Components

Components are used to add functionality to your app which isn't possible without them. There's a list of available components (at the time of writing):

Intent

Intent is used to switch between activities and interchange data between them.

SharedPreferences

Shared preferences are used to save data permanently. They are saved in device storage, but are deleted upon uninstallation(as opposed to file).

Calendar

Calendar is used to get the current time and date. Can be used to format it to a given string.

Vibrator

A simple component which will vibrate the device for x milliseconds (usually 200-300). Only on devices that support vibration.

Timer

Timer is used to delay or repeat certain functions.

Dialog

Dialog component is used to show simple dialog with up to three buttons.

MediaPlayer

Media Player is used to play longer tracks. *The difference between soundpool and Media Player is that soundpool can handle multiple tracks while MediaPlayer can handle longer track(but only one per component) *.

Soundpool

SoundPool is used to play more short tracks. It can store multiple tracks while sacrificing performance (not usable for longer tracks).

ObjectAnimator

ObjectAnimator is used to animate widgets inside view.

Camera

Camera is used to capture an image from device camera (Only on devices that support camera).

FilePicker

FilePicker is used to pick multiple files from user storage. They are returned as list String of their paths.

Gyroscope

Gyroscope component is a way to get your device rotation. (Only available on devices that support it)

Firebase

Firebase components are used to save a data, whether it's a DB, Auth or Storage.

Interestial ad

Interestial ad is a way to earn money while showing personalized banners to user.

TextToSpeech

TTS (For short) is used to convert English text to speech. Speech is played right after the function executes, no need of soundpool.

SpeechToText

Voice recognition is a way to convert human speech to text.

RequestNetwork

Request Network is used to send requests to APIs. This can be used to save or load data from your server.

BluetoothConnection

Bluetooth is a way to share data wirelessly without a man in the middle (Router on WiFi).

LocationManager

LocationManager is used to retrieve user location.