/todo

Nano To-do Android application

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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