This is part of a series of articles about the new APIs available
in Android 9.0:

1. BiometricPrompt
2. ImageDecoder and AnimatedImageDrawable
3. PrecomputedText

The sample application with source code used in this article can be found here.
Code snippets are written in Kotlin.

How text is displayed

Every Android developer knows that in order to display text in an application we need to use the TextView widget. It is as simple as that:

textView.text = "Hello"// ortextView.setText(R.string.hello_string)

But not every developer is aware of how complex and time consuming this process is.

Drawing text in an Android application can be divided into parts:

1. Identifying…

This is part of a series of articles about the new APIs available
in Android 9.0:

1. BiometricPrompt
2. ImageDecoder and AnimatedImageDrawable
3. PrecomputedText

The sample application with source code used in this article can be found here.
Code snippets are written in Kotlin.

Android P new image API

Images are a very important part of every mobile application. However, handling them from the Android developer’s perspective is not an easy task. They can come from different sources (assets, files, web, …) and they can have different formats (jpg, png, …). …

This is part of a series of articles about the new APIs available
in Android 9.0:

1. BiometricPrompt
2. ImageDecoder and AnimatedImageDrawable
3. PrecomputedText

The sample application with source code used in this article can be found here.
Code snippets are written in Kotlin.

Fingerprint scanning

Using a fingerprint to unlock a phone or authenticate transactions in mobile applications is becoming more popular. It can be performed faster in comparison to using a password, pin or pattern and it still provides a similar level of security. …