How to Make Android Apps 16

[@razoramit]

I haven't seen anyone yet who can make the concepts this easy to understand...Definitely you explain concepts much better than my university prof's...Watching literally all of your playlists and trying them out. Can't thank you enough for making these precious videos. I wish there were more people like you.

[@derekbanas]

Amit Thank you for all the nice compliments :) I'll be making many more Android videos next week.

[@Mattreds0x]

Derek Banas Just thought I would give you a massive thank you for the tutorials you have made so far for android studio development. I know so many people who would just post the video and then say that if you want the code, you have to pay them for it which I think is ridiculous! You are a really good teacher and I look forward to continuing learning all about android development with you! Keep on rocking!

[@derekbanas]

Mattreds0x You're very welcome :) I'm very much against people selling code like I provide. Many people over the years took the time to educate me and I'm just paying that forward.

[@Mattreds0x]

Derek Banas by the way, something that I have been looking for lately but haven't been able to find great tutorials on is how to make your apps look good and possibly how to transition to Material Design (with backwards compatibility for older devices). I don't know how familiar you are with Material Design, but I am pretty sure I am not the only one who wants to make their apps look professional and fancy! Thanks!

[@NotoriousWalkerz]

Derek Banas Yes ^^ was gonna ask the same, if you made a video on little tips and tricks on elevation and smooth animations it would be 10/10. Also, likewise, this whole android studio series was awesome

[@cas818028]

Thanks again Derek looking forward to more great tutorials to come! Appreciate all your effort.

[@derekbanas]

cas818028 You're very welcome :) I'll make a learn python in 30 minutes tutorial and then jump back into Android

[@captaincraft15]

You're the best KZbinr I know! Thank you very much! :D

[@derekbanas]

CaptainCraft Thank you :) I try to do my best.

[@cas818028]

Android studio goes 1.0 rc1 today and visual studio 2015 has native android Dev support. Its an exciting time to be an android Dev indeed. Would love to see a series on content providers. As well as a series covering new design principles via material design guidelines.

[@derekbanas]

cas818028 Those videos are coming very soon

[@Mentowah]

Thanks for the wonderful tutorials. is practical and easy to understand. i will love you to make tutorial on c#(expecially user interface, xamarin, cordova and angular js. thanks so much. stay blessed.

[@derekbanas]

Shadrack Mentowah You're very welcome :) I plan on covering everything you requested.

[@IsaacHlungwane]

Awesome tutorial as always,I was thinking of incorporating a navigation drawer into an EventLink app,Will you be covering it or do you recommend an available tutorial?

[@derekbanas]

Isaac Hlungwane Thank you :) Yes I'll be spending a lot of time on interface design very soon

[@IsaacHlungwane]

Derek Banas Thank you that would be a great help,I'm more of a back-end logic developer,The UX is my kyptonite

[@derekbanas]

Isaac Hlungwane It isn't that bad. It is similar to designing web pages.

[@testtest7733]

at around 10:16, what does calling super.onDestroy() do? I see in some methods we delete the super call and on others we do not. Could you clarify when we do and don't? Thanks!

[@derekbanas]

Test Test This method calls for dialogs, cursors and such to close. Android normally handles closing the app on its own and frees resources so it doesn't need to be called. Android is very efficient at handling things like this for you. So basically it doesn't hurt to use the auto-generated code from Android studio

[@AbhishekBalani93]

Another awesome and useful thing to use in android apps.

[@derekbanas]

Abhishek Balani Thank you :) This was a fun app to make

[@ashishkudale6134]

nice Derek. I have learn many things from your videos. Thanks you. I have question how should I pass my sql server data to json in android. Do you have any video. or any suggestion, how to start with

[@derekbanas]

ashish kudale Thank you :) Check out the Microsoft Drivers for PHP if you want to use PHP sqlsrvphp.codeplex.com/ Otherwise you'll use ASP in much the same way. I have a web services tutorial, but it uses PHP.

[@ashishkudale6134]

Derek Banas I have developed a program in java for me. with Database SQL SERVER 2008. I wanted to read same data from SQL SERVER 2008 in my android phone. from where should I start. please help me out.

