AskIt Android Universal Questions Answers App Template

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iOS Android and Web versions can share the same database on back4app 19 Feb 2023 Android 13 support added All libraries updated Notification permission added for android 13 Gradle and build tools updated Android 12 notification fixed Redundant test files removed 14 Feb 2021 Success warning removed Jcenter migrated to maven Gradle updated Gradle no attr issue fixed Android 12 support added Google-services json updated Apk updated 21 Oct 2021 Admob issue fixed Gradle updated Android 10 support 14 April 2021 One Signal API was implemented to notify users immediately by push APK updated Gradle updated with the latest version Documentation updated 24 June 2020 Gradle updated Full app changelogs Project files updated to Android X 25 Apr 2020 PSD Documentation app files and images uploaded All files uploaded 16 Sep 2019 Fixed the issue with Login with Facebook Fixed the issue Compatibility Issue with Facebook SDK 4 38 0 so we downgraded Facebook SDK to 4 37 0 still using the old constructor so using that version fixes this particular issue 29 July 2019 Improved the Login Sign up Screen UI Fixed back Stack issue from the application Upgraded coding structure from list view to recycler view Improved UI for Item listing screen Updated UI for User account Screen Improved Answer screen Layout Edit Profile Screen Needs to be better Fixed Crashing issue on the scrolling screen Fixed the crash while scrolling on Question Screen 13 August 2018 Fixed UI for Right to Left languages 25 May 2018 Accordingly to the new EU GDPR terms I ve updated the tou html file and Documentation IMPORTANT This means that if a User asks for his her Account deletion you must do it within 24 hours as the GDPR s Right to be forgotten Article states LINK https gdpr-info eu art-17-gdpr 17 May 2018 Edited the question_cell xml file by replacing the Attachment Button with an ImageView and positioning it in the layout Edited the queryQuestions method Home java and Search java files by replacing the attachmentButt with an attachment ImageView instance in order to show a preview of the questions attachments in the Home and Search screens 8 May 2018 Changed Parse version in build gradle into 1 16 0 due to some issue on the latest Parse SDK and FCM implementation com parse parse-android 1 16 0 Edited getUserDetailsFromFB method in Login java this line of code else currUser put Configs USER_EMAIL facebookID facebook com 24 April 2018 Replaced AdMob banners code with Interstitial code in Home java Search java and Answers java Adjusted the bottom edge of the views in their relative xml files Added a public static method called showInterstitial in Configs java Changed AdMob variable in strings xml string name ADMOB_INTERSTITIAL_UNIT_ID ca-app-pub-3940256099942544 1033173712 string Changed Likes system by adding a new column of type Array called likedBy in the Answers and Questions classes in the Parse Dashboard Edited the queryQuestions method in Home java and Search java Added a like button in answer_cell xml Edited the Answers java file accordingly by adding a likeButt method inside the queryAnswers method Added a like_butt png and a liked_butt png image in the drawable folder Edited the answerButt method in Answers java by adding this lines List String empty new ArrayList aObj put Configs ANSWERS_LIKED_BY empty aObj put Configs ANSWERS_LIKES 0 Edited the askButt method in Home java by adding this line List String empty new ArrayList qObj put Configs QUESTIONS_LIKED_BY empty Added the following lines in Configs java public static String QUESTIONS_LIKED_BY likedBy public static String ANSWERS_LIKED_BY likedBy public static String ANSWERS_LIKES likes IMPORTANT IF THIS IS AN UPDATE FOR YOU then you should do the following – Updated the code of your app by comparing your old java and XML files with the updated ones – Enter your Pasre Dashboard and create a column of type Array name it exactly likedBy in the Questions class – Do the same for the Answers class – Check the Likes class the userPointer column has the objectId s of the users who liked questions so you have to copy them and add them to the cells of the likedBy column in your Questions class as strings they should look like this yu76Gtrr4 hbg4ERs1 You can recognize the row of a liked question by check its objectId in the questionPointer of your Likes class – For the Answers class you only need to fill all the empty cells of the likedBy column with PLEASE NOTE that the Likes class won t be used anymore but you can still keep it in case some users won t update the app from the App Store 17 April 2018 Added Firebase dependencies in build gradle Module app Removed the com google android gms play-services and updated all dependencies to the required ones only Added the google-services classpath in the dependencies list in build gradle Project classpath com google gms google-services 3 2 1 Added this Permission into Manifest xml uses-permission android name android permission RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED Updated the Documentation connect your App to Firebase for GCM and Ads 15 April 2018 Updated to Android Studio 3 1 1 Removed all dependencies of play-services left only this one in build gradle implementation com google android gms play-services 10 April 2018 Updated to Android Studio 3 1 Updated compileSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion to 27 in build gradle Replaced compile with implementation in build gradle Module app Updated classpath com android tools build gradle 3 1 1 in build gradle Project Feb 15th 2018 Removed the menu folder and its content from the res folder Edited the following files in order to remove ActionBars and show a better layout Home java and home xml Answers java and answers xml Search java and search xml Account java and account xml EditProfile java and edit_profile xml AskIt is a Universal App Template where you can post any question and have users answering you can do the same on other user s questions Users can also like questions from the Home screen or search for something on the Search screen Since its backend is by Parse Server you don t have to buy any domain hosting there are NO PHP files to upload to a web server so you ll save some money for server side AskIt is a native Android Studio project Universal Push Notifications for likes and answers easy to customize backend with Parse SDK hosted on http back4app com About Parse Server and back4app Read this article for more info about back4app and Parse SDK https hubpages com technology Parse-SDK-will-not-shutdown-in-thanks-to-back4app Can I host Parse Server on my own server Yes although I don t provide support for the setup process you can read the official Guide here http parseplatform org What about free support for this template I can offer free support for bugs encountered in the original code Instead if you ve edited the code and messed something up with it I may apply some fee to fix it either via TeamViewer or by checking your app project files directly on my computer How do I rename the app s package name Read this tutorial to learn how to rename a package name https hubpages com technology Android-How-to-rename-an-app-package Should I use the latest version of Android Studio to edit this template Yes I always update my apps to the latest version of the IDE and you also should make sure you ve updated the Android Tools to their latest version of the Android SDK manager The demo APK crashes on startup Make sure that the minimum Android version of your device is the one listed in the FEATURES section below If the problem persists please contact me by my profile s contact form and send me the Logcat message of you get when the app crashes along with the steps you made to reproduce the crash Please note that not all real devices print an error Logcat message in this case just run the APK into the Android Studio s emulator and you ll surely get the red messages about your issue How do I remove AdMob Interstitial ads Simply use the Find In Path tool in Android Studio and search for Configs showInterstitial then comment out the lines that the Find tool has found Android Studio 3 x Universal Android 5 0 AdMob Interstitial ads Facebook login Post answer like questions Attach an image to your Questions Push Notifications for likes and answers through OneSignal Report abusive contents questions or answers Search for questions by keywords PDF User Guide and PSD included Easy to customize Well commented code Apple Mac or Windows PC with their latest OS version installed The latest version of Android Studio and some knowledge about its UI interface Photoshop or any other image editor software A Google Developer account to submit apps to the Play Store An AdMob account to generate your own banner UNIT ID A free account on back4app com