Android keep orientation portrait

Option 1

In the AndroidManifest.xml add ‘screenOrientation’ property in activity tag

<activity 
    - - - - - - - 
    - - - - - - -    
    android:screenOrientation="portrait" />

Option 2

In the onCreate function add the following line of code before setContentView() function

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setRequestedOrientation (ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT); 
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        //------

    }

 

By bm on November 3, 2016 | Android | A comment?
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Nodejs Express application generator

Using the express generator tool we can quickly and easy create an application skeleton.

Install express generater

npm install express-generator -g

1installing-express-1generator

Use express -h for help

express -h

  Usage: express [options] [dir]

  Options:

    -h, --help          output usage information
    -V, --version       output the version number
    -e, --ejs           add ejs engine support (defaults to jade)
        --hbs           add handlebars engine support
    -H, --hogan         add hogan.js engine support
    -c, --css <engine>  add stylesheet <engine> support (less|stylus|compass|sass) (defaults to plain css)
        --git           add .gitignore
    -f, --force         force on non-empty directory

Creating Express application with express generator

syntax

express <options> <application_name>

eg

express myapp

2-express-generater-my-app-1

It will create the folder structure and some required files

3-express-generater-my-appfolderstruct

Go inside your app folder and  execute npm install

after-executing-npm-install

It is ready to start the server

runninf-the-server

 

 

ref : https://expressjs.com/en/starter/generator.html

 

By bm on October 5, 2016 | NodeJs | A comment?
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Ubuntu Install Oracle Java 8

Add repository

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java

Update

sudo apt-get update

Install Java

 sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

Setting Java environment variables

sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-set-default

chk java version

 java -version

Get installation path

which java

Switching between Oracle Java 8 and Java 7

 sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-7-oracle

Setting Up JAVA_HOME

Edit /etc/profile (sudo nano /etc/profile ) and add the following

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle

save the file and execute

source /etc/profile
By bm on October 2, 2016 | ubuntu | A comment?
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Android Retrofit 2.1 HTTP client

Android Retrofit 2.1  HTTP client :

In this example i have divided in to 5 steps :

1. Add gradle dependency

2. Create models for accessing the final data (in this example, the api response json converting to java object this object class is called model )

3. Create interface to define api end point

4. Create a service class for interacting our java code with retrofit.

5. Make the api calls wherever you required

1. Add Gradle dependency (ref: http://square.github.io/retrofit/ )

compile 'com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:2.1.0'
compile 'com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-gson:2.1.0'

2. Create models 

User.java

public class User {
    public int id;
    public String name;
    public String email;
    public String phone;
}

3. Create interface

ApiInterface.java

import java.util.List;

import retrofit2.Call;
import retrofit2.http.Body;
import retrofit2.http.GET;
import retrofit2.http.POST;
import retrofit2.http.Path;
import retrofit2.http.Query;
import samples.bm.com.firebaselogin2.models.User;

public interface ApiInterface {

    @GET("get/users")
    Call<List<User>> getAllUsers(); //List<User> is the response from api

    @GET("get/user")
    Call<User> getUser( @Query("id") int id); //using query param (get/user?id=17479666). User is the response from the api

    //@GET("get/user/{id}")
    //Call<User> getUser( @Query("id") int id); //using path param (get/user/17479666)

    @POST("register/user")
    Call<User> registerUser(@Body User user);

    @FormUrlEncoded
    @POST("update/{id}/user")
    Call<User> updateUser(@Field("name") String name, @Field("phone") String phone, @Path("id") String id);

}

expected api response

get/users

[
    {
	"id": 17479666,
	"name": "name1",
	"email": "[email protected]",
	"phone": "3435353535434"
    }, 
    {
	"id": 17479668,
	"name": "name3",
	"email": "[email protected]",
	"phone": "3435353343434"
    }
]

get/user

{
    "id": 17479666,
    "name": "name1",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "phone": "3435353535434"
}

4. Create a service class

ApiService.java

import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;

import retrofit2.Retrofit;
import retrofit2.converter.gson.GsonConverterFactory;

public class ApiService {

    private static ApiInterface service;
    private static String BASE_URL = "https://api.domain.com/"; //your api domain

    public static ApiInterface getInstance() {

        if (service == null) {

            Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
                    .setDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ")
                    .create();

            Retrofit retrofit = new Retrofit.Builder()
                    .baseUrl(BASE_URL)
                    .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create(gson))
                    .build();

            service = retrofit.create(ApiInterface.class);
        }

        return service;
    }
}

5. Make the api calls

Retrofit supports synchronous and asynchronous request execution.

