start() method, resources and broadcastReceiver

[yoavst]

• start() method. Since we know if the generic is service or activity, wouldn't it be better if will be one method for both? prototype:

inline public fun <reified T : Activity> Activity.start() {
    startActivity(intentFor<T>())
}

inline public fun <reified T: Service> Context.start() {
    this.startService(intentFor<T>())
}

• Resources.
  Until M13, I was using my library AndroidKotlin. Now I'm doing the switch to Anko. I miss the resources part of the library:

val number = intRes(R.integer.number)
val dimenPixelSize = dimenRes(R.dimen.size)
val color = colorRes(R.color.red)
val intArray = intArrayRes(R.array.ids)
val stringArray = stringArrayRes(R.array.options)
val drawable = drawableRes(R.drawable.background)

// Delegation part (lazy because of Android...):
val text by stringResource(R.string.text)
val number by intResource(R.integer.number)
val dimenPixelSize by dimenResource(R.dimen.size)
val color by colorResource(R.color.red)
val intArray by intArrayResource(R.array.ids)
val stringArray by stringArrayResource(R.array.options)
val drawable by drawableResource(R.drawable.background)

Can include something similar in Anko?

• I also found myself using this method a lot:

public fun broadcastReceiver(init: (Context, Intent?) -> Unit): BroadcastReceiver {
    return object : BroadcastReceiver() {
        public override fun onReceive(context: Context, intent: Intent?) {
            init(context, intent)
        }
    }
}

[yanex]

:+1: !

[yoavst]

Also, I've noticed that AnkoLogger.loggerTag is recalculated every time. Maybe it is better to switch to lazy delegate.

[yanex]

By the way, why startActivity is bad? I think that the name start is not concrete. Below that, it can easily clash with something in user code.

[yoavst]

Because Intellij doesn't auto-import the extension method, since there is regular method with the same name.

[udev]

Any word on those resources?