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notils

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

Notils comes in two modules - notils-java contains classes that don't depend on anything from the Android SDK, while notils-android contains classes that do.

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 finding 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
SimpleTextWatcher - simple implementation of android.text.TextWatcher with stub implementations of each method
QueryUtils - easily create placeholders for ContentResolver operations selection
DeviceDetection - to detect whether the user has Amazon or Intel x86 devices.
AndroidVersion - to check the Android version in a nicer way.

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-java:3.1.5'
    compile 'com.novoda:notils-android:3.1.5'
}

Simple usage

Here are a few examples.

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

UserFragment userFragment = Fragments.findFragmentById(fragmentmanager, R.id.userFragment);

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