The Android Support Libraries

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Shows which support libraries add concrete behavior: pull v25+ or v26 components, run gradle :app:dependencies to find version mismatches, and test on the lowest API because some methods are stubbed. Demonstrates vector drawable blurry without support lib and how to enable appcompat vector support, notes percent relative layout deprecated in favor of ConstraintLayout, adds findViewById returns typed view in newer support, and highlights fonts, bottom navigation behavior, ArraySet tradeoffs and that Maven hosting removes manual downloads.

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1. 0:00the android support libraries
2. 4:11a few general tips
3. 7:15beware stubbed methods !
4. 8:16popular components
5. 9:20design TabLayout
6. 10:22appcompat-v7 Toolbar
7. 11:29design CoordinatorLayout
8. 12:34design FloatingActionButton Snackbar
9. 13:59design TextInputLayout
10. 18:53support-vector-drawable vector
11. 24:16design BottomNavigationView

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