We often see Settings screen in many android apps through which you can configure the app preferences on your choice. For example you wanna change the notification sound or turn off notification messages from the app settings. Normally people manually develop their own UI for settings and manage the values…
Introduction of RecyclerView is the best thing ever happen to android world. You can create stunningly beautiful lists and grids using the RecyclerView. Lot of us are very familiar in rendering the basic lists when the UI is very simple. But it comes to more complex lists that contains multiple…
Have you ever deleted an important file from your Android phone? Something like a confidential document or a memorable photo? Because Android doesn’t have a Recycle Bin feature, there is no going back from the state. The case is more or less the same when you have forgotten the screen-lock…
People say an image speaks a thousand words — so does an emoji and sticker. In the past years, emoticons and stickers have become so popular. Be it Facebook or WhatsApp, we can see the flow of these media, not to mention GIFs. By the way, how do you find…
Firebase Realtime database is a cloud hosted database that supports multiple platforms Android, iOS and Web. All the data is stored in JSON format and any changes in data, reflects immediately by performing a sync across all the platforms & devices. This allows us to build more flexible realtime apps…
In recent times, Google moved from Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) to Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM). Just like GCM, FCM is a cross-platform messaging solution that allows you to send messages. FCM is completely free and there are no limitations. If you have followed any of my previous tutorials about GCM,…
Facebook comments plugin lets users to comment on any web url using their Facebook account. Right now Facebook doesn’t provide native android support for the plugin, but we can integrate it in our app using the WebView and make it looks native. This article not only explains how to add…