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Android Developers Blog: In-app translations in Android Marshmallow

Android Dev Tools

Here's casual list for Android developer tools that could be really useful when developing complex applications:

StrictMode: A tool for identifying long running operations on Main UI Thread.
@UiThread/@WorkerThread : Useful support annotations for static analysis for catching Threading bugs.

Android Fragments using RxJava and Dagger

This is really cool introduction on Android Fragments using RxJava and Dagger dependency injection framework.

How to keep github fork repo in sync with main repo

This is how I keep my forked repo in sync with their main repos:

Create fork of the main repo.

Clone forked repo to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/<username>/somerepo.git

Add main repo as another remote:

git remote add mainrepo https://github.com/<someurl>/somerepo.git

Fetch all the branches from mainrepo :

git fetch mainrepo

Make sure that you're on your master (origin/master) :

git checkout master

Rebase your copy of master with main repo's master like this:

git rebase mainrepo/master

How to fix "Plugin with id 'com.android.library' not found." issue with Android Libraries

Normal structure of build.gradle for an Android library looks like this:

apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
android {
    compileSdkVersion 23

    buildToolsVersion '23.0.0'

    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 11

       targetSdkVersion 23

       versionCode 1

       versionName "1.0"

    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            /runProguard false

           proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'        }
    }
}

You might encounter dreaded "Plugin with id 'com.android.library' not found." error while importing this library project as an independent project in Android Studio.

After researching for a while around the web, I figured out what was missing. Actually, a way to tell your library project's gradle file to source to get the plug-in. Pretty straight forward, but may not occur when needed.

So, don't forget to add these lines at the beginning of the build.gradle for your Android library:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.3.0'    }
}

apply plugin: 'com.android.library'

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Finding tech work online ?

Are you interested in taking up projects online and work from wherever you like to ? Your home...Your favorite coffee shop or may be your beautiful patio ! Yes ??? Read on ...

I've compiled few websites that you may want to look at:

Topcoder : You can take up a challenge and work thru it in order to get paid ! Perfect for hobbyists !
Upwork : An upcoming company coming up to connect talent with companies. Its a freelancers paradise.
....More are coming up!

Developing Hybrid mobile applications for iOS and Android

Today I found out a promising open source project or better say a SDK to build hybrid apps for iOS and Android. Its called Ionic.

I'm looking forward to play around with it a little bit and will be posting my findings on this very blog. Stay Tuned !