[@derekbanas]

ashish kudale Have you used Java enterprise before? You would get that data from the database in the same way. Then you would post it using the get method just like you would with a browser. My code works as long as you post either in JSON or XML format. I covered how to format everything for either JSON or XML in these tutorials.

[@pjapplez]

Awesome Tut =) Please can you do material design videos. I think thats something that a lot of people would enjoy watching. As its not that easy especially trying to make it work with backwards compatible. Thanks again!

[@derekbanas]

Peter John Welcome Thank you :) I plan on spending a lot of time on interface design and I'll definitely cover material design then.

[@boneheadlync5854]

will u be continuing this seriees?

[@derekbanas]

BONEHEAD Lync Yes most definitely. I'll continue till I've covered everything. Another couple of videos will go up this week.

[@boneheadlync5854]

Derek Banas Cool. You're a really good teacher btw

[@derekbanas]

BONEHEAD Lync Thank you :)

[@timmyt1232]

Hello Derek, Thank you for the tutorials. I have a couple requests. I would like to get back into speed reading. Will you make a tutorial series on it? Also, how about a series on C++ win32api?

[@derekbanas]

timmyt1232 Speed reading is something I'm not sure if I can teach. The technique isn't that complicated, but it requires a lot of practice. At least it did for me. Eliminate subvocalization and practice. I'll see what I can do. I plan on making a learn C++ in 30 minutes video soon.

[@RoniStiawan_physics]

HI, Dr Derek. Will you cover about bluetooth data exchange or USB communications to a computer or another devices?? if you do, please do it soon..

[@derekbanas]

Roni Stiawan Hi Roni, Yes I plan on covering everything

[@1ThatSkater]

Hey derek I was wondering if you have any videos on the design/graphics of android apps and how to make an app work for multiple screens and or if you know of any tutorials that could help me understand it easier thanks

[@derekbanas]

***** Sorry, but I'm not aware of any other tutorials out there. I'm sure there are some. I plan on getting big into interface design and games very soon.

[@Mellowjay]

Can you please make a video on implementing Material Design in your App?

[@ComputerTech456]

Hey Derek, great tutorial! I have a few questions though... Is it possible to edit the default keyboard of an android device? I don't necessarily want to create a new custom keyboard (input method editor) that the user will select as their default editor. Although that is an option. Is it possible to, for example, add an if statement to the keyboard button, "a", and have it display the letter "a", but also have it display the letter, "b" (just an example). Is it possible to do this without creating a custom keyboard, but editing the default devices soft keyboard instead? If not, is is possible to add a custom button to the default android keyboard? Thanks in advance.

[@derekbanas]

ComputerTech456 Here is a tutorial on how to create a custom keyboard tutorials-android.blogspot.in/2011/06/create-your-own-custom-keyboard-for.html

[@janvandenbaard5939]

A little off-topic but throughout these series I sometimes see you generate catch blocks using the Android Studio intentions. Is this something that needs to be activated? Form some reason this does not work for me.

[@derekbanas]

***** Settings / Preferences ->Editor->Code Completion I couldn't live without it :)

[@janvandenbaard5939]

Derek Banas That seems to be configured properly so something else must be wrong. I want this so that I won't forget to handle an exception simply because I did not add all necessary catch handlers. I'll will investigate further. Thanks for your time!

[@derekbanas]

***** Make sure Power Save Mode is disabled under File

[@TheShape_]

Hi Derek, how do i create an app that will allow me to use the camera function within it?

[@derekbanas]

Afzol Miah I'll try to cover that this week. The easiest way is to use an intent to open the camera app and then to retrieve the picture taken

[@TheShape_]

is that going to be a line of code? and what is the best software you would recommend is to use to create an android app?

[@dowgamming]

What is the difference between this series and the other android development tutorials. And also is that series complete?

[@derekbanas]

DogOrWolf This is current and I plan on covering more in this one.

[@shaskies]

Is there any chance you will make tutorials on Facebook & Foursquare API's??

[@derekbanas]

shaskies Sure I can do that. Next I'll cover SMS and MMS.

[@sss1234556]

hi, i want to start learning about android development from your channel, still i didnt understand what is the difference between this series of tutorials to the other android development series "android development tutorial". thanks.

