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Which tools do you need as a developer? This part of our Coding Fundamentals section introduces you to some essential coding tools and explains how to use them.

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Android From Scratch: Common UI Design Patterns

Tutorial • Beginner

While Android allows you to create almost any custom view or user interface that you could possibly want, there are a few user interface patterns that have...

Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz • 18 Apr 2016
Tools

Android From Scratch: Exploring Android Sample Apps

Tutorial • Beginner

One of the most daunting tasks when developing for Android, for both beginners and experts, is figuring out where to start when using a new feature. Luckily,...

Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz • 4 Apr 2016
Tools

Android From Scratch: Setting Up the Development Environment

Tutorial • Beginner

So you've decided to take your first steps into learning about Android app development. Great choice. Android is currently the most widely used smartphone...

Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz • 21 Mar 2016
Tools

How to Get Started With Push Notifications On Android

Tutorial • Intermediate

Using push notifications is a great way to re-engage your application's users. In this tutorial, you learn how to use the Google Cloud Messaging service to...

Ashraff Hathibelagal • 15 Feb 2016
Terminal and CLI

10 Time-Saving Tips for UNIX Vim Beginners

Tutorial • Beginner

Vim is the preferred editor for many developers. And why shouldn't it be? With the right set of commands and terminal shortcuts, it helps to get the work...

Jay • 10 Feb 2016
Tools

How to Advertise Android as a Bluetooth LE Peripheral

Tutorial • Intermediate

Although a relatively new technology, Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) has already proven itself to be a versatile and useful communication medium. While it can be...

Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz • 14 Dec 2015
Tools

Understanding AsyncTask Values in 60 Seconds

Tutorial • Beginner

On Android, the AsyncTask class is commonly used to perform operations on a background thread. In this video, I show you how an AsyncTask works and how you...

Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz • 8 Dec 2015
Tools

Gradle in 60 Seconds

Tutorial • Beginner

Gradle is the de facto build system for Android Studio. It takes your project's source code, resources, and other dependencies, and packages them up into an...

Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz • 24 Nov 2015
Tools

An Introduction to Face Detection on Android

Tutorial • Intermediate

Introduced with the Vision libraries in Play Services 8.1, Face Detection makes it easy for you as a developer to analyze a video or image to locate human...

Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz • 23 Nov 2015
Tools

Using Gradle Build Variants

Tutorial • Intermediate

One of the key features of Android Studio is the integration of Gradle as an Android build system. While the overall purpose of a build system is to take...

Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz • 2 Nov 2015
Tools

Getting Started With Google Maps for Android: Advanced

Tutorial • Advanced

While the standard features of Google Maps are incredibly useful, there will be times that you want to do a little bit more. Luckily, Google has created an...

Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz • 12 Oct 2015
Tools

Getting Started With Google Maps for Android: Intermediate

Tutorial • Intermediate

Without a doubt, maps are one of the most useful tools for users when included in an app. This tutorial is the second in a series going over Google Maps v2...

Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz • 7 Oct 2015