Content provider and Remote Databases
A content provider component supplies data from one application to others on request. Such requests are handled by the methods of the ContentResolver class. A content provider can use different…
SQLite Databases
SQLite is an open source SQL database that stores data to a text file on a device. Android comes in with built in SQLite database implementation. SQLite supports all the…
Internal Storage, External Storage
Android provides many kinds of storage for applications to store their data. These storage places are shared preferences, internal and external storage, SQLite storage, and storage via network connection. Internal…
Managing Data Storage, Advanced Components of Android and Location & Map
Shared Preferences Android provides many ways of storing data of an application. One of these ways is called Shared Preferences. Shared Preferences allow you to save and retrieve data in…
2D and 3D graphics
Android graphics Android provides a huge set of 2D-drawing APIs that allow you to create graphics. Android has got visually appealing graphics and mind blowing animations. The Android framework provides…
Playing Audio
We can play and control the audio files in android by the help of MediaPlayer class. The android.media.MediaPlayer class is used to control the audio or video files. Methods of…
2.5 Input Controls: Buttons, Checkboxes, Radio Buttons, Toggle Buttons,Spinners, Input Events, Menus, Toast, Dialogs, Styles and Themes, Creating lists, and Custom lists
Buttons Android Button represents a push-button. The android.widget.Button is a subclass of TextView class and CompoundButton is the subclass of Button class. There are different types of buttons in android…
2.4 Layouts, Recycler View, List View, Grid View and Web view
Layouts Layouts are Android’s solution to the variety of screens that come on Android devices: they can have different pixel densities, different dimensions, and different aspect ratios. Layouts are intended…
2.3 System Permissions, services to application
Permissions Android controls what applications are allowed to do by requiring that they ask for permission to perform critical actions. When the application is installed on a real device, the…
2.2 Adding activity, intent, Intents and Intent Filters, Resources
We create New Activity in Android Studio to create XML files for designing UI and java file coding. Below are the steps to create new Activity in Android Studio: Step…