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Run / Install / Debug Android applications over Wi-Fi? - Android Tutorial

What is the need through Wi-Fi? i. This will save your phone from irregular charges. ii. A remedy for short length USB cables  There are several methods to achieve this, here we can see how to do with the plugin. A better method through Android-Studio plugin Follow the steps to achieve this: 1 ) A plugin for Android studio exits , called    ADB WiFi Connect.      (There are some other plugin such as  WiFi ADB ULTIMATE,  Android wifi ADB ) 2) Go to file -> settings -> Plugins -> Browse Repositories 3) Look for  ADB WiFi Connect  , click on INSTALL , and then restart on prompt 4) You will see a new icon , which is your new plugin. Like in an image Now to make this work : 5) Go to your phone's developer option and enable DEBUGGING (must) 6) Also enable , ALLOW DEBUG OVER TCP/NETWORK 7) Attach your phone via USB , and make sure, both phone and your PC/laptop are connected to the same network (ei...

Add custom font in Android using Calligraphy library

Are you fed up of Custom Views to set fonts? Or traversing the ViewTree to find TextViews? Sometime we want some other font for our Android application then you can add custom font in Android using Calligraphy library . Dependency Include the dependency Download (.aar) dependencies { compile ‘uk.co.chrisjenx:calligraphy:2.2.0’ } Add Fonts Add your custom fonts to assets/ . All font definitions are relative to this path. On Assets you should right-click New Directory, call it "fonts". In the finder put the .ttf  or .otf  font files in there. Create Class Create a class that extends Application and write this code public class App extends Application { @Override public void onCreate() { super.onCreate(); CalligraphyConfig.initDefault(new CalligraphyConfig.Builder() .setDefaultFontPath("your font path") .setFontAttrId(...

Android Collapsing ToolbarLayout Example

Android CollapsingToolbarLayout is a wrapper for Toolbar which implements a collapsing app bar. It is designed to be used as a direct child of a AppBarLayout. CollapsingToolbarLayout is the newly introduced in Lollipop , using which you can create awesome scrolling effect. The following sample will explain you how to achieve this CollapsingToolbarLayout Build Gradle file : build.gradle dependencies {     compile 'com.android.support:design:23.0.1'    compile 'de.hdodenhof:circleimageview:2.2.0' }   XML Layout activity_main.xml <? xml version= "1.0" encoding= "utf-8" ?> < android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns: android = "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     xmlns: app = "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"     android :layout_width= "match_parent"     android :layout_height= "match_parent"     android :background= "@...