Monthly Archives: March 2016

Advantages of NSURLSession over NSURLConnection in iOS and Sample Demo Code

By | March 30, 2016

In an application we usually works with Data tasks – Data tasks are used for requesting data from a server, such as JSON data. These data are usually stored in memory and never touches the File System We can use NSURLSessionDataTask. Upload Tasks – Upload tasks are used to upload data to a remote destination.… Read More »

RecyclerView Simple Example in Android.

By | March 25, 2016

The RecyclerView widget is a more advanced and flexible version of ListView. This widget is a container for displaying large data sets that can be scrolled very efficiently by maintaining a limited number of views. Use the RecyclerView widget when you have data collections whose elements change at runtime based on user action or network… Read More »

Custom Transitions in Android M using RippleDrawables

By | March 20, 2016

Ripple Drawables. Touch feedback in material design provides an instantaneous visual confirmation at the point of contact when users interact with UI elements. The default touch feedback animations for buttons use the new RippleDrawable class, which transitions between different states with a ripple effect. We can either apply RippleDrawable in XML or using Drawable XML… Read More »

Bluetooth Demo in Android – Listing paired Devies, Find other Online BT devices, Connect to a BT Device, Communicate between connected BT Devices ( Chat ).

By | March 10, 2016

In this Demo we will see Check compatibility of the device. Turn On/Off Bluetooth, Making it discoverable List Paired Devies. Check for Online Bluetooth Devices. Connect with a Device. Communicate between Connected Bluetooth Devices. Disconnect from Device. You can download the complete Android Studio Source code at the end of the post. Before We start… Read More »

Using “BackgroundFetch” in iOS to do task in the Background.

By | March 5, 2016

Hi Friends, Here is a simple way to do background task in iOS using “BackgroundFetch”. We will just try to send a message to the UI when a new data arrives in the background. You can do anything there you want. To enable “BackgroundFetch” in your app, you have to do some modifications in your… Read More »

Local broadcast events with LocalBroadcastManager in Android

By | March 1, 2016

LocalBroadcastManager is Helper to register for and send broadcasts of Intents to local objects within your process. This is has a number of advantages over sending global broadcasts with sendBroadcast(Intent): You know that the data you are broadcasting won’t leave your app, so don’t need to worry about leaking private data. It is not possible… Read More »