AppCompat v22.1 Support Library
A lot of things have changed (for the better) with the support library. In AppCompat v22.1 various updates have been made to a lot...
Monthly Archive: April 2015
Why ActionBarActivity is deprecated?
The Solution If you’ve updated to the new Support Libraries (AppCompat 22.1.1), then you’ve probably noticed by now that extending ActionBarActivity for your Activity classes...
Implement Floating Action Button – Part 2
I’d recommend going through Part 1 of the implementation first. It covers how you can quickly setup a Floating Action Button. Though if you feel you’ve...
Implement Floating Action Button – Part 1
What is a Floating Action Button? A new component introduced in Material Design is the Floating Action Button. It is an elevated circular view...
Toolbar Height in Landscape mode (FIX)
Toolbar height issue If you’ve noticed by now, the Toolbar height by default when compared in normal and landscape mode, is different. There seems to be extra padding...
Why app design is important
As developers, we code our apps stuffing them with every possible feature we thought of it to have. It originated with one great idea,...
Android Material Design: Getting Started with Lollipop
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to implement Android Material Design for your apps running on pre Lollipop devices. Material Design is Google’s new design language...