Alternate Title: Practically Learn Android Accessibility Services — My Daily Routine I travel every day to work via either the metro or the local train. To reach the station, I need some last-mile connectivity. I use OLA cabs for this. Booking a ride on Ola cabs is really easy. Select the pickup and the drop location — and book a ride…

Eh Sareyan Di Khataa Ya Kisey Di Vi Khata Nahi? — Sohni ho gayi jawan Par aje vi 16 saal di lage nadaan Ohnu anjaan shehar ‘ch firre Jiven shehar ‘ch ohdi sareya de naal jaan pachaan She has become an adult But she still looks like a 16 years old innocent She roams in the unknown city Like she knows everybody…

What Exactly Is Android One? —

A must-read article for cracking Android Interviews ! — What Is Rooting? Rooting your Android device means getting root access of the Android OS (as it is based on the Linux OS) Why Is Rooting Required? When you buy a new PC, you have full access to the hardware and the software. If PC manufacturers start shipping new PCs without the root privileges, they will face…

A Tale Of Love And Separation — I had opted in for a jungle safari in a southern Indian national park. I arrived at the bus stop and boarded the bus on time. I was thrilled about the trip for it was my first ever visit to a national park. Why first, you ask? Because initially, I…

…You’ll Even Start Loving An Adopted Dog In 6 Months — I live with 2 other flatmates. Apart from the fact that they work for the same company, they are poles apart from each other. One could sleep for 25 hours a day, and the other would probably never sleep, if that was humanly possible. The other day, the latter one…

Bypassing Dealing With Google’s Location Services API And Other Hassles Along The Way — The Beginning I was developing an Android app. One of the feature required fetching user’s most precise current location. I anticipated that within minutes I’d implement the code to fetch the location and then proceed towards the rest of the feature. …

Never copy code from online documentation again. — RecyclerViews have become extremely common necessity in any Android app these days. It may be just me, but I find myself referring to online guides, whenever there’s a slightly changed implementation. It doesn’t have to be this way. Hence I wrote a solution for this. No need to refer to online guide ever again! Easy Implementation First, copy the following helper class RvQuickSetup.java in your project:

To enable Jr Android Developers forget about handling bg job once and for all — Most of the times we need to execute things in the background in Android to avoid blocking the main thread (aka UI thread). This is necessary to avoid application not responding dialogs and to provide an awesome UX to the user at all times. But, doing tasks in a background…