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An intent filter is an instance of the IntentFilter class. Intent filters are helpful while using implicit intents, It is not going to handle in java code, we have to set it up in AndroidManifest.xml. Android must know what kind of intent it is launching so intent filters give the information to android about intent and actions.Before launching intent, android going to do action test, category test and data test. This example demonstrate about how to use intent filters in android.Step 1 − Create a new project in Android Studio, go to File ⇒ New Project and fill all required ... Read More

 Before getting into an example, we should know what is autocomplete textview in android. Autocomplete textview is just like an edit text and it is a subclass of editext, but it is going to show suggestion from a list as a dropdown list. We have to set up Threshold value to auto-complete text view. for example, we have set it up Threshold as 1 so if user enters one letter is going to give suggestion according to Threshold letter.This example demonstrates about how to set up an adapter to auto-complete Textview.Step 1 − Create a new project in Android Studio, ... Read More

GSON is java library, It is used to convert OBJECT to JSON and JSON to Object. Internally it going to work based on serialization and de- serialization.This example demonstrate about how to convert ArrayList to string using GSON library.Step 1 − Create a new project in Android Studio, go to File ⇒ New Project and fill all required details to create a new project.Step 2 − Add the following code in build.gradle.apply plugin: 'com.android.application' android {    compileSdkVersion 28    defaultConfig {       applicationId "com.example.andy.myapplication"       minSdkVersion 15       targetSdkVersion 28       ... Read More

Before getting into shared preference to store arraylist example , we should know what is shared preferences in android. Using share preference, we can store or retrieve values as key and value pair. There are five different methods are available in share preference as shown below −Edit() − It going to edit shared preference valuescommit() − it going to commit shared preference values in xml fileapply() − It going to commit back changes from editor to shared preference.remove(String key) − It going to remove key and vales from shared preference use key.Put() − It going to put key and values ... Read More

Using share preference, we can store or retrieve values as key and value pair. There are five different methods are available in share preference as shown below −Edit() − It going to edit shared preference valuescommit() − it going to commit shared preference values in xml fileapply() − It going to commit back changes from editor to shared preference.remove(String key) − It going to remove key and vales from shared preference use key.Put() − It going to put key and values to shared preference xml.A sample example syntax of shared preference as shown below −final SharedPreferences sharedPreferences = getSharedPreferences("USER", MODE_PRIVATE);In ... Read More

Android AsyncTask going to do background operation on background thread and update on main thread. In android we cant directly touch background thread to main thread in android development. asynctask help us to make communication between background thread to main thread.Methods of AsyncTaskonPreExecute() − Before doing background operation we should show something on screen like progressbar or any animation to user. we can directly comminicate background operation using on doInBackground() but for the best practice, we should call all asyncTask methods .doInBackground(Params) − In this method we have to do background operation on background thread. Operations in this method should ... Read More

Android supports both gravity and layout_gravity. Gravity adjusts view position. Using gravity we can do alignment of view as shown below.In the above code Textview going to set in middle of parent layout.Properties of GravityCenter − it going to put view in center of parent layout.Right − it going to put view in right of parent layout.Left − it going to put view in left of parent layout.End − it going to put view in end position of parent layout.Start − it going to put view in start position of parent layout.Top − It going to put view in Top ... Read More

There are so many cases, we should create dynamic view rather than creating view in XML. In that scenario, we should need to get the dimensions of a view. So here is a simple solution to get the dimensions of a view in android.To get the height of any view use the following codeint width = view.getMeasuredHeight();To get the width of any view use the following codeint height = view.getMeasuredWidth();Before get the width and height, we should assign default measure for a view as shown belowview.measure(0, 0);In the above code view is like either textview ,editText, button ..etc. Here is ... Read More

In Some situations, we should need to show HTML as text in android. Here is the simple solution to show HTML in TextView in android.Step 1 − Create a new project in Android Studio, go to File ⇒ New Project and fill all required details to create a new project.Step 2 − Add the following code to res/layout/activity_main.xml.     Step 3 − Add the following code to src/MainActivity.javapackage com.example.andy.myapplication; import android.os.Bundle; import android.support.v4.text.HtmlCompat; import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity; import android.widget.TextView; public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {    String htmlText = "What is Android?" + "Android is an open source and Linux-based ... Read More

In Android there are some situations, we should close android default keyboard forcefully. For that this example is help for you.Step 1 − Create a new project in Android Studio, go to File ⇒ New Project and fill all required details to create a new project.Step 2 − Add the following code to res/layout/activity_main.xml.             Step 3Add the following code to src/MainActivity.javaimport android.app.ProgressDialog; import android.os.Build; import android.os.Bundle; import android.os.Handler; import android.support.annotation.RequiresApi; import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity; import android.view.View; import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager; import android.widget.Button; import android.widget.EditText; import android.widget.ProgressBar; public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements View.OnClickListener {    Handler mHandler;   ... Read More