Android Integration Tutorial

Overview

This tutorial guides you through the process of creating an Android app using the dxFeed Java API to display real-time stock market quotes in a dynamic quote table. You'll learn how to integrate the dxFeed API, and allow users to customize symbol sets.

Below is a demo of the Android quote table app:

Source code

You can find the latest source code samples for Android on GitHub.

Installation

To build the Android app, you'll need:

Android Studio IDE environment
Your preferred UI Framework (Compose or XML Views)
Contact dxFeed Solution Delivery team for integration.

To install dependency via Gradle package manager:

Configure repository: Add information about the new repository in settings.gradle file in the dependencyResolutionManagement section:
```
maven {
    url 'https://dxfeed.jfrog.io/artifactory/maven-open'
}
```

Add dependencies: Include the following dependencies in the build.gradle file under the dependencies section:

implementation 'com.devexperts.qd:dxlink-websocket:3.332'
implementation('com.devexperts.mdd:auther-api:476') {
    exclude module:"qds-monitoring"
}

Usages

Receiving market events

Basic usage for receiving dxFeed API Market Events:

import
com.dxfeed.api.DXEndpoint
import com.dxfeed.event.market.MarketEvent
import com.dxfeed.event.market.Quote

val endpoint = DXEndpoint
    .newBuilder()
   
.withProperty("dxfeed.aggregationPeriod", "1")
    .build()
endpoint.connect("demo.dxfeed.com:7300")
val subscription = endpoint?.feed?.createSubscription(Quote::class.java)
subscription?.addEventListener {
    it.forEach { event ->
        // refresh UI
    }
}
subscription?.addSymbols("AAPL", "IBM")

Reading instrument profiles

Usage instrument profiles to fetch available symbols:

import
com.dxfeed.ipf.InstrumentProfile
import com.dxfeed.ipf.InstrumentProfileReader

val reader = InstrumentProfileReader()
val results =
reader.readFromFile("https://demo:demo@tools.dxfeed.com/ipf?TYPE=FOREX,STOCK&compression=zip")
// reading stocks and forex instruments
results.forEach {
    // refresh UI
}

The corresponding file format is explained in detail in the Instrument Profile Format document. There is a corresponding Instrument Profile API to compose and parse them.

dxFeed symbology is explained in the Symbology Guide.

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