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What is Absolute Layout in Android? Absolute Layout is a View Group in Android which is used to align widgets within it by specifying x and y axis position to it. We can align the widgets within this view group by specifying x and y position to each widget we display within this view group. It becomes difficult to align the child widgets by specifying the x and y position. Along with that it becomes difficult to design the UI of the application for different screen sizes. Important method of Absolute Layout child widgets − Method Method Description ... Read More

Introduction Android is one of the famous operating systems which is being used across a wide range of devices. Android comprises more than 75% share in mobile operating systems. As the demand of android is huge the number of applications developed in android is also high. Due to continuous increase in the demand of android applications the demand for android developers has also increased. So if you are learning android development and want to excel in this field. Below are the 8 must have skills which you should have to become a successful android developer. 1. Good Knowledge of Java ... Read More

Introduction Android operating system is used across a wide range of mobile devices. The market share of android operating systems is around 70 % as compared with others. So it is good to start developing android applications so that you can reach out to this huge audience by building android applications. Many times while building an android project we use different types of libraries within our project to implement some complex functionalities easily. An application might contain different libraries used within it. Libraries are generally used to reduce the amount of code which developers might have to write to perform ... Read More

Introduction Android is one of the famous operating systems which is used across many mobile devices.Almost 75 % of mobile devices across the world are using android as their mobile operating system. Hence learning android development will be beneficial which will help you to deliver your applications to the huge number of audience. For building this application you should move towards learning android development. In this article we will take a look at 7 Tips which will help you to Improve your Android Development Skills. 1. Start Contributing Towards open Source If you are able to develop any plugin or ... Read More

Introduction Android Studio is an official IDE for mobile app development. It provides us with so many inbuilt functionality with the help of which we can make development of android applications faster. In this article we will take a look at 6 Most Useful Android Studio Plugins to boost the android development process. 1. Rainbow Brackets Many times while developing android applications. We can see that there are so many opening and closing brackets used in the code. Sometimes it becomes difficult to track the opening and closing bracket because of so many conditions used within our code. To identify ... Read More

Introduction A cloud-native application is created to take advantage of the cloud's scalable, distributed computing environment. Cloud-native apps are created from scratch to take favor of the cloud's adaptability, scalability, redundancy, and portability. It empowers strong, tractable, and noticeable weak coupled systems. Engineers can easily implement them to make major advancements regularly. Key Characteristics of Cloud Native Application The following are some of the essential characteristics of these programs − They don't have any server or operating system requirements at all. However, only a selected group of devices, such as graphics processing units (GPUs) or solid-state discs (SSDs) may ... Read More

Introduction With git remote set-url, you can change the URL of a Git remote repository. Use this command to change the remote URL of the repository you want to change. This command accepts two arguments: the name of the remote repository and the URL of the new repository. Do you have any experience changing the name of a remote Git repository? Do you intend to move a remote repository into a different location? The URL of a Git repository will be changed by both of these operations. Your remote repository will become unreachable if this occurs. There is no need ... Read More

Let us understand the concepts of Google Voice and Google Duo before learning the differences between them.Google VoiceIt is used to make calls to all Google users all over the world and was launched in the year 2009. It provided a lot of features along with voice calls like free messaging, blocking unwanted numbers, showing call history, etc. It is an internet-based telephony service.FeaturesThe features of Google Voice are as follows −Call forwardingVoice mail serviceText messageInternational call terminationFree of costCall historyCall screeningBlocking of unwanted callsAdvantagesThe advantages of Google Voice are as follows −Simple to useInternet only serviceCall forwardingCalls on smartphonesGood ... Read More

The different types of sensors used in our smartphone are as follows −Monitor sensorEnvironmental sensorPositional sensorAmbient lightProximity sensorGravity sensorGyroscopeLet us discuss each sensor in detail.Motion SensorIt helps us to monitor the motion or movement of a smartphone. It measure the acceleration and gravitational forces on all the axis of the deviceFor example: Accelerometer, GyroscopesThe abilities of Motion sensor that allows us to accomplish are given below −The Motion sensors can be used for determining all the movements of the phone, like tilt, shake, rotation, or swing.Along with positional sensors, it can be used to accomplish the position of a phone ... Read More

Let us understand the concepts of Google Hangouts and Google Duo before learning the differences between them.Google HangoutsGoogle Hangouts is a communications platform launched in the year 2013 by Google which helps the users to start and join in different communication channels like instant messaging, voice calls, and video calls.FeaturesThe features of Google Hangouts are as follows −Instant MessagingVoice CallsHD Video CallsHD Group ConferencingAuto Screen FocusIntelligent MutingCompatibility with multiple computing devicesBuilt-in screen sharingHangout on AirIntegration with other Google applicationsCustom Control for AdminsAdvantagesThe advantages of Google Hangouts are as follows −There are no charges to be paid. It’s completely free.Good for ... Read More