 Asynchronous Requests

GET calls

ApiService.getInstance().getAllUsers().enqueue(new Callback<List<User>>() {
    @Override
    public void onResponse(Call<List<User>> call, Response<List<User>> response) {
        //api success
        List<User> users = response.body();
    }

    @Override
    public void onFailure(Call<List<User>> call, Throwable t) {
        Log.e("Apicall", t.getMessage());
    }
});

GET call with query string/param OR GET call with path string/param

int id=17479666;
ApiService.getInstance().getUser(id).enqueue(new Callback<User>() {
    @Override
    public void onResponse(Call<User> call, Response<User> response) {
        //api success
        User user = response.body();
    }

    @Override
    public void onFailure(Call<User> call, Throwable t) {
        Log.e("Apicall", t.getMessage());
    }
});

Post call

POST call with body param

User user = new User("samoe", "[email protected]", "234242424");

ApiService.getInstance().registerUser(user).enqueue(new Callback<User>() {
    @Override
    public void onResponse(Call<User> call, Response<User> response) {
        //api success
        User user = response.body();
    }

    @Override
    public void onFailure(Call<User> call, Throwable t) {
        Log.e("Apicall", t.getMessage());
    }
});

POST call with form encoding

    String name = "some name";
    String phone = "54686868";
    String id="17479666";

    ApiService.getInstance().updateUser(name, phone, id).enqueue(new Callback<User>() {
        @Override
        public void onResponse(Call<User> call, Response<User> response) {
            //api success
            User user = response.body();
        }

        @Override
        public void onFailure(Call<User> call, Throwable t) {
            Log.e("Apicall", t.getMessage());
        }
    });
}

 

Synchronous request

You can also call the apis synchronously.

try {            
     List<User> users = ApiService.getInstance().getAllUsers().execute().body();
} catch (IOException e) {
     e.printStackTrace();
}

You cannot run this code in main tread you will get exception like ( java.lang.RuntimeException:Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{  …. } android.os.NetworkOnMainThreadException). So better to use synchronous request in services or asyncTask.

networkmainthread

 

 

How to create AsyncTask : https://wiki.workassis.com/android-asynctask

How to create Service : https://wiki.workassis.com/android-intentservice-example

Ref : http://square.github.io/retrofit/

By bm on September 30, 2016 | Android | A comment?
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Android full screen Activity

Androidmanifest.xml

You need to use NoactionBar theme

----
----
<activity android:name=".SplashActivity"
    android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">

---
----

Activity class (SplashActivity.java)

public class SplashActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
        getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
        
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);


        setContentView(R.layout.activity_splash);
    }
}
By bm on September 29, 2016 | Android | A comment?
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Android GreenDAO Example

There are two step required for implementing Green Dao ORM library in to android project

1. Create generator java module
2. Implement data base interaction in Activity

Step 1. Create generator java module

The generator module contains a single class containing the data model definition. This will automatically generate model class and Dao calss for the database interaction

How to create a generator module?

In android studio got File->New-> New Module select Java Library 

javalib

Give library name and class name

javalib2

After adding the library the folder structure will be like this

befouremoduleexe

add GreenDao dependency in the created module, and sync

compile 'de.greenrobot:greendao-generator:2.1.0'

for Green dao 3.x please use the plugin

compile 'org.greenrobot:greendao-generator:3.1.0'

generatergradile

Add the following code in GeneratorClass.java file. Here we defining a users table scema

import de.greenrobot.daogenerator.DaoGenerator;
import de.greenrobot.daogenerator.Entity;
import de.greenrobot.daogenerator.Schema;

public class GeneratorClass {

    public static void main(String[] args)  throws Exception {

        //place where db folder will be created inside the project folder
        Schema schema = new Schema(1,"samples.bm.com.greendaoe1.db");

        //Entity Users or table Users
        Entity user= schema.addEntity("Users");
        user.addIdProperty();                       //It is the primary key for uniquely identifying a row
        user.addStringProperty("name").notNull();    //Not null is SQL constrain
        user.addStringProperty("email");
        user.addStringProperty("password");
        //user.addDateProperty("date");

