequisite. Android NDK is a companion tool of Android SDK that allows us to use native code C/C++ in our development. To use NDK tools, ensure that the following […]
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Android Wear Hello World
Today, we’ll be discussing Android Wear with a basic hello world application using Android Studio and a Wear OS Emulator. Android Wear App Types Android Wear Apps can be of two types: Standalone App Companion App – this has an equivalent phone app which can communicate with the wear app. Let’s start by creating a […]
Android Gesture Detectors
In this tutorial, we’ll be discussing and implementing Gestures in our Android Application. Gestures can be a little tricky at first. But once mastered, they are really handy. Android Gesture Detectors The Gesture Detector class is used to detect touch events from the user. The GestureListener supplies the MotionEvent performed by the user. You can […]
Type Casting in Java
In this tutorial, we’ll be discussing typecasting and its various forms in Java. Let’s get started. Type Casting in Java In simple terms, type casting means converting the type of a primitive/reference variable. We’ll be dealing with three types of scenarios in typecasting: Primitive types Object types Wrapper Classes and primitives Hence, this tutorial would […]
Swift Pattern Matching – if case, for case, switch case
In this tutorial, we’ll look into Pattern Matching in Swift. Pattern matching is seen in switch statements. Swift Pattern Matching The easy to use switch syntax of Swift can be extended to for and if statements as well. Pattern matching is used to match tuples, arrays, enums etc. or a part of them. Here’s a […]
Java printf() – Print Formatted String to Console
We’ve already discussed Java println() method in a previous tutorial. Today, we’ll discuss the printf() method and its various implementations in detail. Ready. Get. Set. Go! Java printf() printf() method is not only there in C, but also in Java. This method belongs to the PrintStream class. It’s used to print formatted strings using various […]
Swift 5 features
Swift 5 has released and is available with Xcode 10.2. Today we’ll be discussing what it brings to the table. Swift 5 Features 1. ABI Stability Swift 5 is ABI Stable! What is ABI Stability? ABI stands for Application Binary Interface. It enables binary compatibility between apps and libraries compiled with different Swift versions. So […]
Android Studio 3.4 Features
Android Studio 3.4 is now available in stable channel. You can download it from here. In this quick post, we’ll go through the new feature that came out. Android Studio 3.4 Features New Project Wizard UI is always enhanced with every new Android Studio update. Here’s a look at the one from 3.4: 1. Resource […]
Java 12 Features
Finally, JDK 12 which is a part of the six-month release cycle, is here. It comes after the last Java LTS version 11. We had discussed at length on Java 11 features before. Today we’ll be discussing Java 12 features and see what it has in store for developers. Java 12 was launched on March […]
Xcode Shortcuts You Must Know
Knowing the Xcode shortcuts would improve your speed and boost your productivity. Today, we will be discussing some of the commonly used shortcuts. Refer to this legend for symbols of each button: ⌘ – Command ⇧ – Shift ⌥ – Option/Alt ⌃ – Control ⇠⇢ – Left/Right Arrow Keys ⇡⇣ – Up/Down Arrow Keys ⏎ […]