[@derekbanas]

sss1234556 This is the new version and it will cover more topics.

[@sss1234556]

so from which series do you suggest that i will start?

[@sueghandi]

Did you get the languages from an API?

[@derekbanas]

avi fiverr I put them together myself with Googlee Translate. I put all of the raw language files on my site for free if you want them. There are over 6,000 of the most common words.

[@ctonic2031]

Hey I'm thinking of making a pretty simple game with just an idea of touching blocks before they hit the ground how do you suggest the best way I could learn how to do this. Also im hoping this to be super duper cool looking and not something crappy plz do respond :)

[@derekbanas]

colby toner Here is a nice tutorial that should help github.com/libgdx/libgdx/wiki/A-simple-game

[@ctonic2031]

Derek Banas thanks will check it out

[@guehel06]

GreAT VIDEO AS USUALL, THANKS A LOT

[@derekbanas]

Guehel Cardier You're very welcome :) Thank you

[@guanajawilbur]

Hey Derek, im in need of learn how to work with Java Server Pages, Do you have or know any good tutorial to use ? Thanks alot

[@derekbanas]

Wilbur Powery Sorry, but I haven't been watching any. I'm sure there must be someone on KZbin that covered them.

[@zzspenz7492]

hello derek, excellent job as usual!! these guys need to tell you thanks first then panhandle for more free lessons, you think?(?) thanks again and yes i will buy you cup of coffee!! i notice in intro you say danish, chinese and arabic cant use; ... but in video about 5:40 eclipse-adk code-complete shows trad+simple chinese among others. are you saying this because of the vocal singing that goes on in those languages? hebrew would be same prob as arabic right(?) and cantonese has 5 or so more tones than mandarin, you know right? you have got to be most knowledgable it-dude on youtube - do they give you an award for that? are you self taught or are you a professor of computer science somewhere? thanks kindly.

[@derekbanas]

B Spenz Thank you for the compliments :) Yes you are correct that I couldn't use Chinese and Arabic because the text to speech doesn't work for those languages at this time. That will probably be corrected soon. I'm not all that smart. I went to school for electrical engineering, but I learned the basics of programming either on my own or on the job. Most of the higher end things were learned on the job.

[@chelseaangelaortojan4171]

Hello Sir Derek! I really really love your energy and personality and your tutorials, i prefer learning in your tutorials. :D Thank you for your tutorials. Sir, do you have a tutorial in voice command from android to arduino home automation? please sir. I really really need your help. It's for our thesis. Please.. :(

[@derekbanas]

Chelsea Angela Ortojan Thank you :) I'm very happy that you enjoy the videos. I think these are the 2 tutorials you need for your project : 1. www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Infrared-transmitter-for-iPhone-iPod/ 2. www.instructables.com/id/Arduino-Home-automation/

[@chelseaangelaortojan4171]

Oh my god.. thank you for the links, sir. Me and my group doesn't have that knowledge on how to start this project, but we're trying hard, then our defense is at the end of the week of this month. Thank you so much for the suggestion.. And about of our project sir, yes, it is a home automation, but it is on voice command via wifi using android .. . and arduino. I'm really thankful for your suggestion sir. And I hope if are there any suggestions you can suggest in this project of ours.. :) Thank you in advance, God Bless.

[@derekbanas]

Chelsea Angela Ortojan I'm very happy that I could help :) May God bless you as well.

[@manjunathkirangi4195]

please help me sir i am getting error translateEditText.getText().toString The error is "Methot getText must be called from the UI thread ".

[@sonadeep7729]

Hi I am facing problem. wordsToTranslate = translateEditText.getText().toString(); Method getText() must be called from the UI Thread, currently inferred thread is worker

[@weewoowarrior7023]

In case anyone received an "ActivityNotFoundException" when converting speech to text: Go to play store and search up "Google". Re-enable this app. Then go to Settings --> Language & Input. Check off Google Voice Typing.

[@kantagara]

Do you know by any chance any good book for Android Lollipop app development?

[@derekbanas]

kantagara There aren't any because it is so new. You could use the Google docs, which are pretty good.

[@kantagara]

Thanks

[@skylarkenneth3784]

1:50 He drugged buttons...