This video shows the steps to enable your App to access the files outside of your App’s data folder. Using these methods one can access the files available in external public directories which can be easily accessed by all the Apps. In this video it shows two ways to get…
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How to get the list of all the Apps installed in your Android phone? – Android 12 | API Level 31
In this video it shows how to get the list of all the apps installed in your Android phone in the latest version of API level 31. From API level 30 onwards, it has introduced restrictions to get the list of all the apps by default. For Apps, such as…
How to get Latitude and longitude coordinates from the text address in your Android App without maps layout using Geocoder API?
This video shows the steps to get latitude and longitude coordinates from the text address. It uses Geocoder APIs to get the address list. In this video it just fetches the 1st most probable address matching the text string. However, for more advanced location search one can filter the addresses…
How to customize the display icon of your Android App?
In this short video it shows how one can customize the display icon of his/her Android App. Based on the image selected, one will see that image on the icon of the installed App in their Android phone’s screen. I hope you like this video. For any questions, suggestions or…
How to insert / put image in an excel file from your Android App?
This video shows the steps to insert images in your excel file. It uses apache implementation and uses HSSFSheet to insert the image at a particular position (anchor) in the sheet. I hope you like this video. For any questions, suggestions or appreciation please contact us at: https://programmerworld.co/contact/ or email…
How to create your own custom Piano Android App? – using SoundPool API
This video shows the steps to create your own custom Piano Androind App using the SoundPool API in Android Studio. It uses a very simple layout of 7 buttons which it associates to the 7 notes of music from ‘a’ to ‘g’ using the soundID from the SoundPool.load() method. In…
How to add watermark in your PDF file from your Android App?
In this video it shows the steps to add the watermark in your PDF file. It uses PdfStamper object to put the watermark (stamp) as an over content on your PDF pages. In this video it re-uses the create PDF method code from our below page: It further develops the…
How to customize long press app icon item list (ShortcutManager menu dialog) for your Android App?
In this video it shows how one can customize the long press menu item list for the Android App. When a user presses the icon of any App, Android shows up some of the options. This list of options is called shortcut info list and the dialog is shortcut manager….
How to create and read a PDF file in your Android 11 App?
This video shows the steps to create and read a PDF file in an Android 11 App. It uses iTextpdf library for reading the PDF file and PdfDocument API from android.graphics.pdf to create the PDF file. It creates and reads from the same PDF file but the concept shown in…
Data Encryption: What It Is – And Why You Should Care?
There was a time when it was only enterprise players caring about data encryption and such related keywords. Today, the average tech consumer is seeking to know more about their data privacy and security. Thus, one of the buzzwords that cross the radar is data encryption. What is data encryption?…
