Office Hours — Today, October 22
| Oct 22 | 7:20 PM |
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| Oct 22 | 7:30 PM |
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| Mark M. |
howdy bsr!
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| bsr |
Hello Mark
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| Mark M. |
how can I help you today?
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| bsr |
I typed some qn, and let me begin :-)
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| bsr |
I just got the membership today, and still going
though the book. My application and experience is in web development,
but need some data entered through a tablet. So, not worried a whole lot
about backward compatibility, other services etc.
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| bsr |
View paste
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| bsr |
1. Is there a concept of model, like in MVC
architecture. So far, most of the reading was about UI related classes,
and all involve Activity, Fragment etc.
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| Mark M. |
there is nothing specific in Android related to models -- that's standard Java
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| bsr |
ok, I was wondering whether I need to rewrite my code to make it modular, testable etc later
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| bsr |
as I am still experimenting
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| Oct 22 | 7:35 PM |
| Mark M. |
again, nothing specific for Android, really
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| bsr |
ok, thanks
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| bsr |
I am just beginning the Assets, Files chapter, not sure it address this qn.
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| bsr |
2. How can I mock some data which receive from
server in json format. Is 'assets' folder is the best place. Can I read
directly from a folder or access through some android interface (like R)
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| Mark M. |
um
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| Mark M. |
well, you could use an asset, or a raw resource, or a file on external storage, or...
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| bsr |
ok..
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| bsr |
I will try.
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| bsr |
I am designing a screen, which is similar to this blog post http://android-developers.blogspot.com.es/…
(or API demo - 2 fragments in landscape, and 1 list navigate to the
details in portrait.). Can I use any arbitaty layout for details page.
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| Mark M. |
there's coverage of all that in the book
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| Mark M. |
(regarding the assets, etc.)
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| bsr |
ok, great..
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| Mark M. |
yes, you can use anything you wish in the details fragment
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| bsr |
ok..a related qn.
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| bsr |
View paste
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| bsr |
But, in the example, from api demo/ blog post,
they define a static layout (with both fragment) in landscape mode, but
still uses fragment transaction to add the details fragment. So, is it
static or dynamic, ? :-)
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| Oct 22 | 7:40 PM |
| Mark M. |
in their case, it is both
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| Mark M. |
this is covered in the Fragments chapter
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| bsr |
ok, thanks. I will go though the examples
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| bsr |
Is there a similar example in the book, where it utilize a 2 pane layout but load the data from webservice (http)
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| Mark M. |
there is an example of master-detail (2-pane) in the Large Screens chapter
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| Mark M. |
there is an example of using a Web service in the Internet chapter
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| Mark M. |
there is no example of the combination
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| bsr |
thanks, I will go through it.
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| Oct 22 | 7:45 PM |
| bsr |
one unrelated qn. The People application is pretty, as seen in the documentation. Is it open source?
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| bsr |
I see it been used as example, and probably an idiomatic example
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| Mark M. |
People?
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| Mark M. |
do you mean Contacts?
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| bsr |
Sorry, may be
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| Mark M. |
Contacts is open source
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| bsr |
the screen they show in http://developer.android.com/design/patter…
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| bsr |
is that Contact?
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| Mark M. |
yes
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| bsr |
:-) great.
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| bsr |
I guess that all I have, hopefully I will cover more grounds by tomorrow.
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| bsr |
Thank you so much for ur patience
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| bsr |
and help
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| Mark M. |
you are very welcome
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| bsr |
Have a good evening, bye.
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| Oct 22 | 7:50 PM |
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