Files with .kts extension are not new, but at some point, in your Kotlin and/or Android development career you are likely to require converting your .gradle files(groovy) into .gradle.kts (Kotlin).
The main purpose of this article is to show you by example the code changes or updates required. Some changes…
For the last few years, ConstraintLayout was an effective way to create complex UI for our Android applications.
With Constraint Layout you were able to build a complete UI without the need of any of the old fashion Layout containers such as Linear Layout, RelativeLayout,… and the list goes on.
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With the release of Android Oreo (API 26) it include one feature, on my understanding, overshadowed with all that limitations, new permissions, etc…
Of course, as the title indicates, the feature I am referring to is Picture In picture.
On Android from the API level 3, when we run long background operation we did use IntentService allowing us to run heavy operations on the background without interfering or blocking the UI. …
