Gain insights into developing Android apps using Java, Groovy, and XML. Discover hands-on, project-based learning while building a fully functional Travel Blog Application for your portfolio.

So, you want to learn to build your own Android apps? You’ve come to the right place.

In this course, you’ll take a hands-on, project-based approach to developing Android applications. You’ll work with the most common tools that Android developers use every day including Java, Groovy, and XML. As you learn, you’ll build a fully functional Travel Blog Application that will be a great addition to your portfolio.

By the end of this course, you’ll have built a fully functional Android application and be ready to build even more complex projects.

Modern Android App Development with Java

### Swipe-refresh-layout

The pull-to-refresh layout *(also known as swipe-refresh-layout)* is available as a separate library, so in order to use it we need to update our dependencies in *build.gradle* file.


# Swipe-refresh-layout

The pull-to-refresh layout *(also known as swipe-refresh-layout)* is available as a separate library, so in order to use it we need to update our dependencies in *build.gradle* file.


dependencies {
    // ui
    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0'
    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3'
    implementation "androidx.swiperefreshlayout:swiperefreshlayout:1.0.0"
    implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.1.0-alpha10'
    implementation 'com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:4.10.0'
    implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.2.1'
    implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.6'
}

Next, open the *activity_main.xml* layout file and wrap the `RecyclerView` with `SwipeRefreshLayout`.

This lesson will introduce how we can add a pull-to-refresh functionality to the blog list screen to indicate that data loading is in progress and to give a user the ability to manually refresh the data.

Android Ecosystem

Hello World

Travel Blog - Login Screen

Travel Blog - Details Screen

Travel Blog - List Screen

Travel Blog - Search & Sort

Travel Blog - Offline

Conclusion

Pull to Refresh

Swipe-refresh-layout #