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 | ## Introduction ## Welcome to part two of the tutorial. Let us continue to learn how to animate views along a Path. Part one can be found [here](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/mobile-development/tutorials/538944/android-native-animate-view-along-path-part-1). ## Important Coordinates ## Both the sun and the moon in our app can occupy any one of the three important coordinates … |
| | ## Introduction ## In the last tutorial, we learned [how to draw basic shapes](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/mobile-development/tutorials/538942/android-native-draw-basic-shapes-on-canvas) on Android using premade methods from the graphics library. In this tutorial, we step up the difficulty a notch by learning how to draw using the Path class. The Path class allows for drawing of technically … |
| | ## Introduction ## Even though the built-in vector library included in Android Studio contains many icons readily for use, you might eventually run into a situation where a custom icon is needed. In this tutorial, we will learn how to create our own icons from basic shapes drawn on a … |
| | ## Introduction ## Android includes many options to add animations to your app. In this tutorial, we will learn how to add a type of animation called frame-by-frame animation into our Android app. ## Goals ## At the end of the tutorial, you would have learned: 1. How to add … |
| | ## Introduction ## Every Android View has a `layoutParams` property. This property tells the parent ViewGroup how a View wants to be laid out; it is also often used to change the size of a View. In this tutorial, we will learn how to animate Views while modifying their `layoutParams`. … |
| | ## Introduction ## Cards are a common widget for Material 3-themed applications. Expanding a card after the user performs a click action is a very common behavior. While Android can automatically render the new expanded card automatically, we will have to implement our own animation if we want a smooth, … |
| | ## Introduction ## When working on Espresso tests, you might have run into a situation where you need to verify what your app does when an activity is in a specific [**Lifecycle**](https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/lifecycle/Lifecycle) state. In this tutorial, we will learn how to achieve this by using the **ActivityScenario** class. ## Goals … |
| | Repo: https://github.com/Charles-CarM/Battleship I am currently building my battleship console application in C#. I have prior experience building projects with Vanilla JS and in React. I went through a tutorial on C# and could grasp most of the concepts pretty well. I have jumped into project building because I know this … |
| | ## Introduction ## In the [last Selenium tutorial](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/software-development/tutorials/538447/basic-interactions-with-web-elements-in-selenium), we learned how to perform basic actions such as clicking and sending keystrokes. In this tutorial, we will learn how to do another action, which is the scrolling action. ## Goals ## At the end of the tutorial, you would have learned: …  |
 | I've been working on the GUI portion of my [C++ Connect-N game project](https://github.com/Schol-R-LEA/ConnectN), and have gotten it to would could charitably be called a working state. However, the game AI, not to put it to finely, stinks. I was wondering if anyone here has more experience in implementing a minmax … |
| | ## Introduction ## Welcome to part 2 of the Selenium scrolling tutorial. Please follow the directions in [part 1](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/software-development/tutorials/538448/perform-scrolling-actions-in-selenium-part-1) to set up your project. In part 1, we learned how to let Selenium decide how it wants to scroll to elements. In this part 2, we will learn about a … |
| | ## Introduction ## When working with Selenium, you might have run into a situation where you have to wait for long-running tasks to complete before you can interact with elements. Fortunately, Selenium has support for such situations via its many *waits* API. In this tutorial, we will learn how to … |
| | ## Introduction ## When creating a Selenium test, it is common for developers to want their scripts to take the same actions as a real human user would take. These action often includes clicking on elements or inputting text data into forms. In this tutorial, we will learn how to … |
| | ## Introduction ## While creating Selenium tests, you might have found that inspecting elements manually using the web browser’s inspector could be tedious. Even after you have found the element, you still have to go through the pain of looking up the correct **xpath** syntax for this specific element. To … |
| | ## Introduction ## Selenium is one of the most popular web browser automation tools out there. There is no restriction on what you can use Selenium for. You can use it to build a GPU scalping bot (*please don’t*) or build e2e tests for your website. In this tutorial, we … |
| | ## Introduction ## When working on Java applications, it is very likely that you will run into JDBC at some point. While you are unlikely to have to work directly with JDBC when using frameworks, it is still important to know how the connection is established and how queries are … |
