[Android Bootcamp] Project 0 - Review my app

[ZekunWang]

My App is complete, please review. /cc @codepathreview @codepath

[nesquena]

Zekun,

Looks good, this exercise is intended in part to give you an introduction to the general rhythm of this course. The course is entirely project-based with an app being assigned each week and then due the following week. Each project builds on the last to help each engineer learn the practical elements of Android development and best practices as quickly as possible. We also do a code review for each submitted project once the program begins.

The next step is to continue working on extensions to your todo app and to schedule a short 10 minute phone conversation with us. Navigate to today's date and onward from there and choose an available 15-minute slot in the mornings or evenings. Let us know if none of those times work.

With regards to extensions to implement, we are looking for developers with an interest in user experience and product development so be sure to focus on additional functional enhancements and/or improving the user interface of the app.

Once you select a slot, can you make sure to include the best number to reach you at to the invite? Look forward to chatting soon!

[ZekunWang]

Hi Nathan,

Thanks for the email. Do you only available on Tuesday evenings, Thursday noons and Friday noons? These time frame does not work for me. I am available in the evenings of Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I am also available anytime on weekends.

Thanks, Zekun Wang

On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 3:15 PM, Nathan Esquenazi notifications@github.com wrote:

Zekun,

Looks good, this exercise is intended in part to give you an introduction to the general rhythm of this course. The course is entirely project-based with an app being assigned each week and then due the following week. Each project builds on the last to help each engineer learn the practical elements of Android development and best practices as quickly as possible. We also do a code review for each submitted project once the program begins.

The next step is to continue working on extensions to your todo app http://courses.codepath.com/snippets/intro_to_android/prework#heading-5-extending-your-todo and to schedule a short 10 minute phone conversation with us. Navigate to today's date and onward from there https://calendar.google.com/calendar/selfsched?sstoken=UURvT01vbzBza1pnfGRlZmF1bHR8NzVjYzBkN2EyZTRiOGRmYjZlZjhmMjA2N2IyMGMwYWU and choose an available 15-minute slot in the mornings or evenings. Let us know if none of those times work.

With regards to extensions to implement, we are looking for developers with an interest in user experience and product development so be sure to focus on additional functional enhancements and/or improving the user interface of the app.

Once you select a slot, can you make sure to include the best number to reach you at to the invite? Look forward to chatting soon!

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[nesquena]

Hi Zekun,

How about tomorrow at 8pm PST?

[ZekunWang]

That will work for me. Thanks for the arrangement.

Zekun On Jun 12, 2016 7:50 PM, "Nathan Esquenazi" notifications@github.com wrote:

Hi Zekun,

How about tomorrow at 8pm PST?

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[nesquena]

Great, invite sent for tomorrow at 8pm.

[ZekunWang]

Thanks. Invitation confirmed.

Zekun

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Great, invite sent for tomorrow at 8pm.

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[ZekunWang]

Hi Nathan,

I am trying to implement the feature of due date for the todo item but have not found anything useful yet. Can you provide tutorials on how to create pop-up calendar when I click a button and pop-up scrolling time picker?

Zekun

[nesquena]

Hi Zekun,

Guide on pop-up time picker is here in our guides: http://guides.codepath.com/android/Using-DialogFragment#displaying-date-or-time-picker-dialogs

I encourage you to check our searchable guides at guides.codepath.com for anything you need while completing the optionals.

[ZekunWang]

Hi Nathan,

I added some features and changes. Please review my app. I am still confused about adding Dialog Fragment, changing menu design and adding notification for the due setting even after reading the topics from searching guides.codepath.com . Do you have any video showing how to do these step by step?

Zekun

[nesquena]

Hi Zekun,

I am still confused about adding Dialog Fragment

Do you have any specific issues I can help with. You may have already seen but presenting a custom dialog fragment is outlined here.

changing menu design

Do you mean tweaking the top action bar?

adding notification for the due setting

This is going to be more complicated and involves using a background service and alarm manager

[ZekunWang]

Hi Nathan,

I am trying to use DialogFragment to implement editing list item. But android studio is complaining about showing datepicker and timepicker because it cannot resolve "getSupportFragmentManager()". I think it comes from extending FragmentActivity but I have to extend DialogFragment. Does this mean I cannot let user to pick time and date in a DiaglogFragment edit mode?

