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Android getResources().getDrawable() deprecated API 22

September 7, 2022 by Tarik

You have some options to handle this deprecation the right (and future proof) way, depending on which kind of drawable you are loading: A) drawables with theme attributes ContextCompat.getDrawable(getActivity(), R.drawable.name); You’ll obtain a styled Drawable as your Activity theme instructs. This is probably what you need. B) drawables without theme attributes ResourcesCompat.getDrawable(getResources(), R.drawable.name, null); You’ll … Read more

How to avoid reverse engineering of an APK file

September 7, 2022 by Tarik

1. How can I completely avoid reverse engineering of an Android APK? Is this possible? AFAIK, there is not any trick for complete avoidance of reverse engineering. And also very well said by @inazaruk: Whatever you do to your code, a potential attacker is able to change it in any way she or he finds … Read more

Sending an Intent to browser to open specific URL [duplicate]

September 7, 2022 by Tarik

To open a URL/website you do the following: String url = “http://www.example.com”; Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW); i.setData(Uri.parse(url)); startActivity(i); Here’s the documentation of Intent.ACTION_VIEW. Source: Opening a URL in Android’s web browser from within application

How do I get extra data from intent on Android?

September 7, 2022 by Tarik

First, get the intent which has started your activity using the getIntent() method: Intent intent = getIntent(); If your extra data is represented as strings, then you can use intent.getStringExtra(String name) method. In your case: String id = intent.getStringExtra(“id”); String name = intent.getStringExtra(“name”);

What is the simplest and most robust way to get the user’s current location on Android?

September 7, 2022 by Tarik

Here’s what I do: First of all I check what providers are enabled. Some may be disabled on the device, some may be disabled in application manifest. If any provider is available I start location listeners and timeout timer. It’s 20 seconds in my example, may not be enough for GPS so you can enlarge … Read more

Dilemma: when to use Fragments vs Activities:

September 7, 2022 by Tarik

Experts will tell you: “When I see the UI, I will know whether to use an Activity or a Fragment“. In the beginning this will not have any sense, but in time, you will actually be able to tell if you need Fragment or not. There is a good practice I found very helpful for … Read more

How to display HTML in TextView?

September 7, 2022 by Tarik

You need to use Html.fromHtml() to use HTML in your XML Strings. Simply referencing a String with HTML in your layout XML will not work. This is what you should do in Java if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N) { textView.setText(Html.fromHtml(“<h2>Title</h2><br><p>Description here</p>”, Html.FROM_HTML_MODE_COMPACT)); } else { textView.setText(Html.fromHtml(“<h2>Title</h2><br><p>Description here</p>”)); } And in Kotlin: textView.text = if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= … Read more

android.os.FileUriExposedException: file:///storage/emulated/0/test.txt exposed beyond app through Intent.getData()

September 6, 2022 by Tarik

If your targetSdkVersion >= 24, then we have to use FileProvider class to give access to the particular file or folder to make them accessible for other apps. We create our own class inheriting FileProvider in order to make sure our FileProvider doesn’t conflict with FileProviders declared in imported dependencies as described here. Steps to … Read more

How can I connect to Android with ADB over TCP? [closed]

September 6, 2022 by Tarik

Manual Process From your device, if it is rooted According to a post on xda-developers, you can enable ADB over Wi-Fi from the device with the commands: su setprop service.adb.tcp.port 5555 stop adbd start adbd And you can disable it and return ADB to listening on USB with setprop service.adb.tcp.port -1 stop adbd start adbd … Read more

Making TextView scrollable on Android

September 6, 2022 by Tarik

You don’t need to use a ScrollView actually. Just set the android:scrollbars = “vertical” properties of your TextView in your layout’s xml file. Then use: yourTextView.setMovementMethod(new ScrollingMovementMethod()); in your code. Bingo, it scrolls!