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Be Productive



  • Lint’s STOPSHIP can save you from pushing your buggy code to production

  • Be aware of the online tools which will boost your productivity



  • Create build time resource/variables in build.gradle
android{
  defaultConfig {
    ...
    //Build variable
    buildConfigField "String", "NEWS_API", '"YOUR_NEWS_API"'

    //Resource variable
    resValue 'string', 'APP_NAME', APP_NAME

    //Manifest Placeholder 
    manifestPlaceholders = [crashlyticsApiKey: "514bec26d15bb8f67dc8129f0eda3cabf79fXXXX"]
    ...
  }
}

//Can be accessed as
BuildConfig.NEWS_API

getString(R.string.APP_NAME);

<meta-data
       android:name="io.fabric.Api∏Key"
       android:value="${crashlyticsApiKey}" />

  • Make use of IntelliJ's Live templates this, this



  • Take interviews, test and upgrade your skills time to time




  • You can now debug build.gradle file using IntelliJ IDE [Ref link]

  • Learn everything about ConstraintLayout here. This has some cool tips and tricks as well.

  • Run single kotlin class with main function in android studio
class Sample {
    companion object {
        @JvmStatic
        fun main(args: Array<String>) {
            print("Hello World!")
        }
    }
}


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