| | [Ranged Numeric Types in C++](https://github.com/Schol-R-LEA/Ranged-Numeric-Types-for-CPP) I've started writing a simple template class for automating range checking in specialized numeric types, inspired by the ranged types in languages such as Pascal and Ada. At the moment it is mainly meant for integer types, though I've made it flexible enough that it …  |
 | I am looking for an software/script that can generate high trust score browsers, i am using [this GitHub project](https://abrahamjuliot.github.io/creepjs/) to see the info about the browser and the score. I have tried to create few different projects using ZennoPoster, BAS, Undetectable, ATB. They all create with trust score: F- Someone … |
| | this project requires experience in the development field of VPN This project needs to connect to V2board through a VPN application developed in Flutter language to obtain V2board node information and user information. The V2board project has been connected to 70% (project address https://github.com/losgif/sail), we still need to complete the … |
 | My son uses Anaconda so I thought I'd install it so we could collaborate. I downloaded and installed the latest version. When I ran Anaconda Navigator, the first thing it told me was "there is a new version available". That's when I started having misgivings, but I downloaded and installed … |
| | ## Introduction ## In Android projects, **DataSource** classes act as entry points to interacting with local or remote data sources. Their dependencies tend to be HTTP clients, the database, or DAOs, and their dependents are usually **Repository** classes. In this tutorial, we will learn how to provide a fake **DataSource** … |
| | ## Introduction ## In this tutorial, we will learn how to create an instrumented test for Navigation Components. ## Goals ## At the end of the tutorial, you would have learned: 1. How to test Navigation Components. ## Tools Required ## 1. Android Studio. The version used in this tutorial … |
| | Disclaimer: this is a project work. I might be having issues with the follow but here is what I am doing: push changes to github travils builds image and pushes to docker AWS EKS pulls the image and starts container now my issue is the following variable is undefined: const … |
 | # Introduction # As we move into 2022, businesses will continue to look for ways to become more data-driven. This means that knowing how to use Structured Query Language, commonly called SQL or 'Sequel', will remain an essential skill for data scientists, analysts, and developers. In this post, we'll provide … |
| | ## Introduction ## In this tutorial, we will learn how to load data asynchronously into a **ListAdapter** (*a subclass of **RecyclerView.Adapter***). ## Goals ## At the end of the tutorial, you would have learned: 1. How to serve asynchronous data to a **ListAdapter**. ## Tools Required ## 1. Android Studio. … |
| | ## Introduction ## In this tutorial, we will learn how to filter and validate Intents fired from the application under test. ## Goals ## At the end of the tutorial, you would have learned: 1. How to filter and validate Intents in Espresso tests. ## Tools Required ## 1. Android … |
| | ## Introduction ## When working with Espresso tests, you might have found it hard to make Espresso wait for background tasks to complete before performing other actions or assertions. Fortunately, the classes in the Espresso **idling** package exist to cover this use case. In this tutorial, we will learn how … |
| | ## Introduction ## Starting from Android 10 (*API 29*), Android places many restrictions on how apps can launch activities from the background. There are a couple of exemptions, which can be found on this [list](https://developer.android.com/guide/components/activities/background-starts#exceptions). At the end of the list is the usage of the *dangerous* permission `SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW`. I … |
| | ## Introduction ## When working with Room, you might have run into a situation where you only want to update specific fields of an entity instead of replacing the entire row. In this tutorial, we will learn how to do this in two different ways. ## Goals ## At the … |
| | ## Introduction ## On the android platform, widgets provide a quick way to interact with your Apps. They are extremely useful at providing quick information without the user launching the app Activities themselves. Common use cases for homescreen widgets are weather, email, or banking information. In this tutorial, we will … |
| | ## Introduction ## In this tutorial, we will learn how to use **ConcatAdapter**. It is a great choice for displaying header or footer at the beginning or at the end of a **RecyclerView**. ## Goals ## At the end of the tutorial, you would have learned: 1. How to use … |
| | ## Introduction ## Rather than modifying the button widget’s appearance in code, it is possible to do this in an XML resource instead. In this tutorial, we will learn how to create two different types of specialized XML resource files for changing the **Drawable** and the color. ## Goals ## … |
