Android and the Seven Dwarfs from Devox'15 Butterknife Dagger Volley / OkHttp / Retrofit GreenBus / Otto GreenDAO / Schematic Priority JobQueue Timber / Hugo Retrolambda

1. Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs
Murat Yener
@yenerm
Android

2. who am I?
-Java, Android, web
-Android Dev @Intel
-Conference Speaker (JavaOne, Devoxx…)
-GDG Istanbul Organizer
-Book Author
-Java Champion
-GDE on Android

3. 40%
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valid until end of
December 2015

4. Once upon a time…

5. the princess…
well, the Android
had some problems
after eating an… apple
while waiting for the
prince charming…

6. can Seven Dwarfs help?
Butterknife
Dagger
Volley / OkHttp / Retrofit
GreenBus / Otto
GreenDAO / Schematic
Priority JobQueue
Timber / Hugo

7. Butterknife
Dependency Injection for views and actions
Cleaner code
Simple annotation based usage
Use Nullable to avoid exceptions
Based on compile time code generation
compile ‘com.jakewharton:butterknife:7.0.1’

8. class ExampleActivity extends Activity {
@Bind(R.id.title) TextView title;
@Bind(R.id.subtitle) TextView subtitle;
@Bind(R.id.footer) TextView footer;
@Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.simple_activity);
ButterKnife.bind(this);
// TODO Use fields...
}
}

9. @Nullable @Bind(R.id.might_not_be_there) TextView mightNotBeThere;
@Nullable @OnClick(R.id.maybe_missing) void onMaybeMissingClicked() {
// TODO ...
}

10. //Simple listener injection
@OnClick(R.id.submit)
public void submit(View view) {
// TODO submit data to server...
}
//Multi listener
@OnClick({ R.id.door1, R.id.door2, R.id.door3 })
public void pickDoor(DoorView door) {
if (door.hasPrizeBehind()) {
Toast.makeText(this, "You win!", LENGTH_SHORT).show();
} else {
Toast.makeText(this, "Try again", LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}

11. ProGuard Configuration
-keep class butterknife.** { *; }
-dontwarn butterknife.internal.**
-keep class **$$ViewInjector { *; }
-keepclasseswithmembernames class * {
@butterknife.* <fields>;
}
-keepclasseswithmembernames class * {
@butterknife.* <methods>;
}

12. Dagger
Fast dependency injection
Standard javax.inject (JSR 330)
Make your code easy to test
Compile time code generation (No reflection)
Complicated
Hard to do for ongoing project
compile 'com.google.dagger:dagger:2.0'
apt 'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.0'

13. @Module + @Provides: mechanism for providing
dependencies.
@Inject: mechanism for requesting dependencies.
@Component: bridge between modules and
injections

14.
class CoffeeMaker {
@Inject Heater heater;
@Inject Pump pump;
...
}
@Module
class DripCoffeeModule {
@Provides Heater provideHeater() {
return new ElectricHeater();
}
@Provides Pump providePump(Thermosiphon pump) {
return pump;
}
}
@Component(modules = DripCoffeeModule.class)
interface CoffeeShop {
CoffeeMaker maker();
}

15. public @interface Component {
Class<?>[] modules() default {};
Class<?>[] dependencies() default {};
}
public @interface Module {
Class<?>[] includes() default { };
}
public @interface Provides {
}
public @interface MapKey {
boolean unwrapValue();
}
public interface Lazy<T> {
T get();
}

16. ProGuard Configuration
NONE

17. OkHttp
Widely used, simple fix for HttpClient
Internal cache
HTTP2 and SPDY support
Uses GZIP
Manual handling of background execution
compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:2.5.0'

18. //Client
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
//Get URL
String run(String url) throws IOException {
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url(url)
.build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
return response.body().string();
}
//Post URL
public static final MediaType JSON
= MediaType.parse("application/json; charset=utf-8");
String post(String url, String json) throws IOException {
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(JSON, json);
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url(url)
.post(body)
.build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
return response.body().string();
}

19. ProGuard Configuration
-keepattributes Signature
-keepattributes *Annotation*
-keep class com.squareup.okhttp.** { *; }
-keep interface com.squareup.okhttp.** { *; }
-dontwarn com.squareup.okhttp.**

