Coming from iOS, I’m used to having access to UserDefaults anywhere in my code for storing user settings and such. Android requires a context to access SharedPreferences – pain. SharedPreferences from anywhere in your App So I created a Constants class that takes a context, creates a singleton and then allows for various Read more about Android/Java – SharedPreferences from anywhere in your App[…]
So now that Parse.com is gone, there’s still the option of using your own server w/ their open-source server code. You can find info on setting that up on their site linked above. But this post is about setting up your Android Studio project w/ the Parse SDK. If you don’t have it, Read more about Setting up Parse SDK with Android[…]
Some great content, quotes and charts in this article comparing analytics from iOS vs Android… For every 10 apps that developers build, roughly 7 are for iOS. via App Developers Signal Apple Allegiance Ahead of WWDC and Google I/O. Another good quote from the article… “For every $1.00 a developer earns on iOS, he can Read more about App Developers Signal Apple Allegiance Ahead of WWDC and Google I/O[…]