        //  ./app/src/main/java/   ----   com/codekrypt/greendao/db is the full path
        new DaoGenerator().generateAll(schema, "./app/src/main/java");
    }
}

for Green dao 3.x:- just change the imports

import org.greenrobot.greendao.generator.DaoGenerator;
import org.greenrobot.greendao.generator.Entity;
import org.greenrobot.greendao.generator.Schema;

Run GeneratorClass.java file

rungenerator

It will Create a db folder inside out main app package

aftermoduleexe

 

2. Implement data base interaction in Activity

Add Green Dao gradle dependency in our main project and sync

compile 'de.greenrobot:greendao:2.1.0'

for Green dao 3.x:-

compile 'org.greenrobot:greendao:3.1.1'

appgradle

MainActivity .java

import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.BaseAdapter;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.ListView;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import samples.bm.com.greendaoe1.db.DaoMaster;
import samples.bm.com.greendaoe1.db.DaoSession;
import samples.bm.com.greendaoe1.db.Users;
import samples.bm.com.greendaoe1.db.UsersDao;


public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    //Dao --> Data Access Object
    private UsersDao userDao; // Sql access object

    private final String DB_NAME = "my-app-db";  //Name of Db file in the Device

    EditText mEtName;
    EditText mEtEmail;
    EditText mEtPassword;

    ArrayAdapter<String> mAdapter;
    ListView mListView;

    List<String> mResult = new ArrayList<>();

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        //Initialise DAO
        userDao = setupDb();

        //Setting up form elements
        Button btnSave = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_Save);

        mEtName = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et_name);
        mEtEmail = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et_email);
        mEtPassword = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et_password);

        mListView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.lv_result);

        mAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, android.R.id.text1, mResult);
        mListView.setAdapter(mAdapter);

        btnSave.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {

                String name = mEtName.getText().toString();
                String email = mEtEmail.getText().toString();
                String password = mEtPassword.getText().toString();

                Users user = new Users(null, name, email, password);// Class Object, Id is auto increment

                SaveToSQL(user);

                generateResult();

                mEtName.setText("");
                mEtEmail.setText("");
                mEtPassword.setText("");
            }
        });

        generateResult();
    }

    private void generateResult() {
        List<Users> usersList = getFromSQL();
        int size = usersList.size();

        if (size > 0) {
            mResult.clear();

            for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
                Users currentItem = usersList.get(i);
                mResult.add (0,currentItem.getId() + ", " + currentItem.getName() + ", " + currentItem.getEmail() + ", " + currentItem.getPassword());
            }

            ((BaseAdapter) mListView.getAdapter()).notifyDataSetChanged();
        }
    }


    //---------------------------------SQL QUERY Functions-----------------------------------------//
    public List<Users> getFromSQL() {
        List<Users> userses = userDao.queryBuilder().orderDesc(UsersDao.Properties.Id).build().list();
        return userses;
    }

    public void SaveToSQL(Users user) {
        userDao.insert(user);
    }
    //----------------------------***END SQL QUERY***---------------------------------------------//


    //-------------------------------DB Setup Functions---------------------------------------------//

    //Return the Configured LogDao Object
    public UsersDao setupDb() {
        DaoMaster.DevOpenHelper masterHelper = new DaoMaster.DevOpenHelper(this, DB_NAME, null); //create database db file if not exist
        SQLiteDatabase db = masterHelper.getWritableDatabase();  //get the created database db file
        DaoMaster master = new DaoMaster(db);//create masterDao
        DaoSession masterSession = master.newSession(); //Creates Session session
        return masterSession.getUsersDao();
    }
    //-------------------------***END DB setup Functions***---------------------------------------//

}

activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/activity_main"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context="samples.bm.com.greendaoe1.MainActivity">


    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/et_name"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:hint="Name" />

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/et_email"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:hint="Email" />

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/et_password"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:hint="Password" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/btn_Save"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Save" />

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"

        android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
        android:text="Result"
        android:textStyle="bold" />

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/lv_result"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

</LinearLayout>

Out Put

greendaooutput

 

Note:-

While running you app you need to set app from tine toolbar and run

note

 

Ref:

http://greenrobot.org/greendao/

By bm on September 28, 2016 | Android | A comment?
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