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Hi F V, am sorry for the late response. There is no need to manually create a database. The PHP code will auto-create a database for you if you attempt to insert data. Just update the database credentials like username and password. Then the php code will create a table for you based on the data types of the incoming data.

Hi Mathew, sorry for late response. I really haven’t used MVC in android but I would guess that it probably doesn’t fit android platform that well. I would claim that it is inferior since ViewModel provides us with an easier way to handle android lifecycle.

It actually should have been instant. It was an issue on our side. We have fixed it. You are now a Silver Member. Thanks very much.

Thanks.

I have replied via email.

Hi Mathew, no they aren’t the same thing. For example we have included code in the PermissionManager class that can allow an admin to delete news but prevent an editor from doing the same thing:

fun canDeleteNews(): Boolean { return if (!isLoggedIn) false else CURRENT_USER === Constants.ADMIN_EMAIL }

All you then have to do is to check the capability before a delete button is clicked e.g:

if(PermissionManager.canDeleteNews()){ receivedNews?.let { delete(it) } }

It is not difficult to assign a user readonly permissions. For example below code checks that a user is logged in, but is neither an admin nor an editor. Meaning that this user can only read but doesn’t qualify for editing/deleting permissions:

fun canOnlyRead(): Boolean { return if (!isLoggedIn) false else CURRENT_USER != Constants.ADMIN_EMAIL || CURRENT_USER != Constants.EDITOR_1_EMAIL }

Given that it works on localhost it may be a server side issue like inability to connect to mysql or that you have specified a wrong url in your code.

You are welcome.

Exactly, am sorry for the term. I actually meant searching at the database level using SQL statements instead of fetching all data into a collection then applying a search. Thanks for stopping by.

Hi Vitalie, congrats for finsishing the course. Have you tried Udemy because am experiencing alittle issues with my server and website right now. And by the way am currently preparing an MVVM version of the app and then one for uploading images also MVVM so stay tuned. Please download the files from Udemy.

Great request, I’ll do this probably with JSON and MySQL.