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Android

Posts related to Android development.

Managing AppStates in Android

There are times when the state of the app must be retained even if the app is closed. At first, I used to subclass the Application class and store the application's state variables there. The Android developer reference, however, says that's not required [http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/

Reading verification codes from SMS

2-Factor Authentication (2FA) systems use SMS to send the verification code very often. If the user is on his phone, the process could be simplified if the app reads the code from the SMS and logs the user in automatically. Here's how to do it in an Android App. Set

Downloading a file using retrofit

I've started using retrofit [http://square.github.io/retrofit/] recently and it's intuitively simpler than Google's volley [https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/volley/]. And it's got really good benchmarks [http://instructure.github.io/blog/2013/12/09/volley-vs-retrofit/]. And it's made by the same guys [http://square.github.io]

Adding toolbar to Preference Activity

There are a lot of questions on StackOverflow about adding an ActionBar/Toolbar to the PreferenceActivity. However this task is quite easy in the newer versions of Android Studio. I'm using Android Studio 1.4. When I create a new preference activity from the menu, Android Studio adds an extra