Andriod-Studio-Small-Apps

This repositopry contains small Apps and Projects that I have developed in Andriod Studio. I will add more as time passes.

Activity Life Cycle

Android Activity Lifecycle is controlled by 7 methods of android.app.Activity class. The android Activity is the subclass of ContextThemeWrapper class.An activity is the single screen in android. It is like window or frame of Java.By the help of activity, you can place all your UI components or widgets in a single screen.

Android Activity Lifecycle methods

Let's see the 7 lifecycle methods of android activity:

1. onCreate is called when activity is first created.
2. onStart is called when activity is becoming visible to the user.
3. onResume is called when activity will start interacting with the user.
4. onPause is called when activity is not visible to the user.
5. onStop is called when activity is no longer visible to the user.
6. onRestart iscalled after your activity is stopped, prior to start.
7. onDestroy is called before the activity is destroyed.

Addition App

This App simply takes two integirs and them them. the sum of the numbers is shown in the App.

Button Event App

This App has a button, which changes and displayes the text when it is clicked. After clicking the button, some text message is shown in the TextView below.

Changing Images

This app has two image views with pictures already in place. Below each image, there is a button, which is used to change the picture when it is clicked. And same is the case with the second picture.

CheckBox App

This Simple App is about Checkbox, and one of its important functionality, i.e. isChecked. The App simply features a checkbox and a button, which has onClick functionality coded in the backend, i.e. java. When the user clicks the "Check" button, the app will pop up a toast message telling about whether the checkbox is checked or not.

Checkbox & Radio Button App

This small App takes two user inputs, i.e. the size and color of some given product. after checking the radio buttons, and the checkbox, when the user clicks on the "Order" button; the app throws a toast message showing which size and color the user have chosen. right after that, another toast message pops up- showing if the user had click the "I agree to the terms" checkbox or not. Also, if the user try to click the "Order" button without selecting any size and colour, then the app will not crash, but simply show a toast message saying, "Select Size & Colour."

Click Listener On Dynamic Content Static Layout Listview

In this app, two Click listeners are implemented. The first one is simple click listener while the second one is long click listener.

Custom Layout App

This app is for the demonstration of 3rd type of list views, which is dynamic content dynamic layout.

Dynamic Content Dynamic Layout ListView

Dynamic Content Dynamic Layout Implementation steps:

Fisrt step > define and design a custom layout. (only for one entry of the list. the rest will replicate the same layout).

Second step > in the main layout, define the listview.

Third step > in main activity: nested class extended from base adapter and will override 4 methods.

Dynamic ListView App

Implemented using 2nd type of listviews, i.e. dynamic content static layout.

It has 3 steps:

Step one is to make a data source.

Step two is to define and create an array adaptor.

Step three is to connect listview with corresponding adaptor.

Explicit Intent App

In this App, the concept of explicit intent is explained along with how the data is transfered and retreived from one activity to another one. Explicit intents are used for switching from one activity to another in the same App. The main activity has a simple button which has an onClick method, where the creation of explicit intent is implemented. Also, the main activity has some key value pair data which is tranfered into the second activity via .putExtra method and is retrieved and shown in the second activity via the .getStringExtra and .getIntExtra methods.

The context of Explicit Intent is given below;

  Intent intentObject = new Intent(Context, targetActivity.class);

Fragments App

This App is about fragments. It consists of two fragments. The app demonstrates about how to change from one fragment to another. Also, the app demonstrates about the Onclick funtionality of fragments.

To chnage from one fragment to another, we use the following code;

        FragmentTransaction ft = getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
        ft.replace(R.id.Frame1, new Frag1());
        ft.commit();

To apply the Onclick funtionality within a fragment, we use the below code;

   @Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                         Bundle savedInstanceState) {

    View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_frag1, container, false);
    Button button = (Button) view.findViewById(R.id.b1);
    button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
    {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v)
        {
            Toast.makeText(getContext(), "Toast Message", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
    });
    return view;
}

Getting Input App

This app performs a simple task of getting a user input in an edittext, which is then displayed in a textview after user clicks the button.

Google Maps API App

The google maps API is used in this app. The app has the lats and longs on my friend's house. The marker shows a title. Also the map has a hybrid satilite image view.

Implicit Intent App

This app has 3 buttons, whcih has onClick functionalities coded on the backend. The onclick has different functions defining different types of implicit intents. The implicit intent is implemented in two steps, which are the "Action" and the "Uri".

The syntax of Implicit Intent is given below;

     Uri uri = Uri.parse("http://www.google.com");
     Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,uri);
     startActivity(it);

Uri is the datatype for intents. it takes different types of data depending upon the need of the intent.

It takes 'http' along with a link for opening other websites. The action used for opening another website or map coordinates will be "ACTION_VIEW". It takes 'geo' along with longitudues and latitudes for opening other map coordinates. The action used for opening another website or map coordinates will be "ACTION_VIEW". It takes 'tel' along with a phone number for opening a dailer. The action used for opening a dailer will be "ACTION_DIAL".

Insertion To SQLite App

This App simply demonstrates the concept of SQLite database createtion and insertion to it. It asks the user to input a string, product name and adds it to the SQLite database.

