With my recent project I’ve been posting one Android class/method a day. People have been asking for an archive of these links, so every couple weeks I’m going to round them up here. I’ll also be adding a bit of color commentary, but still the goal is for this not to be a ton of work for me. :)
Activity.startActivities() - Nice for launching to the middle of an app flow.
TextUtils.isEmpty() - Simple utility I use everywhere.
Html.fromHtml() - Quick method for formatting Html. It’s not particularly fast so I wouldn’t use it constantly (e.g., don’t use it just to bold part of a string - construct the Spannable manually instead), but it’s fine for rendering text obtained from the web.
TextView.setError() - Nice UI when validating user input.
Build.VERSION_CODES - Not only is it handy for routing code, it’s also summarizes behavioral differences between each version of Android.
Log.getStackTraceString() - Convenience utility for logging.
LayoutInflater.from() - Wraps the long-winded getSystemService() call in a simple utility.
ViewConfiguration.getScaledTouchSlop() - Using the values provided in ViewConfiguration ensures all touch interaction feels consistent across the OS.
PhoneNumberUtils.convertKeypadLettersToDigits - Makes handling phone number data a snap, as some companies provide them as letters.
Context.getCacheDir() - Use the cache dir for caching data. Simple enough but some don’t know it exists.
ArgbEvaluator - Transition from one color to another. As was pointed out by Chris Banes, this class creates a lot of autoboxing churn so it’d be better to just rip out the logic and run it yourself.
ContextThemeWrapper - Nice class for changing the theme of a Context on the fly.
Space - Lightweight View which skips drawing. Great for any situation that might require a placeholder.
ValueAnimator.reverse() - I love this for canceling animations smoothly.
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Original Article: http://blog.danlew.net/2014/03/30/android-tips-round-up-part-1/
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