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From release of the Android O , which saw some exciting new additions for us to get our hands on! One of the most noticeable user-facing changes is the introduction of a picture in picture (PIP) option – similar to an Apple iPad feature added in iOS 9 – which should make multitasking easier in some circumstances.   PIP is a special type of multi-window mode mostly used for video playback. PIP mode is already available for Android TV; Android O makes the feature available on other Android devices. Let’s take a look at this exciting new feature and how we can implement it into our Android applications! To learn more about Picture-in-Picture I created a playground project to have a play with the new features. You can check this out for yourself here! What is Picture-In-Picture? Picture-in-Picture (PiP) allows you to keep videos open as they play on top of of another screen. This wouldn’t be the same as the multi-window feature which allows users to keep...

With the release of first developer preview of Android O, Google come with a solution to auto-size text in a TextView similar to the way the iOS SDK allows to select “ fit text to box ”. Let’s take a look at this exciting new feature and how we can implement it into our Android applications! Autosizing TextViews Android O allows to instruct a TextView to let the size of the text expand or contract automatically to fill its layout based on the TextView's characteristics and boundaries. This setting makes it easier to optimize the text size on different screens with dynamic content. Creating New Project We’ll start by creating new project in Android Studio and do the basic setup required.Create a new project in Android Studio from File > New Project and fill the project details. While creating the project, select the API O: Android 7+(O preview) as Minimum SDK. Update Build Configuration Open build.gradle located under app module and Update compileSdk...

Google just released a few information about the next version of Android, which arrives later this year and is known for now as Android O . With the first developer preview, we saw some exciting stuff that will have a big impact for developers and the apps they can make. New ways to use custom fonts and icons, a better way to deliver professional-level audio and awesome ways to connect with others for things like head-to-head gaming or local social applications. One of the features of this announcement includes Fonts in XML — in this article we’re going to take a look at exactly what this and how we can make use of them within our applications! Get started with Android O SDK Android O Developer Preview , a program that gives you everything you need to make your apps compatible and build for the next version of Android. Install Android Studio 2.4 To access the O Developer Preview, you must first update to Android Studio 2.4 . Only Android Studio 2...