20. Volley
Simplest HttpClient fix for Android
Internal Queue
Internal Cache
Runs in a separate thread
Not good for large downloads
compile ‘com.mcxiaoke.volley:library-aar:1/0/0’

21. RequestQueue queue = Volley.newRequestQueue(this);
StringRequest stringRequest = new StringRequest(Request.Method.GET, url,
new Response.Listener<String>() {
@Override
public void onResponse(String response) {
//..
}
}, new Response.ErrorListener() {
@Override
public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
//..
}
});
queue.add(stringRequest);
//Cancel requests
queue.cancelAll(TAG);

22. ProGuard Configuration
NONE

23. Retrofit
REST Client for Java
Generates an implementation of the API
Uses annotation to describe URLs, query params
Object conversion to JSON request body
Multipart request body and file upload
Only good for REST APIs
compile 'com.squareup.retrofit:retrofit:1.9.0'

24.
public interface GitHubService {
@Headers("Cache-Control: max-age=640000")
@GET("/users/{user}/repos")
List<Repo> listRepos(@Path("user") String user);
@POST("/users/new")
void createUser(@Body User user, Callback<User> cb);
}
RestAdapter restAdapter = new RestAdapter.Builder()
.setEndpoint("https://api.github.com")
.build();
GitHubService service = restAdapter.create(GitHubService.class);
List<Repo> repos = service.listRepos("octocat");

25. -keep class com.squareup.okhttp.** { *; }
-keep interface com.squareup.okhttp.** { *; }
-dontwarn com.squareup.okhttp.**
-dontwarn rx.**
-dontwarn retrofit.**
-dontwarn okio.**
-keep class retrofit.** { *; }
-keepclasseswithmembers class * {
@retrofit.http.* <methods>;
}

26. GreenRobot EventBus
Dispatches events through a bus
Event Driven
Very easy and clean implementation
Easily transfer data between components
Uses reflection on runtime
compile 'de.greenrobot:eventbus:2.4.0'

27. //Custom Event Object
public class SampleEvent {
private String message;
public SampleEvent(String message){
this.message=message;
}
}
//Caller
//geteventbus
eventBus.post(new SampleEvent(“An event”);

28. //callee
//geteventbus
eventBus.register(this);
public void onEvent(SampleEvent event) {
textField.setText(event.getMessage());
};

29. ProGuard Configuration
-keepclassmembers class ** {
public void onEvent*(**);
}
# Only required if you use AsyncExecutor
-keepclassmembers class * extends
de.greenrobot.event.util.ThrowableFailureEvent {
public <init>(java.lang.Throwable);
}
# Don't warn for missing support classes
-dontwarn de.greenrobot.event.util.*$Support
-dontwarn de.greenrobot.event.util.*$SupportManagerFragment

30. Otto
Event bus
decouple different parts of your application
Communication between components
Uses reflection
compile 'com.squareup:otto:1.3.8'

31.
Bus bus = new Bus();
bus.post(new AnswerAvailableEvent(42));
bus.register(this);
@Subscribe
public void answerAvailable(AnswerAvailableEvent event) {
// TODO: React to the event somehow!
}

32. -keepclassmembers class ** {
@com.squareup.otto.Subscribe public *;
@com.squareup.otto.Produce public *;
}

33. GreenDao
from the creators of GreenRobot EventBus
Standard SqLite
No create table… etc
Uses code generation for model and dao
compile 'de.greenrobot:greendao'

34. new DaoMaster.DevOpenHelper(this, "notes-db", null);
daoMaster = new DaoMaster(db);
daoSession = daoMaster.newSession();
noteDao = daoSession.getNoteDao();
Note note = new Note(null, noteText, comment, new Date());
noteDao.insert(note);

35. -keepclassmembers class * extends de.greenrobot.dao.AbstractDao {
public static java.lang.String TABLENAME;
}
-keep class **$Properties

36. Schematic
Automatically generate ContentProviders
Backed by SQLite Database
Can be used w/ Android System
Loaders, SyncAdapter, Permissions
Harder to use (deal w/ Cursors)
apt ‘net.simonvt.schematic:schematic-compiler:0.6.0’
compile ‘net.simonvt.schematic:schematic:0.6.0’

