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Nano To-do Android application

todo

16KB 12 KB To-do list native Android application

1 - Gradle

Wait for gradle build to complete, gradle is a building system (tool) responsible for building all of the project in order to generate an apk (compile java, add xml, convert to dalvik code... => produce apk)

Normally it will start automatically, to make sure everything is okay: from menu => Build => Make Project (first item)

2 - Source code

2a - Java

Java files:

• Activities:

  • MainActivity
    • Main activity of the app => to be launched when app starts
    • It shows a list of to do items
  • AddItemActivity
    • Activity to add new item to the list
    • Started from MainActivity when Add button is clicked

• Other files:

  • Helper
    • Contains helpers methods for
      • Reading the items list from storage
      • Adding new item to the list and save to storage

2b - XML

Screens in android (the view of the Activity) is represented by an XML file.

In res/layout/ there is a layout file for each activity

• activity_main contains:
  • List view for the items
  • Button to launch AddItemActivity
• activity_add_item contains:
  • EditText view to get the text from the user
  • Button to save the new item