LouisLam's Lazy Library for Android.

Why we need the library?

Every single time, while i just wanted to pop out a simple alert dialog and I forgot how to create. Then I kept googling the code. Once I found that the code is very long. So I wonder why we cannot have a simple way just like Javascript's alert(). It is easy to remember and just one line of code!

So I decided to create the library to do that.

L.alert(this, "Hi.");

Without the library to do the same thing:

AlertDialog.Builder b = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
b.setMessage("Hi.");
b.setCancelable(false);
b.setPositiveButton("OK", new OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
        dialog.dismiss();
    }
});
b.show();

It is more simple, right?

Of course, the library contains other lazy functions. Check examples below.

Descriptions

There are example usage for the methods.

"L" means LouisLam or Lazy.

Installation

1. Download the jar file.
2. Import the jar to your android project.

3. Import the package in your Class/Activity.

   import net.louislam.android.*;
   

4. Done.

Assumption

In all examples, "this" means Activity/Context object.

Lazy Alert Dialog

I love this so much. <3

Usage:

L.alert(this, "I am Louis.");

Alert Dialog with callback:

L.alert(this, "Boss: Where is Louis!?", new OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
        L.alert(MainActivity.this, "Louis: here :( ");
    }
});

Lazy Input Dialog

Example Usage:

L.inputDialog(this, "What is your name?", new InputListener() {

    public void inputResult(String value) {
        String name = value;
        L.alert(MainActivity.this, "My name is: " + name);
    }

 });

With default value (add a parameter to the last)

L.inputDialog(this, "What is your name?", new InputListener() {

    public void inputResult(String value) {
        String name = value;
        L.alert(MainActivity.this, "My name is: " + name);
    }

 }, "Louis");

Lazy Confirmation Dialog

Example Usage:

L.confirmDialog(this, "Are you sure?", new OnClickListener () {
    @Override
    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
        // Do something here if clicked "Yes"   
    }       
});

For those activity classes already implements OnClickListener

public class LoginActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
    ....
    public void quit() {
        L.confirmDialog(this, "Are you sure?");
    }
    ....
}

Lazy Loading Dialog

Example Usage:

ProgressDialog loadingDialog = L.progressDialog(this, "Loading...");

Dismiss the dialog:

loadingDialog.dismiss();

Lazy Log

simply methods for LogCat

Example Usage:

L.log("[Debug] the activity is loaded.");

Disable/Enable Log globally

L.enableLog(false);

Lazy String Storage

Store

L.storeString(this, "username", "louislam");

Retrieve / Get

L.getString(this, "username");

Lazy Start Activity

Example Usage:

L.startActivity(this, "LoginActivity");

or

L.startActivity(this, LoginActivity.class);

or (For result)

1314 = Request Code

L.startActivity(this, LoginActivity.class, 1314);

or (starting an activity for result with bundle)

Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
L.startActivity(this, LoginActivity.class, 1314, bundle);

Others

Open URL in browser

L.openUrl(this, "http://google.com");

Get your app's version

L.getAppVersion(this);

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2013 Louis Lam

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.