Thanks, Zekun Wang

On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 12:10 AM, Nathan Esquenazi <notifications@github.com

wrote:

Hi Zekun,

I am still confused about adding Dialog Fragment

Do you have any specific issues I can help with. You may have already seen but presenting a custom dialog fragment is outlined here http://guides.codepath.com/android/Using-DialogFragment#custom-view.

changing menu design

Do you mean tweaking the top action bar http://guides.codepath.com/android/Extended-ActionBar-Guide#custom-actionbar-styles ?

adding notification for the due setting

This is going to be more complicated and involves using a background service and alarm manager http://guides.codepath.com/android/Starting-Background-Services#using-with-alarmmanager-for-periodic-tasks

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[nesquena]

Your activity should extend FragmentActivity or AppCompatActivity:

class MyActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
  // ....
}

and then you should have a separate dialog fragment object in a separate Java class:

class MyDatePickerFragment extends DialogFragment {
  // ...
}

then the getSupportFragmentManager() is called from within the activity extending AppCompatActivity. You would implement implements DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener inside the activity as well.

Does that help clarify? Anywhere you see the fragment manager should be inside the activity and then separately there's a dialogfragment class.

[ZekunWang]

Yes, I can understand. This is want I did when using activity to edit items. But if I am using a DialogFragment to edit items, the context should be a fragment rather than an activity. How can I pop up a date picker when I click a button in DialogFragment?

Zekun

On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 9:50 PM, Nathan Esquenazi notifications@github.com wrote:

Your activity should extend FragmentActivity or AppCompatActivity:

class MyActivity extends AppCompatActivity { // .... }

and then you should have a separate dialog fragment object in a separate Java class:

class MyDatePickerFragment extends DialogFragment { // ... }

then the getSupportFragmentManager() is called from within the activity extending AppCompatActivity. You would implement implements DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener inside the activity as well.

Does that help clarify? Anywhere you see the fragment manager should be inside the activity and then separately there's a dialogfragment class.

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[nesquena]

Yes, I can understand. This is want I did when using activity to edit items. But if I am using a DialogFragment to edit items, the context should be a fragment rather than an activity. How can I pop up a date picker when I click a button in DialogFragment?

See http://guides.codepath.com/android/Using-DialogFragment#passing-data-to-parent-fragment for a breakdown on how to launch a dialog from a dialog. It's a good learning, common use case.

[ZekunWang]

Hi Nathan,

I read this already. However, the requirement is to support edit item in dialog fragment. So when the dialog fragment pops up and let me edit the item, I should be able to click the button in the dialog and it will pop up a date picker dialog. When I choose a date and click "ok", it will return to the edit dialog and let me do further changes. Is it possible to that?

Thanks, Zekun

On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 12:31 PM, Nathan Esquenazi <notifications@github.com

wrote:

Yes, I can understand. This is want I did when using activity to edit items. But if I am using a DialogFragment to edit items, the context should be a fragment rather than an activity. How can I pop up a date picker when I click a button in DialogFragment?

See http://guides.codepath.com/android/Using-DialogFragment#passing-data-to-parent-fragment for a breakdown on how to launch a dialog from a dialog. It's a good learning, common use case.

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[nesquena]

That's that this guide demonstrates: http://guides.codepath.com/android/Using-DialogFragment#passing-data-to-parent-fragment with the date being selected in a dialog and then being sent back to the other dialog fragment. If you are finding this story too frustrating to implement, you can move on from this optional too, we will be covering again in more detail as part of the course.

[ZekunWang]

Hi Nathan,

Thanks for your help. I am still confused so I will skip this. I have submit new updates of ToDoApp. Please review the app.

Thanks, Zekun

On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 12:56 AM, Nathan Esquenazi <notifications@github.com

wrote:

That's that this guide demonstrates: http://guides.codepath.com/android/Using-DialogFragment#passing-data-to-parent-fragment with the date being selected and then being sent back to the other fragment. If you are finding this story too frustrating to implement, you can move on from this optional too, we will be covering again in more detail as part of the course.

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