Tips to improve your Android Development skills

Sagnik Sahoo — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 06:23:49 +0000

Today, Android remains to dominate on a global scale.Approximately 75% of the world population prefers using Android as against the 15% of iOS. It is an operating system that has a huge market for apps.So in this article let’s discuss “Tips to improve your Android Development Skills”.

Follow The Trend But Think Unique :

You have to follow the ongoing trend. But remember, millions of people are following the same trend too. So you, definitely need to think out of the box about the same that how can you make it attractive. You need to learn to increase the engagement with your app user. To know the current trend explore apps that have already been featured on the play store. Do some research on the Play Store, pick some apps with labels like Editors’ Pick and Top Developer, and install them on your Android phone. Then, analyze the apps, giving attention to what characteristics they have in common. In particular, check thoroughly the apps’ design, functionality, and everything that makes them stand out from similar apps in the category.
Get Over the FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) :
Android is a very huge domain. One can’t learn it completely end to end in a month. As a beginner, it’s quite common to be worried that you’re missing out on learning essential information by trying to build things while still in a state of great confusion but try to get over it. Just start with basics fundamentals Android concepts and slowly build your command on it.
Give Priority to Security:

In the era of internet security plays the most important role. Whether it may be a website or an Android app if there is no security guarantee then there is no use of that. So while building an app development, make sure that the user’s data is safe and secure if they are using your app. Beware of the hackers in the market and find a solution to what problems they can create.
Focus on Reading More Codes:

Most Android developers don’t spend the time to read what other developers are writing. And they pay most of their time writing what they already know. But this is not going to help you to become a perfect Android developer. The only way to become a more expert developer is to read the excellent code of more skilled developers. The more you read, the more you learn. If you are developing something it is possible that you code everything on your own. But, if you start reading other’s codes, it helps in raising your vision and might also result in giving some new ideas.
Start Contributing to Open Source :
If you have developed a library, plugin, or other helpful pieces of code and you’re utilizing it in your app, consider open-sourcing it. There’s enough to discover in the process of contributing to open-source projects. Even the least bit of contribution like fixing some grammatical errors in the docs will be beneficial for the project maintainer to keep the project running. And this will surely help you to improve your Android Development skill.
Do Test Your Creation :

Before, releasing your product, you must test whether it works on the smartphone efficiently and effectively and observe if it is going to impress the users. Most importantly accommodate low-end devices and smaller screens that mean in the emerging markets, many devices tend to have small screens, so make sure you optimize your UI by testing on multiple screen sizes. You should also adapt your app to low-end devices, which may have low memory, low processing power, and low resolution. Also, consider backward compatibility to jelly bean, and where practical, back to ice cream sandwich.
Observe The Feedback :

You must observe the feedback that the users make and keep in mind the good and bad in your application. One of the most important things about an app is to maintain the app regularly. Keep your app up-to-date. Track the problems users are facing with your app and provide them solutions regarding the issues through regular updates. So that the next time you can deliver the best to your users.

That's it 🤠 for today !

Happy Coding 🚀

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All you need to know about Appwrite team service (Client-side)

Sagnik Sahoo — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 04:56:34 +0000

Appwrite is a self-hosted backend as a service server that provides web, mobile, and native developers with a set of tools and APIs that aims to help them build applications a lot faster and in a more secure way.

Teams API

The Teams service allows you to group users of your project and to enable them to share read and write access to your project resources, such as database documents or storage files.

Each user who creates a team becomes the team owner and can delegate the ownership role by inviting a new team member. Only team owners can invite new users to their team.

1) Create a new team

The user who creates the team will automatically be assigned as the owner of the team. The team owner can invite new members, who will be able add new owners and update or delete the team from your project.

2) List team

GET /v1/teams

Get a list of all the current user teams. You can use the query params to filter your results. On admin mode, this endpoint will return a list of all of the project's teams.
Learn more about different API modes

const sdk = new Appwrite();

sdk
    .setEndpoint('https://[HOSTNAME_OR_IP]/v1') // Your API Endpoint
    .setProject('5df5acd0d48c2') // Your project ID
;

let promise = sdk.teams.list();

promise.then(function (response) {
    console.log(response); // Success
}, function (error) {
    console.log(error); // Failure
});

3) Get Team

GET /v1/teams/{teamId}

Get a team by its unique ID. All team members have read access for this resource.
Example request:

const sdk = new Appwrite();

sdk
    .setEndpoint('https://[HOSTNAME_OR_IP]/v1') // Your API Endpoint
    .setProject('5df5acd0d48c2') // Your project ID
;

let promise = sdk.teams.get('[TEAM_ID]');

promise.then(function (response) {
    console.log(response); // Success
}, function (error) {
    console.log(error); // Failure
});