37.
public interface ListColumns {
@DataType(INTEGER) @PrimaryKey @AutoIncrement String _ID = "_id";
@DataType(TEXT) @NotNull String TITLE = "title";
}
@Database(version = NotesDatabase.VERSION)
public final class NotesDatabase {
public static final int VERSION = 1;
@Table(ListColumns.class) public static final String LISTS = "lists";
}
@ContentProvider(authority = NotesProvider.AUTHORITY, database = NotesDatabase.class)
public final class NotesProvider {
public static final String AUTHORITY = "net.simonvt.schematic.sample.NotesProvider";
@TableEndpoint(table = NotesDatabase.LISTS)
public static class Lists {
@ContentUri(
path = Path.LISTS,
type = "vnd.android.cursor.dir/list",
defaultSort = ListColumns.TITLE + " ASC")
public static final Uri LISTS = Uri.parse("content://" + AUTHORITY + "/lists")
}
}

38. ProGuard Configuration
NONE

39. Priority JobQueue
Persistent queue for scheduling jobs
Easy to prioritize
Delay job execution
Group jobs for batch execution
Not really needed above 5.0
compile 'com.path:android-priority-jobqueue:1.1.2'

40. public class PostTweetJob extends Job {
public static final int PRIORITY = 1;
public PostTweetJob(String text) {
super(new Params(PRIORITY).requireNetwork().persist());
}
@Override
public void onAdded() {}
@Override
public void onRun() throws Throwable {
webservice.postTweet(text);
}
@Override
protected boolean shouldReRunOnThrowable(Throwable throwable) {
}
}

41. ProGuard Configuration
NONE

42. Timber
Logger with a small, extensible API
Default behavior: Nothing
Behavior is added through Tree instances.
Install instance by calling Timber.plant()
DebugTree: output logs for debug builds and auto
tag generation
compile 'com.jakewharton.timber:timber:4.1.0'

43.
/** A tree which logs important information for crash reporting. */
private static class CrashReportingTree extends Timber.Tree {
@Override protected void log(int priority, String tag,
String message, Throwable t) {
if (priority == Log.VERBOSE || priority == Log.DEBUG) {
return;
}
FakeCrashLibrary.log(priority, tag, message);
if (t != null) {
if (priority == Log.ERROR) {
FakeCrashLibrary.logError(t);
} else if (priority == Log.WARN) {
FakeCrashLibrary.logWarning(t);
}
}
}
}

44.
public void greetingClicked(Button button) {
Timber.i("A button with ID %s was clicked.", button.getId());
//Do stuff
}

45. ProGuard Configuration
NONE

46. Hugo
Annotation-triggered method call logging
Generates logging code
Zero effect on non-debug builds.
see next slide

47. buildscript {
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.jakewharton.hugo:hugo-plugin:1.2.1'
}
}
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'com.jakewharton.hugo'

48.
@DebugLog
public String getName(String first, String last) {
SystemClock.sleep(15); // Don't ever really do this!
return first + " " + last;
}
V/Example: ⇢ getName(first="Jake", last="Wharton")
V/Example: ⇠ getName [16ms] = "Jake Wharton"

49. ProGuard Configuration
NONE

50. BONUS
The Prince Charming:
Lambdas on Android

51. wait, Java 8?!?
Android 5.0 and above use Java 7
but not invokeDynamic
so no Lambdas…

52. Retrolambda
lambda expressions
method references
try-with-resources statements
limited support for backporting default methods
and static methods on interfaces

53. buildscript {
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'me.tatarka:gradle-retrolambda:3.2.3'
}
}
// Required because retrolambda is on maven central
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
apply plugin: 'com.android.application' //or apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: ‘me.tatarka.retrolambda'
OR
plugins {
id "me.tatarka.retrolambda" version "3.2.3"
}

54. PROGUARD
-dontwarn java.lang.invoke.*
Android Studio
build.gradle
android {
compileOptions {
sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
}
}

55. Libraries fix things…
Use them only when you have a (exprected)
problem…
and don’t overuse them…
Conclusion…

56. @yenerm
murat@muratyener.com
-the end
questions?