Dao Error: Not sure how to handle query method’s return type //Android Kotlin Dev Diary

As I brush up on my Room database knowlege I came upon the following error while building my app:

The solution: Set Kotlin version to 1.6.10 then Room to 2.4.2 (Or use more recent compatible versions) in my top-level build.gradle file. Reference: Android Room Kotlin throws Delete Query error

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Android: SharedPreferences not accessible from SyncAdapter

When I was trying to access a SharedPreferences value from my Android app’s SyncAdapter, I kept on receiving an old value that was saved to the key. Quick solution to inaccessible SharedPreferences from SyncAdapter A quick solution (which may be a short-term one) I tried was to remove android:process=”:sync” from the following code:

But […]

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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:

Hope this saves somebody […]

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Android RecyclerView notifyItemChanged() IllegalStateException “Cannot call this method while RecyclerView is computing a layout or scrolling”

If your Android app is crashing with error IllegalStateException “Cannot call this method while RecyclerView is computing a layout or scrolling”, you may try placing your notifyitemchanged inside a Runnable. Assuming you have a call to notifyItemChanged() inside onBindViewHolder() that is making your app crash with IllegalStateException, you may try something like this:

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