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Android is Google's open source OS and system for smart phones and tablets. Use this tag for software engineering questions about Android; for user questions, visit our sister site Android Enthusiasts Stack Exchange.
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In Android, is there any reason to set up a content provider for a local database?
from http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/providers/content-providers.html
You don't need to develop your own provider if you don't intend to
share your data with other applications. Howeve …
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What to put into an app about dialog?
The about-box requirements may depend on requirements of the libs/dataservices and other resources you use. i.e. for openstreetmap see http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
If you put app version i …
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Android MVC with the Activity being the controller?
In my own debatable opinion, using MVC or MVVM is not helpful in Android context. … In practical Android programming I do not see any advantage to split the GUI into view and controller or into view and viewmodel. …
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What makes more sense: (a) To have multiple apps accessing the same DB (b) single app
I donot know if this is "best practice" but this is how google has decided that android should work as (b):
In android local databases are private to the app that owns the database. … If you want to use a public local database you need this android workaround …
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Drop table if it already exists and then re-create it?
The Android specific virtual method SQLiteOpenHelper::OnUpgrade
public void onUpgrade(final SQLiteDatabase db, final int oldVersion,
final int newVersion) {...} …
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Best practice for combining a Java Applet/ Android interface?
gui-s for android, applet, j2se, j2me. … But eaven keeping biz logic seperate is difficuilt because in the android world many api-s are based on the android Context which is the gateway to the operating system. …
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Develop for Desktop and mobile use?
How easy could this be converted into an Android app?
You can develp with html5/js and wrap this app into a native mobile app using phonegap …
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Proper workaround for multiple inheritence in Java (Android)
I am afraid you can-t implement your classsystem without codeduplication in android/java. …
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Unit Testing DatabaseOpenHelper class in Android
Instead of verifying that
colum1 is name,
colum2 is birthday,
colum3 is ....
i would just test if these colums exist after upgrade.
To do this I would create an integration test that
start …
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What to test for in a simple form where the value of one input field dictates other fields?
What strategy would one adopt to test such a form?
You have to separate the GUI from the decision logic by adding a decision function that only depends on business attributes and not on GUI eleme …
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Is it ok to have many libraries for modularity?
I agree that splitting feturesets into vertical-slices is a good thing on the level of classes/namespaces.
On the level of different/independant moduls/libs i see more harm than benefit to have a spe …
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Why does Android's Bundle API accept ArrayLists rather than Lists
Just a guess: Maybe Bundele-content must be be serializable and not every Lists implementation is serializable.
From sdk-doc public Bundle.Bundle (ClassLoader)
Constructs a new, empty Bundle that …
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Should data be stored to local database in Android when heavily using REST services?
you should already have a serialisation format for the transportation from service to android client (JSON, XML, ....) why not using this format for the file cache, too …
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Is it important to know C/C++ for Android development?
In most cases you do not need c/c++ to develop for android.
According to Android NDK Overview
II. … Android NDK Non-Goals:
The NDK is not a good way to write generic native code that runs on Android devices. …
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Architectural problem for Activity communication in an Android app
Do you have a model/businscomponent/service that is responsible for managing the data? for me your description sounds as if your gui elements (activity/fragment) are doing the work.
The usual way wou …