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·May 27

How to create Toast message in Jetpack Compose | Android?

Source code link at the end of this article. Don’t like reading? Watch the video instead 👇 OR click here to watch Ok, let’s start the tutorial. Let’s add a simple button with onClick parameter.

Jetpack Compose

2 min read

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·May 26

Jetpack Compose: Button, Outlined Button, and Text Button in Android

In this article, you will learn to create Button(), OutlinedButton() and TextButton() composables and how to customise their appearance such as style, size, elevation, border stroke color, background color, content colour, and apply onClick listener to it. Source code link at the end of this article. Don’t like reading? Watch…

Jetpack Compose

4 min read

Published in Smartherd

·May 18

Migrate to Jetpack Compose from XML

In this article, you will get a big picture of Jetpack Compose basics in Android. You will get acquainted with what is a declarative programming paradigm, composable functions, composition, recomposition, side-effects free functions, idempotent functions, how events and data travel in Compose UI and a lot more. Just like me…

Jetpack Compose

8 min read

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·May 14

Shape your Image: Circle, Rounded Square, or Cuts at the corner in Android

Using the MDC library let’s shape images in just a few lines of code by using ShapeableImageView. Source Code link at bottom of this page. Don’t like reading? Watch the video instead 👇 OR click here to watch Ok, let’s start the tutorial. Step 1 Create a New Project in Android Studio with an Empty Activity. I will use…

Android

4 min read

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·May 14

Difference between JVM, JRE, and JDK

Often developers get confused between JVM, JRE and JDK. Let’s understand them and what are they used for in Java? Don’t like reading? Consume this article as video 👇 OR click here to watch The following image shows: JRE is a combination of JVM…

Java

3 min read

JVM vs JRE vs JDK: Understand Differences

Published in Smartherd

·Apr 10

Run App using Wi-Fi (Android Studio Update)

With the Bumblebee update, you can wirelessly connect your physical device with Android Studio and therefore run your app hassle-free. Prior to this update, there were ways you could run the app wirelessly, but Android Studio officially did not show any buttons in the AVD manager to run the app…

Android Studio

3 min read

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·Apr 9

Kotlin Functions vs. Properties: When to use what?

Learn when to use functions and when to use read-only properties in your Kotlin class. If you don’t prefer to read, you can consume this article in the form of a video. 👇👇👇 Or click here to watch Okay, let’s get started. …

Kotlin

3 min read

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·Apr 9

Master Coroutine in 2 Hours: Free Course

I have created a two-hour high-quality course on Kotlin Coroutines along with source code. I bet you’ll love it. Coroutines are a mess? No, it’s not. Trust me! They are as wonderful as Taj Mahal 😎 I have organized this course into 5 chapters. In chapter 1, get a solid understanding of what are coroutines. Explore the ‘suspend’ keyword, compare…

Kotlin Coroutines

2 min read

Master Coroutine in 2 Hours: Free Course

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·Apr 8

How does C/C++ Program run Behind the Scene?

If you are not a reader, you can watch the same article in the form of a video👇 👇👇👇 OR click here to watch Ok, so let’s get started. This article is applicable to both C and C++. But I will use a sample C++ program to show how…

C Programming

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How does C/C++ Program run Behind the Scene?

Nov 11, 2020

Mipmap folder doesn’t make sense?

Why launcher icons in Android are stored within the mipmap folder. Why not in the drawable folder? When you upload the App Bundle or the APK to the Google playstore, the user is able to download the optimised APK.

Android Mipmap Folder

2 min read