CJLWS

Currently working my way through  my project plan  for my Udacity Capstone project.  I'm going to go slightly off-piste at the start as I'm not 100% which libraries I'm going to be using and therefore not 100% sure what to put in my Gradle files so I'll just update them as I go along.  So today's task is to build the skeleton of the app. Building the skeleton My  app design  consists of three main sections: The main landing page where the user can swipe through articles deciding whether or not to read them An article viewing activity where the above selected article is displayed in detail A stats activity where the user's reading habits can be displayed. On top of that I want to support both phones and tablets with the app displaying as two panes on a tablet.  Last time I created a phone app and then tried to 'convert' it to a two-pane version I found it really buggy so this time I have decided to create it with two panes in mind from th...

I'm currently working my way through the Udacity Android Nanodegree and, way later than planned, I'm finally on the last project.  Overall the course has been good and it has been interesting watching it develop as I have been working through it.  One downside is that the course fees are paid monthly, so for each month that you are on the course you hand over another chunk of money.  If you have lots of spare time and can work uninterrupted then it could be seen as a major bonus - get the course completed quickly and it actually works out pretty cheap compared to other courses.  However, if like me things like work and life in general have got in the way then you'll see one month after another roll past and you'll realise it has actually cost you a pretty penny.  Oh well. Anyway, here I am, finally(!) on the final half of the final project.  This project is down as a Capstone with the idea being that you create one app that displays everything you have l...