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Mastering Android Studio Template Creation Chandrasekar K github.com/TakeoffAndroid medium.com/@takeoffandroid twitter.com/takeoffandroid facebook.com/takeoffandroid CHICAGO ROBOTO 2018

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Lazy coder THOUGHTWORKS ANDROID GEEK CHENNAI, INDIA 1ST TIME SPEAKER WHO AM I ?

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00 WHY AM I HERE ? Implementation, application and creation of templates Improve developer’s productivity Video Demo

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POP QUIZ Used Android Studio Templates before ? Ever created templates on your own? 1 2

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Predefined code which are generated based on the user input data. What is a template ? By default, Android studio provides set of templates like Basic Activity, Bottom Navigation Activity, Empty Activity, etc. 1 2 Reference : https://developer.android.com/studio/projects/templates.html

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HOW TO ACCESS TEMPLATE

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Getting Started? Go to Applications \ Android Studio \ Right click \ Show Package Contents \ Plugins \ android \ lib \ templates. C:\ Program Files \ Android \ Android Studio \ Plugins \ android \ lib \ templates

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How do we create Templates?

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What is FreeMarker (.ftl) ? 2 1 3 Apache FreeMarker is a template engine A Java library to generate source code based on templates and changing data Reference : https:// freemarker.apache.org/

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FREEMARKER PROJECT STRUCTURE

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There is no secret ingredient. It’s just you Ingredients for template creation ?

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` templates .xml GLOBALS .xml RECIPES .xml It transforms Freemarker code (.ftl) to java, kotlin or xml files. It holds all the gradle dependencies. It holds all the global contents like text, slashed package, directory path. 2 1 It is responsible for creation of UI elements like Textbox, Dropdown and checkbox components.

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templates .xml GLOBALS .xml RECIPES .xml Android Studio Templates

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How to create Textbox (EditText) in templates.xml?

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How to create Textbox (EditText) in templates.xml?

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How to create Checkbox in templates.xml?

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How to create Dropdown in templates.xml?

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How recipes.xml work ?

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Instantiate Merge Dependency Copy Open

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INSTANTIATE AndroidManifest.xml

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strings.xml in Template Project strings.xml in Android Project MERGE

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strings.xml in Template Project strings.xml in Android Project MERGE

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COPY

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OPEN

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Video Demo

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Medium https://medium.com/androidstarters/mastering-android-studio-templates-ed8fdd98cb78 https://medium.com/androidstarters/creating-android-studio-ide-template-for-recyclerviews-a8b6d4925f3f Github https://github.com/TakeoffAndroid/LoginTemplates https://github.com/TakeoffAndroid/RecyclerViewTemplate https://github.com/TakeoffAndroid/MaterialTabsTemplate References ?

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APPLICATION IMPLEMENTATION CREATION BUILD VERIFIED TAKE OFF

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