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Learn how to avoid UX issues, like truncated texts or undersized content space, in applications. Let’s try pseudolocalization.

The Observer pattern is one of the Behavioral Design Patterns, which means it enables communication between different classes and objects. Here, you can learn how to implement it step-by-step.

Did you know, that there may be a File which exists and doesn’t exist at the same time? Are you aware, that you can delete a file and still use it? Discover these & other files edge cases in software development.

Design patterns are reusable solutions to the most commonly occurring software problems. Let’s take a look at the Builder pattern in Android!

Code Review: find out what it is and why we believe its presence is crucial for successful software development.

Bitrise.io is a cloud CI/CD service. It can build, test and deploy your apps. In this article we will focus on testing, namely on Android apps UI and instrumented unit tests.

No matter if you are a software developer, a copywriter or you’re just writing an e-mail, text has many traps you need to be aware of. Some may cause numerous issues, from bugs in your app through visual artefacts to even victims! Let’s take a look at how we can avoid them.  Background Text (aka […]

If you’re using RxJava in your daily routine, probably one day you’ll reach the point where you want to… put RxJava everywhere! Let me give you 5 practical pieces of advice. 

Do you want to submit your Android app to the Google Play Store? Discover practical tips, useful links, crucial checklists – all in one place – and check out what has changed in the app publishing workflow! 

Are you going to create a Gradle plugin in Kotlin? Check out these useful tips!

Ever feel like falling prey to the well known snooze syndrome in the morning? Do you have a strong resolve in the evening to get up early, and then an even stronger resentment towards actually having to get up? Struggle no more, for the tables are finally turning! The rescue arrives disguised as a relentless […]

Do you want to support Chromecast in your Android app so yours app’s users can stream media on their TVs? If yes, you will need to add Google Cast v3 into your Android App. I prepared for you small Android library – must-read which will make your implementation process simple, fast and agile. Enjoy!   

A few days ago, Google announced info about the new developer preview version of Android O: Android Developers: O-MG, the Developer Preview of Android O is here! Since Android N, Google is trying to take control over the battery-consuming background processes. It’s caused, for example, by implicit intents and apps registered for receiving broadcasts based […]

Have you ever wanted to do a bouncy animation like one of these on Android? If you have, you’re in for a treat! Dynamic-animation is a new module introduced in revision 25.3.0 of the Android Support Library. It provides a small set of classes for making realistic physics-based view animations. You might say “whatever, I’m just gonna slap a BounceInterpolator or an OvershootInterpolator on my […]

Welcome to the second of series of posts about my R&D (Research & Development) project I’ve made a while ago. In this blog posts, I want to share my solutions for problems I encountered during the development of an animation idea you’ll see below.

Welcome to the second of series of posts about my R&D (Research & Development) project I’ve made a while ago. In this blog posts, I want to share my solutions for problems I encountered during the development of an animation idea you’ll see below.

Welcome to the first of series of posts about my R&D (Research & Development) project I’ve made a while ago. In this blog posts, I want to share my solutions for problems I encountered during the development of an animation idea you’ll see below.

This post describes how to work around an issue in Android Gradle Plugin concerning generated sources recognition by IDE.