Before your application can begin receiving location updates, it needs to perform some simple steps to set up access. In this lesson, you'll learn what these steps entail.Declare Proper Permissions in Android ManifestThe first step of setting up
After setting up your application to work with LocationManager, you can begin to obtain location updates.Set Up the Location ListenerThe LocationManager class exposes a number of methods for applications to receive location updates. In its simplest
As shown in previous lessons, location updates are received in the form of latitude and longitude coordinates. While this format is useful for calculating distance or displaying a pushpin on a map, the decimal numbers make no sense to most end users.
how to implement a simple application that connects to the network. It explains some of the best practices you should follow in creating even the simplest network-connected app.Note that to perform the network operations described in this lesson,
文章目錄 About resource objects The graphical user interface for an Android app is built using a hierarchy of View and ViewGroup objects. View objects are usually UI widgets such as buttons ortext fields and ViewGroup objects
Drawing a UI is only one part of creating a custom view. You also need to make your view respond to user input in a way that closely resembles the real-world action you're mimicking. Objects should always act in the same way that real objects do.
Starting another activity doesn't have to be one-way. You can also start another activity and receive a result back. To receive a result, callstartActivityForResult() (instead of startActivity()).For example, your app can start a camera app and
how to write applications that have fine-grained control over their usage of network resources. If your application performs a lot of network operations, you should provide user settings that allow users to control your app’s data habits, such as
Now that you have a well-designed view that responds to gestures and transitions between states, you need to ensure that the view runs fast. To avoid a UI that feels sluggish or stutters during playback, you must ensure that your animations
For instance, if you build a social app that can share messages or photos with the user's friends, it's in your best interest to support theACTION_SEND intent so users can initiate a "share" action from another app and launch your app to perform the
A well-designed custom view is much like any other well-designed class. It encapsulates a specific set of functionality with an easy to use interface, it uses CPU and memory efficiently, and so forth. In addition to being a well-designed class,