From Punched Cards to Prompts
AndroidIntroduction When computer programming was young, code was punched into cards. That is, holes were punched into a piece of cardboard in a format...
Using the Navigation Component in Jetpack Compose
AndroidJetpack Compose is a declarative framework for building native Android UI recommended by Google. To simplify and accelerate UI development, the framework turns the...
Tell Our BNR Story: Ramon C.
Android Leveling UpBig Nerd Ranch is chock-full of incredibly talented people. Today, we’re starting a series, Tell Our BNR Story, where folks within our industry share...
Coming soon: Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, Fifth Edition
Android Ranch NewsThe last edition of Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide was released in October 2019. A lot has changed since then. To help...
TalkBack Crash Course
AndroidTalkBack is Google's screen reader for Android devices. It's hard to understand accessibility issues without experiencing them yourself. Take 5 minutes to read this article,...
Splash Screens: The Final Right Way
AndroidThe impending release of Android 12 brings with it a group of new APIs for Android developers to learn and play with. Being a good citizen...
Coming soon: Kotlin Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, Second Edition
Android Ranch NewsKotlin has been changing at a steady pace over the years, and more and more developers are choosing Kotlin as their language of choice....
Using StateFlow over LiveData for end-to-end operations
AndroidObserving data asynchronously is such a core skill for mobile developers that you may imagine Android has a long-established set of simple APIs in...
Efficient lists with DiffUtil and ListAdapter
AndroidWriting code to display lists of data is an everyday task as a software engineer, regardless of platform. Operations to modify lists can vary...
Google I/O ’21: The Ranch Round-up
AndroidGoogle I/O just wrapped up, and as usual, Google had plenty of goodies to announce, especially for the development community. We got a handful...
Express Yourself: An Argument for Ending the Single Letter Generic Type Convention in Kotlin
AndroidHere at Big Nerd Ranch, we are always working on perfecting our craft of software engineering. Software is constantly evolving, and in order to...
[Updated] Splash Screens the Right Way
Android Digital Product DevelopmentSplash screens are a big deal for Android developers. We're aiming to update the implementation with modern Android practices.
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