Heather GallopInitialize Views Inside of onCreate()When creating your first Android apps, it can be challenging to make the apps efficient. One of the easiest ways to improve the efficiency…Mar 31, 20181Mar 31, 20181
Heather GallopSave and Restore Instance State Made Easy!As a beginner making simple apps, you may notice during testing that screen-rotation resets all data collected from the user. Screen…Mar 26, 20182Mar 26, 20182
Heather GallopCreating and Using Resource Files in Android StudioIt is best practice in Android Studio to provide resources like images, strings, and dimensions, in resource directories in your project…Feb 21, 20183Feb 21, 20183
Heather GallopReading Code for Beginners: Quick TipsJust like reading great literature can greatly improve one’s writing ability, reading code can greatly improve your coding skills. It is a…Feb 20, 2018Feb 20, 2018
Heather GallopHow to Add images to Your Android AppNew users can struggle with file management in Android Studio. There is a lot going on behind the scenes to pull the app together. When you…Feb 16, 2018Feb 16, 2018
Heather GallopOvercoming the Struggle to Learn CodeI’m not the first to say that learning a programming language is like learning a foreign language. One starts with the words for basic…Feb 16, 20181Feb 16, 20181
Heather GallopA Brief Overview of dp and spDensity-Independent Pixels or “dp” are a unit of measure based on a coordinate system held by a computer. This allows developers to declare…Feb 14, 2018Feb 14, 2018
Heather GallopRelative Layout in Udacity’s Android Basics: User Interface Course (Lesson 4)If you are enrolled in Udacity’s Android Basics course for user interface, either the free version (could be considered Lesson 3 for these…Feb 13, 20182Feb 13, 20182
Heather GallopLate to the Grow with Google Scholarship Program 2018Google’s partnership with Udacity has given tens of thousands of people a unique opportunity to participate in a mentor lead learning…Feb 11, 20181Feb 11, 20181
