What�s New in Support Library v26

Support Library v26 comes with a lot of new features, specifically: fonts as resources and downloadable fonts, access to backwards compatible emoji support via the new EmojiCompat library, the ability to allow the text size of your TextView to expand or contract automatically to fill its layout, the option to implement animations driven by physics forces with the �spring and fling� animations, improved parity with the Android framework, various form factors such as Wear and TV, and, finally, a library slimmed down by moving minSdk to 14 and dropping 1.4k methods.


For more info, check out:
Support Library Docs: https://goo.gl/rOJEa7

What's New in Android Support Library, Google I/O '17 talk:

Android Continuous Integration: Build-Deploy-Test Automation for Android Mobile Apps

Android Continuous Integration: Build-Deploy-Test Automation for Android Mobile Apps

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This book starts with continuous integration concepts and the tools and code needed to become proficient in continuous integration for Android apps. You�ll also follow acceptance test driven development (ATDD) best practice, giving you all the skills you need to become a better, more effective developer. Finally, you�ll learn about the Appium mobile automation library and the Jenkins continuous integration tool.

What You Will Learn

• Understand how to build an Android mobile app from source
• Set up a development or debugging environment for mobile apps
• Integrate with the Nexus dependency management and application release tool
• Work with the SonarQube code quality analyzer
• Use debugging tools in Android

Who This Book Is For
Product owners/business analysts, QA/test engineers, developers and build/deploy engineers.

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ExoPlayer: Flexible Media Playback for Android (Google I/O '17)

ExoPlayer is an open source media playback library for Android. Used by thousands of applications, it enables great media experiences and can be customized to suit individual needs. Recent additions to the library have ranged from a new high level API to advanced features such as multi-period DASH support and spatial audio. In this talk you�ll learn what�s new in ExoPlayer, as well as some of ExoPlayer�s key concepts, points of customization and inner workings.

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Related Link:
> Android Developers > API Guides > Media and Camera > ExoPlayer

EditText with drawable icon

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_margin="20dp"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context="com.blogspot.android_er.androidedittextchanged.MainActivity">

    <FrameLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">
        <ImageView
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:src="@android:mipmap/sym_def_app_icon"/>
        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:orientation="vertical">
            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/title"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
                android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
                android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
                android:autoLink="web"
                android:text="http://android-er.blogspot.com/"
                android:textStyle="bold"/>
            <EditText
                android:id="@+id/edittext1"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="normal EditText"/>
            <EditText
                android:id="@+id/edittext2"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="EditText with drawableLeft"
                android:drawableLeft="@mipmap/ic_launcher"/>
            <EditText
                android:id="@+id/edittext3"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="EditText with drawableRight"
                android:drawableRight="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"/>
            <EditText
                android:id="@+id/edittext4"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="EditText with drawableTop"
                android:drawableTop="@mipmap/ic_launcher"/>
            <EditText
                android:id="@+id/edittext5"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="EditText with drawableBottom"
                android:drawableBottom="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"/>
            <EditText
                android:id="@+id/edittext6"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="EditText with background"
                android:background="@mipmap/ic_launcher"/>
        </LinearLayout>
    </FrameLayout>


</LinearLayout>

Set background and alpha of EditText

Examples of Setting background and alpha of EditText:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_margin="20dp"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context="com.blogspot.android_er.androidedittextchanged.MainActivity">

    <FrameLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">
        <ImageView
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:src="@android:mipmap/sym_def_app_icon"/>
        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:orientation="vertical">
            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/title"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
                android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
                android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
                android:autoLink="web"
                android:text="http://android-er.blogspot.com/"
                android:textStyle="bold"/>
            <EditText
                android:id="@+id/edittext1"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:textSize="28dp"
                android:text="normal EditText"/>
            <EditText
                android:id="@+id/edittext2"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="EditText with background #50FFFFFF"
                android:textSize="28dp"
                android:background="#50FFFFFF"/>
            <EditText
                android:id="@+id/edittext3"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="EditText with background #FFFFFF"
                android:textSize="28dp"
                android:background="#FFFFFF"/>
            <EditText
                android:id="@+id/edittext4"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="EditText with background #FFFFFF and alpha=0.5"
                android:textSize="28dp"
                android:background="#FFFFFF"
                android:alpha="0.5"/>
        </LinearLayout>
    </FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>

EditText with custom shape (drawable)

To create EditText with our own shape, create a drawable XML to define our custom shape:

res/drawable/myshape.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="rectangle"
    android:padding="10dp">
    <solid android:color="#505050"/>
    <corners
        android:bottomRightRadius="10dp"
        android:bottomLeftRadius="10dp"
        android:topLeftRadius="10dp"
        android:topRightRadius="10dp"/>
</shape>

Reference my shape in layout xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_margin="20dp"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context="com.blogspot.android_er.androidedittextchanged.MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/title"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:autoLink="web"
        android:text="http://android-er.blogspot.com/"
        android:textStyle="bold"/>

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/edittext1"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:hint="normal EditText"/>
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/edittext2"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:hint="EditText with custom shape"
        android:textColorHint="#B0B0B0"
        android:textColor="#F0F0F0"
        android:background="@drawable/myshape" />

</LinearLayout>