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Creating a Login Screen Using TextInputLayout

Tutorial • Beginner

The Android TextInputLayout widget gives your application a true material design look and feel. The usual hint of an EditText will become a floating label...

Gianluca Segato • 27 Jul 2015
Android Development

Overview of the Android Design Support Library

Tutorial • Beginner

During Google I/O 2015, Google introduced the Design Support Library for Android developers. This library makes it simple for developers to implement more...

Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz • 20 Jul 2015
Terminal and CLI

Debugging Android Apps with Facebook's Stetho

Tutorial • Intermediate

Stetho is an open source debugging platform developed by Facebook that allows you to debug your Android apps using Google Chrome's developer tools. It offers...

Ashraff Hathibelagal • 6 Jul 2015
Android Development

Coloring Android Apps with Palette

Tutorial • Beginner

One of the defining features of material design is the use of color to compliment and emphasize content on the screen. Using the Palette class, developers...

Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz • 29 Jun 2015
Web APIs

Getting Started With Android: Creating a Customized Toolbar

Tutorial • Beginner

Creating native Android apps allows you to deliver a first-class mobile experience to your users. In this short video tutorial, you'll learn you how to add...

Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz • 18 Jun 2015
Tools

Detect and Resolve Performance Problems on Android

Tutorial • Intermediate

In this tutorial, you'll get a crash course in the performance problems every Android developer needs to be aware of. You'll also learn about the tools you...

Jessica Thornsby • 12 Jun 2015
Tools

How to Use Kotlin in Your Android Projects

Tutorial • Beginner

If you are looking for an alternative programming language for Android development, you should give Kotlin a try. Kotlin is a modern language with lots of...

Ashraff Hathibelagal • 8 Jun 2015
Android Development

Google I/O 2015 Aftermath

Tutorial • Beginner

In this article, I discuss the happenings at Google I/O 2015, presenting a summary of some of the most important announcements. I'll talk about what was...

Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz • 5 Jun 2015
Android Development

Getting Started With Android

Course • Beginner

Creating native Android apps allows you to deliver a first-class mobile experience to your users. This course will take you through native Android...

Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz • 27 May 2015
Tools

Using Android's VectorDrawable Class

Tutorial • Beginner

While Android does not support SVGs (Scalable Vector Graphics) directly, Lollipop introduced a new class called VectorDrawable, which allows designers and...

Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz • 25 May 2015
Tools

Creating a Weather Application for Mars Using Volley

Tutorial • Intermediate

In this tutorial, we use what we learnt in the previous article about Volley to create a weather application for Mars. To fetch the weather data, we use the...

Gianluca Segato • 20 May 2015
Tools

Quick Tip: Add Facebook Login to Your Android App

Tutorial • Beginner

Facebook Login provides a convenient and secure way for people to log in to an app without having to go through a sign-up process first. In this quick tip,...

Ashraff Hathibelagal • 18 May 2015