Android Coding Tips

Today I have published my 7th app Financial Calculator in google play. (you will see 8 apps in market page. But Kannada Hindi keyboard is no longer supported as Akshara keyboard is its successor.) This app is meant for us Indians who want to save our money a little bit in FDs and RDs. Or/and pay EMI each month for housing and other loans. The app can calculate EMI amount, FD or RD maturity value. (So you can correct the bank official if they make a mistake :) ) It will also calculate how much will you pay extra for the loan. It lets you compare two loans, compare two FDs or RDs. There are other calculations too. Gratuity calculator, loan afford ability calculator, savings goal calculator and currency converter. So what are you waiting for? Download app today and give me your valuable feedback.

Once your android project is at the finishing stage, you need to add the following extra features to your app. Rate the app Because rates drive app download Other apps by you free advertisement for your apps Send feedback you need them to remove bugs and improve the app Well, I personally feel that the pop up screens which ask the user to rate the app, is not a good idea. People may get irritated by this. But to provide the first one, you need to know the playstore page of your app. How do you get the page if you have not yet published the page? Well, the app page always looks like this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id =your_app_package_name    the last part is your package name of the app. And to take the user to all apps by you, you need to use a url like this https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=yourdevelopername  So these two settled, let us write our xml and code <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8...

Spinner in android is a view which shows you a drop down menu and lets you select one of the items. Let us see how to use a spinner in your android program. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android= "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:app= "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" xmlns:tools= "http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width= "match_parent" android:layout_height= "match_parent" android:orientation= "vertical" app:layout_behavior= "@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior" tools:context= "com.hegdeapps.myapplication.MainActivity" tools:showIn= "@layout/activity_main" > <TextView android:id= "@+id/textView" android:layout_width= "wrap_content" android:layout_height= "wrap_content" an...