Good day Mark

hello, Venkat

how can I help you today?

Tutorial #6 - adding a library: you look at adding compiled jars

However I need to add .java files thats what the installation nodes for https://github.com/quemb/QMBForm say

add the complete folder to my android studio project

yes, I see that in the Installation section of the README

But I try, I get compilation errors that the package is not found

would you be having similar step by step instructions as in tutorial , but for adding the source of a library?

no, sorry

but it's not that difficult

(BTW, hello, Johnny -- I will be with you shortly!0

...er, shortly!)

Hi Mark

No worries

Venkat: when you downloaded and set up the library, did you modify your settings.gradle file and your build.gradle file of your app to reflect the library?

settings.gradle - yes

build.gradle - what do I need to do?

your app module's build.gradle file would need a compile project(:...) line in the dependencies closure

where ... is replaced by the location of the library module

ok, thanks ... will give it a try

so, for example, if your project root has your app in app/ and this library in qbform/

your settings.gradle would have :app and :qbform

and your app'

and your app's build.gradle would have compile project(':qbform')

thank you!

my CWAC libraries are mostly set up this way

ok

so if you peek at the Gradle files for a library like https://github.com/commonsguy/cwac-richedit you will see how they get connected

and with that, let me take a question from Johnny, and I will be back with you shortly

Johnny: your turn! do you have a question?

Android does not strictly follow MVC, MVP, MVVM, etc.

you'll find various blog posts and such that describe how to shoehorn Android into those sorts of GUI architectures

personally, I don't get too hung up on any of them

again, mostly because Android's not a specific fit for any

I tend to think in terms of MVC, in part because that's the only one of those GUI architectures that I have ever used

that's not to say that MVP, MVVM, etc. are bad, or worse for Android -- I'm just not familiar with the nuances

I see, thanks. How would you structure your project for unit testing?

well, I'm certainly a fan of Android Studio/Gradle for Android's project structure, where the test code can go in the androidTest/ sourceset

beyond that, I'm not a big fan of scripted GUI testing, so I usually focus on model-level stuff

my guess is that these answers aren't helping you much :-)

Thank you! One last question if you wouldn't mind. I've only become aware of these concepts but would you recommend we use dependency injection and functional reactive programming for Android programming?

there are lots of DI fans

it's one of those things I never really got into in pre-Android Java development

Haha it's giving me a general direction of where I should focus my energy :)

and so I personally haven't used it

RxJava is "the new black", and frankly I haven't figured out what all the fuss is about

I'm happy with event buses

but, again, there are power developers (e.g., anyone who works at Square) who swear by both of them

Yes I was thinking of using Otto for my new project

I'm more of a greenrobot EvenBus fan, personally, just because I like the more flexible threading options

but Otto is cool

either are better than LocalBroadcastManager, in terms of verbosity

let me take another question from Venkat, and I will be back with you in a bit

Venkat: your turn! do you have another question?

Thanks Mark for your help, that's all from me :)

That fixed the compile errors, thank you!

it would certainly be easier if that library were available as an AAR artifact from a repository

but, I'm glad that you got it going

Thats all from me