Android application development

Android Application Development

Notes

• Memory leaks and how to avoid them

Libraries

• Android Annotations

• EventBus

• Stetho Android debug bridge

• Icepick Automatically serialize activity/fragment state.

ORMs

• Sugar ORM

• GreenDAO

Documentation

• Codepath guides

• Compiling to DEX and executing from the command line

Material design

from Android Support Library

• NavigationView for creating navigation drawer (along with DrawerLayout)

• TextInputLayout wraps EditText to get hints

• Snackbar for messages with optional action at the bottom of the screen (instead of toast?)

• TabLayout

• AppBarLayout

• Exploring the new Android design support library

• Architecture using RxJava