4) Update Team

PUT /v1/teams/{teamId}
Update a team by its unique ID. Only team owners have write access for this resource.
Example request:

const sdk = new Appwrite();

sdk
    .setEndpoint('https://[HOSTNAME_OR_IP]/v1') // Your API Endpoint
    .setProject('5df5acd0d48c2') // Your project ID
;

let promise = sdk.teams.update('[TEAM_ID]', '[NAME]');

promise.then(function (response) {
    console.log(response); // Success
}, function (error) {
    console.log(error); // Failure
});

5) Delete Team

DELETE /v1/teams/{teamId}
Delete a team by its unique ID. Only team owners have write access for this resource.

const sdk = new Appwrite();

sdk
    .setEndpoint('https://[HOSTNAME_OR_IP]/v1') // Your API Endpoint
    .setProject('5df5acd0d48c2') // Your project ID
;

let promise = sdk.teams.delete('[TEAM_ID]');

promise.then(function (response) {
    console.log(response); // Success
}, function (error) {
    console.log(error); // Failure
});

6)Create Team Membership

POST /v1/teams/{teamId}/memberships
Use this endpoint to invite a new member to join your team. If initiated from Client SDK, an email with a link to join the team will be sent to the new member's email address if the member doesn't exist in the project it will be created automatically. If initiated from server side SDKs, new member will automatically be added to the team.

Use the 'URL' parameter to redirect the user from the invitation email back to your app. When the user is redirected, use the Update Team Membership Status endpoint to allow the user to accept the invitation to the team. While calling from side SDKs the redirect url can be empty string.
Please note that in order to avoid a Redirect Attacks the only valid redirect URL's are the once from domains you have set when added your platforms in the console interface.

Rate Limits
This endpoint is limited to 10 requests in every 60 minutes per IP address. We use rate limits to avoid service abuse by users and as a security practice. Learn more about rate limiting.

const sdk = new Appwrite();

sdk
    .setEndpoint('https://[HOSTNAME_OR_IP]/v1') // Your API Endpoint
    .setProject('5df5acd0d48c2') // Your project ID
;

let promise = sdk.teams.createMembership('[TEAM_ID]', 'email@example.com', [], 'https://example.com');

promise.then(function (response) {
    console.log(response); // Success
}, function (error) {
    console.log(error); // Failure
});

7)Update Membership Roles

PATCH /v1/teams/{teamId}/memberships/{membershipId}

const sdk = new Appwrite();

sdk
    .setEndpoint('https://[HOSTNAME_OR_IP]/v1') // Your API Endpoint
    .setProject('5df5acd0d48c2') // Your project ID
;

let promise = sdk.teams.updateMembershipRoles('[TEAM_ID]', '[MEMBERSHIP_ID]', []);

promise.then(function (response) {
    console.log(response); // Success
}, function (error) {
    console.log(error); // Failure
});

8) Get Team Memberships

GET /v1/teams/{teamId}/memberships
Get a team members by the team unique ID. All team members have read access for this list of resources.

const sdk = new Appwrite();

sdk
    .setEndpoint('https://[HOSTNAME_OR_IP]/v1') // Your API Endpoint
    .setProject('5df5acd0d48c2') // Your project ID
;

let promise = sdk.teams.getMemberships('[TEAM_ID]');

promise.then(function (response) {
    console.log(response); // Success
}, function (error) {
    console.log(error); // Failure
});

9) Update Team Membership Status

Use this endpoint to allow a user to accept an invitation to join a team after being redirected back to your app from the invitation email recieved by the user.
PATCH /v1/teams/{teamId}/memberships/{membershipId}/status

const sdk = new Appwrite();

sdk
    .setEndpoint('https://[HOSTNAME_OR_IP]/v1') // Your API Endpoint
    .setProject('5df5acd0d48c2') // Your project ID
;

let promise = sdk.teams.updateMembershipStatus('[TEAM_ID]', '[MEMBERSHIP_ID]', '[USER_ID]', '[SECRET]');

promise.then(function (response) {
    console.log(response); // Success
}, function (error) {
    console.log(error); // Failure
});

10) Delete Team Membership

DELETE /v1/teams/{teamId}/memberships/{membershipId}
This endpoint allows a user to leave a team or for a team owner to delete the membership of any other team member. You can also use this endpoint to delete a user membership even if it is not accepted.

const sdk = new Appwrite();

sdk
    .setEndpoint('https://[HOSTNAME_OR_IP]/v1') // Your API Endpoint
    .setProject('5df5acd0d48c2') // Your project ID
;

let promise = sdk.teams.deleteMembership('[TEAM_ID]', '[MEMBERSHIP_ID]');

promise.then(function (response) {
    console.log(response); // Success
}, function (error) {
    console.log(error); // Failure
});

Happy Appwritting !!!
Stay tuned for the server-side team service

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