Because the support library creates its own layout manually and uses
different IDs than the list_content layout we can't use the method we
used previously (and which is actually recommended in the docs).
For instance, onAttach() with an Activitiy as first argument was deprecated
with API level 23. However, the overload with a Context as first argument
does obviously not get called on older API levels. Luckily, the classes
provided by the support library handle that for us.
This adds a workaround for an issue on older platforms where the list is
not properly styled with colorAccent. Similarly applies to borderless buttons.
The term "gateway" is unfamiliar for most new users (or they confuse it
with the default gateway of their network) but they usually know that
they want to connect to a "server".
This mainly changes the color of the appbar (colorPrimary), the color
of the status bar (colorPrimaryDark) is black like the default.
The accent color (colorAccent) used for controls like buttons and check
boxes is a slightly toned down version of the default.
There is no AppCompatProgressDialog class as the use of ProgressDialog
is discouraged (instead progress bars should be placed in the layout directly).
To display the current ProgressDialog instances correctly on systems < 21 we
modify the window background color.
We'll have to change some stuff that Google deprecated (e.g. the tabs in
the ActionBar) and that requires changing the theme at least in activities.
Since that would look a bit inconsistent we'll change it globally and
use parts of the support library.
While building against this level in general would break our app on
older systems, the NDK will automatically use this level for 64-bit
ABI builds (which are not supported in older levels). So to build
against 64-bit ABIs we have to support this API level.
In Java all integer types are signed, when a negative integer is casted
to a larger type (e.g. int to long) then due to sign extension the upper
bytes are not 0. So writing that value to a byte array does not produce
the expected result. By overloading the putX() methods we make sure to
upcast the values correctly.
Tobias Brunner