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Load local html resource on Android

arkilis Android July 27, 2018

Local html and sources are necessary when you try to show an error page dealing with situation such as 404, 500 error happened on remote server. First, create a new class named MyWebViewClient: package apeapp.webviewclient.testwebviewclient; import android.os.Build; import android.util.Log; import android.webkit.WebResourceRequest; import android.webkit.WebResourceResponse; import android.webkit.WebView; import android.webkit.WebViewClient; class MyWebViewClient extends WebViewClient { final String TAG
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Fastlane Practise with Android and iOS

arkilis Android, iOS, Mobile July 5, 2018

Fastlane Fastlane “The easiest way to build and release mobile apps”. fastlane handles the majority of the manual works, which sig including the following features: FREE Build Alpha/Beta/Production binary, ipa for iOS, apk for Android Automatically Sign ipa using Apple Provision File for iOS Automatically Sign apk using Android Keystore for Android Automatically Upload to
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Setup Build Types on Fabric in Android Project

arkilis Android, Mobile March 28, 2018

Find out Normally in a project, Build Type is used for different development stages, such as Debug and Release. In practical, Debug might output some logs. But basically Debug and Release are considered as a same application. Product flavors can let your application have different versions, such as free or paid. Build Types App packaging
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How to place a location on Google Map

arkilis Android, Mobile November 30, 2017

Here are few steps on how to add Google Map to your Kotlin/Android project, in this post, there are two things: Show marker on Google Map Get current location (Latitude & Longitude) Show marker on Google Map Step 1: Add dependencies in build.gradle: compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:11.6.2' Step 2: Set up Google Maps API Key in the
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Using Gradle 3.0 to create your debug APK from command line

arkilis Android, Mobile November 21, 2017

With the new Gradle 3.0 coming out, I recently found out there is no apk file generated when running gradlew from command line. After investigating a little bit, one of the possible solution is in the build.gradle file under the app directory. [gist https://gist.github.com/arkilis/3be5a560ced55129bb024995dfccdbd4/]   Then in the root directory, run: ./gradlew assembleDebug The generated apk
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Why Kotlin doesn’t have static

arkilis Android, Mobile November 16, 2017

As you may observe while programming with Kotlin (1.1.60), there is no static members or methods. Instead you can use the companion object to work it around. [gist https://gist.github.com/arkilis/e1ff8d09c630c88193c45f63a8e074e2/] The reason behind this is: https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/what-is-the-advantage-of-companion-object-vs-static-keyword/4034 Scala also replaces class level declarations with a ‘Singleton’ object. The main advantage of this is that everything is an
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How to use RxAndroid with kotlin

arkilis Android, Mobile October 29, 2017

This article is more for iOS developers who wants to put their hands on the Android Development, or for those who just want to enter the Android development world. There are no hard points in the article. In the tutorial, you are about to know: Install how to install dependencies Know how to use RXAndroid
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Using Tabbed Navigation Bar in Android – A simple tutorial for iOS developers

arkilis Android, Mobile September 27, 2017

The Android does provided a bottom navigation bar natively, however, I found it is a bit difficult to use. After google around, I found a better solution: BottomBar (https://github.com/roughike/BottomBar). The final look would be like: Step 0x00: Add dependencies Add the following dependency to your build.gradle file. compile 'com.android.support:design:26+' compile 'com.roughike:bottom-bar:2.3.1' Step 0x01: Add bottom
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