My Network Reporter v.2
For this project we are going to be recreating the network reporter application in Kotlin to look at the advantages and uniqueness Kotlin can provide.
Previous application utilizing java: Android App ep.101
Application Purpose:
This will remain the same as the last application….
We want to discern if transmitting a file of a size A across a network with a speed B gives us a reasonable time in seconds.
Our size of the file size is measured in MiB and our network speed is measured in Mbps.
We know that 1 B = 8 b; 1 MiB = 220 B; 1 Mbps = 106 bps.
Video to view in action: https://youtu.be/JUkxk5NhutM
activity_main.xml Layout
This will remain the same as well since we just want to look at the benefits of Kotlin to Java.
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView"
android:layout_width="96dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:paddingHorizontal="10dp"
android:text="@string/file_size_label"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:textAllCaps="false"
android:textSize="14sp" />
<EditText
android:id="@+id/fileSizeInput"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="@string/file_input_hint"
android:inputType="number" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/networkSpeedLabel"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:text="@string/network_label"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:textSize="14sp" />
<EditText
android:id="@+id/networkSpeedInput"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="@string/network_hint"
android:inputType="number" />
</LinearLayout>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/resultDisplay"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Input is needed for both File Size and Network Speed to estimate time"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:textColor="@android:color/black"
android:textSize="18sp" />
On our Kotlin side…
package com.amsuarez.mynetworkreporter
import android.app.Activity
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity
import android.os.Bundle
import android.text.Editable
import android.text.TextWatcher
import android.widget.EditText
import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.activity_main.*
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
fun EditText.changed() {
this.addTextChangedListener(object: TextWatcher {
override fun beforeTextChanged(p0: CharSequence?, p1: Int, p2: Int, p3: Int) {}
override fun onTextChanged(charSequence: CharSequence, i: Int, i1: Int, i2: Int) {
if (fileSizeInput.text.toString() == "" || networkSpeedInput.text.toString() == "") {
resultDisplay.text = "Input is needed for both File Size and Network Speed to estimate time"
} else {
val myb = Integer.parseInt(fileSizeInput.text.toString()).toDouble() * Math.pow(2.0, 20.0) * 8.0
val mybps = Integer.parseInt(networkSpeedInput.text.toString()) * Math.pow(10.0, 6.0)
resultDisplay.setText(String.format("%.1f", myb / mybps) + " seconds")
}
}
override fun afterTextChanged(s: Editable) {}
})
}
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
fileSizeInput.changed()
networkSpeedInput.changed()
}
}
Here we utilized some really cool features that Kotlin provides us with.
Extension Functions:
We utilized these to extend upon the EditText class to allow us to run a text watcher object in any EditText. This gives us a very clean call in our onCreate fun increasing readability.
Where are the findViewByIds? 👀
Kotlin provides a feature that allows us to reference straight out of our activities.
It is done by importing:
import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.activity_main.*
This allows us to no longer need to call findViewById and instead we can reference directly into our activities.
Objects? 🤔
Here we use object as an anonymous class that inherits TextWatcher allowing us to override the TextWatcher without having to “formally declare a new class”.
For more on Objects: https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/object-declarations.html
Developer: Austin 