notils

Never again need a .utils. package yur scurvy sea dogs!

Description

notils contains a set of common classes that we use in our projects:

• AndroidUtils, for showing the keyboard, checking running services, etc.
• ClassCaster - to help with listeners between Activitys & Fragments
• No need to cast when referencing Views / Fragments
• No need to double type your types when creating collections
• Simple Fade animations in & out done for you
• Simple Log to give to give automatic details of where the Log executed
• StrictMode Management - enable strict mode in one line
• WebViews, allowing custom loading of different scenarios (raw assets, external urls)
• ToastDisplayers for saner displaying of Toast notifications
• SimpleDateFormatThreadSafe allowing you to use date formatting from multiple threads
• DeveloperError - custom exceptions for explicit declaration / faster feedback when something goes wrong

Adding to your project

To start using this library, add these lines to the build.gradle of your project:

repositories {
    jcenter()
}

dependencies {
    compile 'com.novoda:notils:2.2.11'
}

Simple usage

Here are a few examples.

• Use the Views class to avoid casting your views over and over!

TextView username = Views.findById(this, R.id.username); // this can be an Activity or a View.

• Use DeveloperError to let other devs know a problem in the code or prevent potential issues:

switch (menuOptionId) {
    case R.id.menu_take_picture:
        // Start the camera...
    break;
    case R.id.menu_from_gallery:
        // Open the gallery...
    break;
    default:
        throw new DeveloperError("Unhandled case in switch statement!");
}

• Object-oriented Toasts!

Toaster toaster = new Toaster(context);
toaster.popToast("Good morning!"); // Short toast
toaster.popBurntToast("Good night!"); // Long toast
toaster.dropInBath(); // Cancells all active toasts this toaster created

• Check the javadoc for more! The package structure allows you to easily see what's in each package.

Links

Here are a list of useful links:

• We always welcome people to contribute new features or bug fixes, here is how
• If you have a problem check the Issues Page first to see if we are working on it
• For further usage or to delve more deeply checkout the Project Wiki
• Looking for community help, browse the already asked Stack Overflow Questions or use the tag: support-notils when posting a new question