Week 4
Lecture dates: April 17th and 19th
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Lecture dates: April 17th and 19th
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During this week, we will get to know more about Model-View-Controller (MVC), an architectural pattern your future projects will be based on. Aside from MVC, there are also many more such as MVP and MVMM that you will learn more about.
Last week we learned about each layout in Android's user interfaces. This week we will go in depth into ListView, GridView, and also RecyclerView. These view groups are a little bit more difficult to implement than the rest, and so we'll focus on these to ensure you know how they work and can be used.
For a detailed list of how this Model-View-Controller architectural pattern works and its pros and cons, please read this on Medium posted by Florina, an Android Developer Advocate who works at Google.
Essentially, the MVC pattern comprises of the following:
Types
Descriptions
Model
Represents the data layer. If you're looking to manage business logic and handle API calls, this is the place to do so.
View
Represents the user interface layer.
Controller
Represents the logic layer. It updates the model when necessary.
MVC might be one of the most popular design patterns out there, but there are also several notables one (like MVP and MVVM) that are worth looking up.
Ray Wenderlich wrote an article on that is extremely worth the time to read.
There is also an . The article is published on 's blog, but I should mention that is a very popular open source database tool that you can integrate with your Android and iOS applications.
Feel free to contact me or Ted if you're ever curious about how Realm works.
In any application, tabs are extremely useful because they allow the user to easily switch between different sections of your app.
Similar to what we showed you in class, this .