Changes between Version 17 and Version 18 of GameApp


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Timestamp:
Apr 22, 2015, 7:38:26 PM (10 years ago)
Author:
benjialbert
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    1818Tips:
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     20General:
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    1922* Use Android Studio!  It is by far the easiest way to create Android Apps!
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    2124* Go through the android developer tutorial!  It goes over everything you need from creating a GUI to saving data.
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     26GUIs:
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    2328* Do not use Android Studio's drag and drop widget feature to create a GUI because it hardcodes values instead of using ratios
    2429  which is bad practice! (this would make the app appear differently on different devices based on the screen size).
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     31* Use XML to create static layouts (layouts that will stay the same) and Java to create dynamic layouts (layouts that will or may change).
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     33Saving Data:
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    2635* Save to the external storage and not internal (Android names part of internal storage as external storage so that a device without
     
    3948  without the help of a library.  I saved individual matches in CSV files and I created a file called SUPER_FILE which combines the CSV files
    4049  into one large spreadsheet.  This spreadsheet shows every team and all the teams' statistics so someone can quickly retrieve general information.
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    42 * Use XML to create static layouts (layouts that will stay the same) and Java to create dynamic layouts (layouts that will or may change).