June 2020

Android Textview Spannable Cheat Sheet

Eric Decanini
June 22, 2020

Note that this cheat sheet will explain everything using text.setSpan. The code that around this should resemble something like this. val text = SpannableString(“Hello World”) text.setSpan(…) textview.setText(text, TextView.BufferType.SPANNABLE) Bold text.setSpan( StyleSpan(android.graphics.Typeface.BOLD), 0, 3, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE ) Italic text.setSpan( StyleSpan(android.graphics.Typeface.ITALIC), 0, 3, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE ) Bold Italic text.setSpan(… Read More »Android Textview Spannable Cheat Sheet

3 Reasons why EVERY Software Developer should have a blog

Eric Decanini
June 16, 2020June 16, 2020

Transcript 2 years ago, in October 2018, after a rather inspirational trip to France, I decided to start my blog at EricDecanini.com where I talk about all things Android. Currently, the blog has over 4k unique monthly visitors, and although this isn’t to the… Read More »3 Reasons why EVERY Software Developer should have a blog

Embed YouTube Videos in Android with YouTube Android Player API

There was a time where we had to use WebView to play YouTube videos in app. It worked, yes, but it was well clunky. WebView isn’t particularly known to have great performance, and you don’t have too much programatic control of the video itself. But… Read More »Embed YouTube Videos in Android with YouTube Android Player API

Android Studio 4.0: The best Android Studio release yet?

Eric Decanini
June 1, 2020May 31, 2020
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[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]During these uncertain times, Android Developers are busier than ever as work from home becomes the new normal. This means build power and… Read More »Android Studio 4.0: The best Android Studio release yet?