This tutorial is about how to implement audio recorder in android with the help of a simple application. MediaRecorder Class In android, MediaRecorder class will provide a functionality to record audio or video files. In android, to record an audio we need to use device’s microphone along with MediaRecorder class. In case, if we want to record video, we …
This tutorial is about Kotlin Data classes, requirements that data class must fulfill, and their standard functionalities. Data Classes Data classes are classes whose main purpose is to hold data/state and contains standard functionalities. A data keyword is used to declare a class as a data class. Example: data class Student(val name: String, val age: Int) …
This tutorial is about object declarations (singletons) and object expressions with the help of examples. Object Declarations Object declarations defines singletons. Singleton is an object-oriented pattern where a class can have only one instance (object) at a time. Kotlin creates singletons with the object keyword. The object declaration can have functions, properties, and the init …
This tutorial is about companion objects in Kotlin with the help of examples. Kotlin doesn’t have a static keyword. Static members belong to a type, and not to an instance of a type. In kotlin to achieve this static feature, we make use of companion object. companion object An object declaration inside a class can be …
This tutorial is about how to use getters and setters in Kotlin with the help of simple example. Getters and Setters Getters are used for getting value of the property and Setters are used for setting the value of the property. Setters can have visibility modifiers but Getters always have the same visibility as the …
This post is about Android Jetpack CameraX API and how to implement it in an android application with a simple basic example. CameraX CameraX is a Jetpack support library, makes it easier to add camera capabilities to your app. It has backward compatibility down to Android API 21. It uses a simpler, use case-based approach …
This post is about Access/Visibility modifiers in kotlin and how to use them. Access Modifiers In Kotlin, visibility modifiers are used to restrict the accessibility of Classes, objects, interfaces, constructors, functions, properties and their setters to a certain level. Getters always have the same visibility as the property. There are four visibility modifiers in Kotlin: public protected internal …
This blog is about Android Jetpack Proto DataStore and how to implement Proto DataStore in our Android application. Proto DataStore Proto DataStore stores data as objects of a custom data type. When using Proto DataStore, you have to define a schema using protocol buffers. Creating New Project 1 . Create a new project by going to File ⇒ New …
This blog is about Android Jetpack DataStore Preferences and how to implement DataStore Preferences in our Android application. DataStore Jetpack DataStore is a data storage solution. It allows us to store key-value pairs (like SharedPreferences) or typed objects with protocol buffers (discuss in the next article). DataStore uses Kotlin, Coroutines and Flow to store data asynchronously with consistency …
This post is about how to change paragraph color which is current speaking in TextToSpeech. Creating new project 1. Create a new project by going to File ⇒ New Android Project, fill the required details and then click on finish. 2. The below layout file consist of two textView and a button to trigger an event that will highlight the …
