Library as aar file

CREATING AAR
in build.gradle of the library:

apply plugin: 'com.android.library'

aar can be found in build/outputs/aar/ 

USE

in build.gradle of the project:

repositories {
    flatDir {
        dirs 'libs'
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile(name:'cards', ext:'aar')
}

Do-not-forget proguard settings

http://proguard.sourceforge.net/manual/examples.html#stacktrace:

-renamesourcefileattribute SourceFile
-keepattributes SourceFile,LineNumberTable

Android app stress testing. Monkey.

http://developer.android.com/tools/help/monkey.html
You'll need an emulator or an ADB-connected device.
It's a command line utility. To start it:

$ /Users/Username/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/adb shell

Start pushing events (an example for 500 events):
monkey -p your.package.name -v 500

Enjoy your phone's life:)

Android SDK location on OS X

Default path is /Users/username/Library/Android/sdk

You can change it via File -> Project structure -> SDK Location in Android Studio

Library projects cannot include raw assets

The tools do not support the use of raw asset files (saved in the assets/ directory) in a library project. Any asset resources used by an application must be stored in the assets/ directory of the application project itself. However, resource files saved in the res/ directory are supported.

И никаких шрифтов в assets библиотек больше!

XML shapes in Android L

This would work in pre-L android:


    android:shape="rectangle" >

            android:angle="270"
        android:color="@color/orange" />

            android:bottomLeftRadius="5dp"
        android:bottomRightRadius="5dp"
        android:topLeftRadius="5dp"
        android:topRightRadius="5dp" />




But in Android L you would see... nothing. To fix it you should always use selectors. You'd get the result this way:




   
           

           
       

Decoding AndroidManifest of an apk archive

1. Get apktool + helper script for your OS https://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/downloads/list
2. Put them + apk file together to the directory
3. Print
apktool d MyApp.apk ./MyApp


Thanks http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4191762/how-to-view-androidmanifest-xml-from-apk-file