Android Utils Library

This library contains an assortment of small helper classes, functions and views useful for Android projects.

Collections

ArrayExtensions	Provides a Kotlin extension function for checking whether an Array contains any of the elements of another array.
CollectionExtensions	Provides a Kotlin extension function for checking whether a Collection contains any of the elements of another collection.
ImmutableList	Provides a helper method for creating immutable copies of java.util.List instances.
ImmutableMap	Provides a helper method for creating immutable copies of java.util.Map instances.
ImmutableSet	Provides a helper method for creating immutable copies of java.util.Set instances.
ListExtensions	Provides a Kotlin extension function for joining a List of String objects into a single String object.

Display

Colors	Provides a number of Kotlin extension functions for converting between different colour representations.
Dimensions	Provides a number of Kotlin extension functions for converting between different dimension units.
Themes	Provides a number of Kotlin extension functions for getting colours such as the primary text colour out of the theme.

Fragments

DialogFragmentExtensions	Provides a Kotlin extension function which allows a DialogFragment to be shown even after the activity's state has been saved.

Network

NetworkInspector	Provides helper methods for checking the state of the network.

Streams

StreamCopier	Provides an easy method for copying the contents of an input stream to an output stream.
StringInputStream	Provides an easy method for reading in the contents of an input stream and converting it to a String instance.
StringOutputStream	Provides an easy method for writing a String instance to an output stream.

Text

CharSequenceExtensions	Provides a number of Kotlin extension functions for the CharSequence class.
SpannableExtensions	Provides a number of Kotlin extension functions for adding spans to an android.text.Spannable instance.
SpannableStringBuilderExtensions	Provides a number of Kotlin extension functions for adding spans to an android.text.SpannableStringBuilder instance.

Views

RecyclerViewExtensions	Provides Kotlin extension functions for drawing a colored divider or a vertical gap between items in a RecyclerView.
SimpleTouchListener	An implementation of the android.view.View.OnTouchListener interface that simply reports when a android.view.View is touched down and when the touch is subsequently released or canceled.
SpinnerLookalikeView	An extension of the android.widget.FrameLayout class that looks like an android.widget.Spinner view.

Setup

To use the above utilities within your app simply add the following repository and dependency declaration in the build.gradle file of your Android project:

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
    implementation("com.tazkiyatech:android-utils:2.0.0")
}