| | ## Introduction ## The Android platform provides many different types of menus to be added to an Android app. In this tutorial, we will learn how to add the most common type of menu, an **Options Menu**. An **Options Menu** is one that appears at the right corner of the … |
| | ## Introduction ## The Android platform provides many different types of menus to be added to an Android app. In this tutorial, we will learn how to add **Contextual Menu**s to our app. ## Goals ## At the end of the tutorial, you would have learned: 1. How to add … |
| | ## Introduction ## Among all of the Android libraries, Paging 3 is perhaps one of the hardest to understand. Personally, I think the problem with Paging 3 are: 1. Developers need to learn a lot of custom classes before they can understand how Paging 3 works under the hood and … |
| | ## Introduction ## The Android Paging 3 library can operate in two modes, with an offline Room database as a source of truth or without one. In this tutorial, we will look at how to use Paging 3 with a local Room database. This tutorial expands on the previously published … |
| | ## Introduction ## Among the many ways to create your own View, extending an existing View is the simplest option. This is because you are inheriting pre-made attributes, drawing, and accessibility features. In this tutorial, we will learn how to create our own custom View by extending an existing View … |
| | ## Introduction ## In this tutorial, we will learn how to apply Material 3 colors and Dynamic Colors to our App. ## Goals ## At the end of the tutorial, you would have learned: 1. How to apply Material 3 colors. 2. How to enable Dynamic Colors. ## Tools Required … |
| | ## Introduction ## In Android development, UseCases are classes that encapsulate business logic that are often used in ViewModel classes. UseCases belong to the optional Domain layer in Android apps, so they are not required, but can reduce your ViewModel’s complexity and make your application easier to test. In this … |
| | ## Introduction ## When working with WorkManager, it is important to know how to provide input data to your Workers. In this tutorial, we will learn how to provide basic input data to a Worker as well as when Workers are chained together. ## Goals ## At the end of … |
| | ## Introduction ## If your App only need a simple way to play videos on Android, then **VideoView** (`android.widget.VideoView`) might just fit the bill. In this tutorial, we will learn how to use VideoView for video playback in our App. ## Goals ## At the end of the tutorial, you … |
| | ## Introduction ## Android provides many ways to perform background tasks, such as Services, WorkManager, or even threads. In this tutorial, we will learn how to create a Service for our Android app. ## Goals ## At the end of the tutorial, you would have learned: 1. How to create … |
| | ## Introduction ## When using a Worker (**from the WorkManager library**), you might have wondered how to inject dependencies with Hilt. In this tutorial, we will learn how to inject dependencies into our Worker. ## Goals ## At the end of the tutorial, you would have learned: 1. How to … |
| | ## Introduction ## Finding a View in Espresso tests can be quite confusing because there are so many matchers available. In this tutorial, we will learn how to find a View based on its sibling contents. ## Goals ## At the end of the tutorial, you would have learned: 1. … |
| | ## Introduction ## When working with Room, you might have wondered how to run multiple statements in a single transaction. Running multiple statements in one transaction has two main benefits: 1. Your statements can reuse the same connection. 2. They can all fail together if something goes wrong. Regarding the … |
| | ## Introduction ## When working with Room, you might have wondered how to describe one-to-many relationships between entities. In this tutorial, we will learn how to do just that. ## Goals ## At the end of the tutorial, you would have learned: 1. How to define one-to-many relationship for entities … |
| | The pandemic has presented everyone with unique challenges. For me, it became particularly hard to switch to online grocery shopping. When I do my shopping offline, I usually don’t have to plan much, moving through the isles and picking up stuff as I go. It’s rare that I forget something, …  |
| | ## Introduction ## There are many ways to describe relationships between Entities in Room, one of which is to embed an entity inside of another. When embedding an Entity, the columns of the embedded Entity are extracted as member columns of the enclosing entity. In this tutorial, we will learn … |
| | ## Introduction ## When working with Services on Android, you might have ran into an issue where you would like to: 1. Use a concrete implementation of a Service (*from a built-in or third party library*). 2. Make the Service lifecycle-aware so that you can use coroutines with it. Many … |
| | ## Introduction ## When working with Room, there might come a situation during bulk CRUD operations that it would be useful to add a Foreign Key to one of our tables. This provides two main benefits: cascading delete (*must be configured manually*) and enforcing data integrity on linked entities. In … |
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