The problem is that this line of code is producing an error: And the error says: Type mismatch.Required:ActivityMainBindingFound:ViewDataBinding! The solution is to add a <layout> tag in the layout file that you are inflating!
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Expand ScrollView vertically if height is smaller than screen // Android Dev Diary
I have the following XML layout code in an Android app that I’ve been tinkering with: I wrapped my GridLayout in a ScrollView because on the landscape orientation of the Android app’s screen, my grid contents are cut from the view because they’re too tall, and there’s no way to see them without a scrollbar, […]
Sample Instrumented Test for Retained Text After Screen Rotation // Android Kotlin Dev Diary
First I added the following UI Automator to my app: So now my build.gradle (Module) file has the following dependecies: Then under the package app/src/androidTest/java/net/catzie/samplecalculatorapp I added the following instrumented test class: What it does is press the buttons 1, period, and 5 on the calculator’s UI to show “1.5” which should show up the […]
Prevent Huawei from Killing Your App //Android Dev Diary
I have been playing around with Android app development, particularly on how to retain UI values after configuration changes and minimizing the app to launch a different one. To retain values after configuration changes, I use ViewModels. And to retain values after minimizing the app, the following is supposed to do the trick: But in […]
DataBinderMapperImpl Error: cannot find symbol (DataBinding) //Android Kotlin Dev Diary
Today I encountered the following error as I was building an Android app: Turns out, there’s an error in the related XML file, activity_main.xml! 😂 For other possible solutions, this StackOverflower answer may help: android: data binding error: cannot find symbol class
Get “order” object/details from Thank You page of WooCommerce (WordPress)
It’s been a long while since I last posted anything related to coding. I haven’t really stopped, but from Android app development, I switched back to PHP. Life has become occupied with other things, but when I do code, it’s in WordPress with WooCommerce. It’s for my online shop. In my opinion, WordPress is not […]
Android app dev: Missing import org.apache.commons.lang3.text.WordUtils;
I use a few instances of WordUtils.capitalizeFully() on an Android app that I’ve been working on. And there are times when the import org.apache.commons.lang3.text.WordUtils; breaks, sometimes after merging with some of my git branches. To fix this, what I do is open app/build.gradle and add the following line under dependencies:
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compile 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.4' |
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Something to avoid when using Android RecyclerView
When using Android’s RecyclerView, don’t use the same inflated XML layout file for items you intend to shuffle on the fly! Their contents will overlap. -CK
Setup/update Ruby on OS X El Capitan 10.11.5
I need to learn Ruby on Rails for my new job. I’m a little thrilled about this chance to learn a new language, and I’m trying to get started with it on my Macbook which runs OS X El Capitan 10.11.5. I already have Ruby here, I don’t remember if pre-installed though. It’s out of […]
Add “options menu” to an AppCompatActivity (Android App Development)
Adding an “options menu” to an Android app’s Activity is quite simple. This is an example of what an Android options menu looks like. Look at the icon that looks like 3 dots vertically stacked. My dev environment status as of writing this Android Studio version: v. 2.1 OS: Mac OS X El Capitan v. […]