Android Slices — 3W’s
3W’s — What, Why, & Where…
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3 min readMar 15, 2019
3W’s
Why does it matter?
What are Slices?
It’s a UI template to share app data outside of your application.
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How to build Slices…?
Prerequisites..
Android Studio 3.2
Download and install the Slice Viewer APK
Add the below library dependenciesdependencies {
implementation ‘androidx.slice:slice-core:1.0.0’
implementation ‘androidx.slice:slice-view:1.0.0’
implementation ‘androidx.slice:slice-builders:1.0.0’
}
Where we use Slices…?
Examples…!
Architecture..
How to create Slices…?
Use Slice Provider to create slices
Permissions…!
Slice Templates…!
Actions on Slices…!
Display modes…!
Types of Builders….?
Header Builder….!
GridRow Builder…!
Finally Slice Viewer…?
At Last Why we have to use Slices…?