Instance State Lost App

This app demonstractes the concept of data lost during the the configuration changes with respect to the activity life cycle. When an application is running and th phone configuration is changed; i.e. rotating the phone, changing local langugae, and activating multi windowmode etc, then the data received from any sort of event handling is lost. E.g. if the user inputs some data in the text views and is shown on the screen below, then the data after the click event will be lost if the user rotate the phone. When the configuration is changed, the activity is killed and then restarted. In the event of this, the following methods are executed in the below given order:

  OnPause > OnStop > OnDestroy > OnCreate > OnStart > OnResume

Login App

This App simple contains the Login page without any functionality.

Notification App

This app has a simple demonstration of how notifications in andriod works. The app has a button; when clicked, it generates a notification. When the user clicks the notification in the drop down menu, it takes the user to another activity via pending intent.

On Activity Result App

This app has two activities. The functionality of this app is that it asks the user to click a button which will take the user to another activity. In the next activity, the user will be asked to type some message and after clicking the "Submit Text" button there, the text will be taken from that activity and shown in a textview in the first activity. This is done through a method called "onActivityResult".

Option Menu With onClick Functionality

For creating an option menu in the app, first create an andriod resourse directory. Within the directory, create a resourse of the type menu class. In that menu type file/resourse, create the items that you want to show in the option menu in the exact same order. After doing so, run the following code in the main activity:

    MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.main_menu,menu);
    return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);

This will create an option menu in the app. Also, to make the items in the menu clickable, implement the below function and code it according to your logic or needs:

    // method for the click listener on Option Menu
@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(@NonNull MenuItem item) {

            if(item.getItemId()==R.id.item1)
            {
                //Logic here
            }
            if(item.getItemId()==R.id.item2)
            {
                 //Logic here
            }
            if(item.getItemId()==R.id.item3)
            {
                 //Logic here       
            }
            return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

Popup Menu With onClick Functionality

For creating a Popup menu in the app, first create an andriod resourse directory. Within the directory, create a resourse of the type menu class. In that menu type file/resourse, create the items that you want to show in the option menu in the exact same order. After doing so, run the following code in the main activity:

    PopupMenu popup = new PopupMenu(MainActivity.this, view);
    popup.getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.popupmenu, popup.getMenu());
    popup.show();

This will create a Popup menu in the app. Also, to make the items in the menu clickable, implement the below function and code it according to your logic or needs:

    popup.setOnMenuItemClickListener(new PopupMenu.OnMenuItemClickListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onMenuItemClick(MenuItem menuItem)
        {

            if(menuItem.getItemId()==R.id.one)
            {
                //Logic here
            }
            if(menuItem.getItemId()==R.id.two)
            {
                //Logic here   
            }
            if(menuItem.getItemId()==R.id.three)
            {
                //Logic here
            }
            return true;
        }
        )};

Radio group & Radio Button App

This app is about radio group and raadio buttons. The concept is described by taking the radion group, i.e. gender, which had two radio buttons, i.e. male and female. wHen the user clicks the "check" button; the app pop ups a toast message showing which gender is selected. If the user clicks the "check" button without checking any radio button, then the app will show a toast message saying, "select a gender" rather than just crashing.

Services App

A service is a component that runs in the background & foreground. It can perform long-running operations in the background. It does not provide a user interface. Once started, a service might continue running for some time, even after the user switches to another application or activity.

In this App, the app has the functionality to play a song in the bacjground.

   @Override
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
    mediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.song);
    mediaPlayer.start();
    return START_STICKY;
}

@Override
public void onDestroy() {
    mediaPlayer.stop();
    super.onDestroy();
}

Shared Preferences App

Shared Preferences is used to store and retrieve small amounts of primitive data as key/value pairs to a file on the device. Primarily used for saving Application Settings & User Information. The data will be available across user sessions even if the application is killed. These preferences are stored in XML files in the Android file system as follows:

  Data/data/<package_name>/shared_prefs/<pref filename>.xml

In this App, the first activity takes some input from the user, which is then saved into a shared preference and also shown in an EditText in the second activity.

Sign In Sign Up App

This app has sign in and sign up functionality using firebase where a user can first sign up and then sign in. After signing up, if the user will sign in with valid credentials stored in the database, he/she will be taken to the home page showing a successful execution. While on the other hand, if the user provides with an unvalid credentials for signing in, he/she will be taken to an unsuccessful execution page showing failure via a toast messsage.

Speech To Text App

This App converts a speech input into text form using recognizer intent. When the user launches the app, it asks to press the button at the bottom of the screen.After presssing the button, the app asks the user to speak something. Whatever the user speaks, the app converts that speech into text.

Static ListView App

First type of listview, i.e. static. (only works with string arrays)

Three steps to implement static listview:

Step 1 is to make a listview in activity.xml

Step 2 is to make a string-array in resources/values/string.xml

Step 3 is to link the string-array from step 2 to listview using the entries attribute.

Text To Speech App

This App converts a text input into speech. When the user launches the app, it asks to press the button at the top of the screen. After presssing the button, the app converts that given text into speech.

Text to Speech works in three steps:

Step 1 : Making the object of texttospeech class

  TextToSpeech t1 = new TextToSpeech(this, new TextToSpeech.OnInitListener(){   });

Step 2 : Implementation of oninit method within the TextToSpeech object

        @Override
        public void onInit(int status) {
            t1.setLanguage(Locale.ENGLISH);
            t1.setPitch(1.0f);
            t1.setSpeechRate(1.0f);
        }

Step 3 : Calling Speak method on the text to speech object

    t1.speak(Text, TextToSpeech.QUEUE_FLUSH,null);