Reputation: 4719

Where to read about Android new API and deprecated api list

I'm learning Android by myself mostly from online tutorial. As Android is evolving all the time, most of the old tutorial uses API which give warning that API is deprecated and should not be used.

I believe while some API is marked as deprecated then there must be new way to solve that similar problem. Is there any place where to read/find deprecated API and the alternative new API to use.

For instance I study ListView and GridView. I got good understanding for both. After a while I found both were deprecated and should be used RecyclerView. Thus it feels like waste of time for studying these ListView and GridView. I should have study RecyclerView only.

Planning to study Adapters. I found ArrayAdapter, BaseAdapter and SimpleCursorAdapter. I'm don't know what is deprecated and what is the new API instead of these. Are they still used in API level 22? Thanks in advance!

Upvotes: 3

Answers (3)

Booger

Reputation: 18725

I think you are confusing Deprecated (which means the API method calls are "marked" to not be deleted in the future, and should not be used), which being replaced by newer features (as in GridView and ListView).

If the API is Deprecated, in most cases (when the developer is thorough) the API document itself should provide a link to the new method that should be use instead.

In other cases where the technology is old like ListView, or ActionBar (now you should use Toolbar) those technologies are not encouraged anymore, in favor of new APIs. The important distinction is that these features are NOT deprecated, just not encouraged to be used anymore.

In case of Deprecation the API itself should be documented. In case of Replaced by newer technologies there are a few resources worth reviewing listed here:

http://android-developers.blogspot.com/

http://developer.android.com/about/versions/lollipop.html

Upvotes: 0