39. What is Context?

This video talks about what is context in Android. Context allows access to application-specific resources and classes, as well as calls for application-level operations such as launching activities, broadcasting and receiving intents, etc. Context in Android is an interface to global information about an application environment. There are 4 different Context objects in existence, the Activity itself, the Application Context, the Base Context and the raw Context object that the device manufacturer has implemented.

Course Cirriculum

Introduction to Photoshop for UI Design

• 1. Creating New Documents and Artboard Documents 07:51
• 2. Understanding Layers 10:02
• 3. Tools and Techniques Specific to UI Design 09:58
• 4. Exporting Assets 03:28

Introduction to Adobe Illustrator for Logo & Icon Design

• 5. Creating New Documents 03:03
• 6. Working with Layers 05:14
• 7. Tools and Techniques for Illustrator 09:25

BucketDrops: Designing the Logo & Icon in Illustrator

• 8. Creating the Basic Bucket Shape 06:46
• 9. Adding the Drop Inside the Bucket 09:13
• 10. Finishing the Logo and Icon 05:49

BucketDrops: Designing the Mockups in Photoshop

• 11. Beginning the Initial Add a Drop Mockup 09:48
• 12. Finishing the Add a Drop Mockup 07:03
• 13. Designing the Action Bar 10:03
• 14. Designing the Bucket Drop Rows Container 08:10
• 15. Designing the Add a Drop Overlay 09:43
• 16. Finishing the Mockup Designs 04:21
• 17. Exporting the Assets 08:51
• 18. Organizing the Assets 03:31

Introduction To Coding

• 19. Setup Java SDK 05:42
• 20. Setup Android Studio 07:58
• 21. Hello World Using Android Studio 14:04
• 22. Setup Genymotion Custom Android Emulator 08:33
• 23. What is Git and GitHub? 09:28
• 24. Share project on GitHub from Android Studio 10:55
• 25. Android Studio Settings Overview 15:25
• 26. What is Dp, Sp, Px in Android? 09:34
• 27. Android Studio Project Structure 17:26
• 28. Introduction To Views and Linear Layout 13:31
• 29. Weights in Linear Layout 12:21
• 30. Gravity vs. Layout Gravity 11:50
• 31. Relative Layouts 15:04
• 32. Padding vs. Margin 07:51
• 33. Event Handling in Layouts 15:32
• 34. Introduction to Activity Lifecycle 09:12
• 35. Example of an Activity Lifecycle 14:01

Bucket Drops Project Setup

• 36. How Does Bucket Drops Work? 04:40
• 37. Where to get the code? 08:25
• 38. Activity, Fragment Service Receiver and Intent 06:24
• 39. What is Context? 09:06
• 40. Bucket Drops Screen Structure 04:59
• 41. Setup Bucket Drops in Android Studio 08:13

Coding the Main Screen

• 42. Add the Logo and the Button 15:53
• 43. Add a Selector to the Button 14:23
• 44. Image View Scale Types Illustrated 11:35
• 45. Adding a Toolbar to XML 08:44
• 46. Display Bitmaps Efficiently With Glide 08:28
• 47. Event Handling For Button 08:21

Introduction To Fragments

• 48. Introduction to Fragments 09:15
• 49. Fragment Lifecycle Demo 06:04
• 50. Fragment Activity Combined Lifecycle 04:14
• 51. Adding a Fragment to XML 10:06
• 52. Introduction to Fragment Manager and Fragment Transaction 04:34
• 53. Adding Fragments Through Code 09:46
• 54. Introduction to Dialog Fragments 02:11
• 55. Setup Dialog Add in XML 14:40
• 56. Setup Dialog Add in Java 11:01

Saving Data With Realm

• 57. Introduction to Realm Database in Android 11:43
• 58. Realm Queries 05:49
• 59. Advanced Realm Concepts 08:24
• 60. Add Drop To Realm Database 15:38

Introduction to the Recycler View

• 61. Introduction to the Recycler View 07:45
• 62. Add RecyclerView to XML 04:14
• 63. Drop Layout In XML 08:13
• 64. Implement RecyclerView.Adapter 14:33
• 65. Show Data Inside Adapter From Database 16:36
• 66. ERROR Plugin is too Old 02:45
• 67. RecyclerView With EmptyView 04:12
• 68. Adapter Data Observer 15:14
• 69. Fix Bugs While Loading Images With Glide 07:10

Building A Sectioned Recycler View

• 70. Sectioned Recycler View Theory 03:03
• 71. Implement Sectioned Recycler View 09:41
• 72. Introduction to RecyclerView Item Decoration 08:08
• 73. Add Divider To The RecyclerView 17:07
• 74. Making the Footer work 08:23

Swipe To Delete And Mastering The Recycler View

• 75. Introduction To RecyclerView ItemTouchHelper 03:59
• 76. Implement Swipe To Delete 12:18
• 77. Create Dialog Mark In XML 05:34
• 78. Handle RecyclerView Item Click 12:49
• 79. Mark Item as Complete in the Database 15:25
• 80. Add Menu in XML 09:57
• 81. Approximating Time Using Android DateUtils 09:55
• 82. Sort Data In RecyclerView 06:42
• 83. Using SharedPreferences 12:25
• 84. Adapter With No Items View 15:31
• 85. Add Animation To RecyclerView 05:18
• 86. Disable Swipe For Footer 03:39
• 87. Reset Filter For Consistent User Experience 05:01

Styles And Themes

• 88. Styles and Themes 09:36
• 89. Custom Styles For Dialog and Toolbar 10:06

Building A Custom Date Picker Widget In Android

• 90. Custom Widget Bucket Date Picker View 04:09
• 91. Custom Widget XML Layout 10:27
• 92. Setup Bucket Picker Widget in Java 15:30
• 93. Introduction to Motion Event and Touch Listener 10:42
• 94. Detect Compound Drawable Clicks 04:25
• 95. Increment and Decrement the Date Picker 12:14
• 96. Introduction to Handler 04:33
• 97. Continuous Increment and Decrement With Handler 09:47
• 98. Toggle Compound Drawables on Press 04:38
• 99. Save the State of our custom widget 07:13
• 100. Polish the App with a Custom Font 13:35

Services And Broadcast Receivers

• 101. Introduction to Intent Service and Alarm Manager 10:35
• 102. Implement Intent Service and Alarm Manager 13:55
• 103. Fire Notifications With Pug Notification 08:27
• 104. Introduction to Intents and Broadcast Receivers 09:08
• 105. Boot Receiver 05:18

Publishing Your App

• 106. Signing Your App For Release 07:34
• 107. Proguard And Reverse Engineering Your APK file 11:09
• 108. Publish App on PlayStore 07:21