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TL;DR - create a work manager rule to make your tests easier to write.

Preface Yes.

TL;DR: exploring TextMeasurer, TextLayoutResult and Canvas for custom text rendering with Jetpack compose My coworker showed me this article from devtechie on how to implement custom text rendering in SwiftUI.

If you are already familiar with live templates, feel free to skip to the live template for kotlin tests If you use IntelliJ-based IDEs like Android Studio, WebStorm, etc., chances are that you have seen some kinds of “shortcuts” (pictured below) show up…

Intro This is really a note for my future self.

Featured in Android Weekly #614 and Kotlin Weekly #398 As Android developers, now and then, we may have to investigate or analyze the Gradle dependencies we are using.

Introduction As programmers, we spend a significant part of our time debugging errors.

Recently, I had to debug a deeplink problem that happens only on fresh app start-up.

Recently, Android Studio 3.2 became stable.

In (not-so) recent news, Google is going to enforce that all apps target SDK 26 (Android Oreo) by late 2018, in order to ensure security and improved performance in apps.

Android Oreo was officially unveiled a couple of weeks ago, and it introduces a lot of new and exciting features.

Sometimes in March 2016, Luke Wroblewski announced that the Bottom navigation bars were now a part of the material design guidelines.

Introduction Notifications is one feature that improves at almost every Android update.

This is a short tip for Android Studio users.

This is yet another tip you can use in improving your Android development experience and speed.

I’ve probably said this countless times, that Firebase is one of the most exciting announcements for me at this year’s I/O and I’m yet to fully explore it.

Introduction I have been seeing a behaviour in some apps for a while, and I’ve always wanted to know how it was done.

Last week, also during the Google I/O conference, Google introduced a new set of tools for Android developers.

Update: (21st of September, 2016) Since publication of this post, Firebase has changed and evolved, and this post has been updated to the new state of things.

After a long wait, my AndroidOne finally got it’s Marshmallow update yesterday.