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.
[Updated] Two-Way Data Binding on Android: Observing Your View with XML
AndroidData Binding is a powerful library that's built around the idea of keeping your views up-to-date with your model. One of the lesser-known features...
An Updated Look at Launching a Splash Screen
AndroidIn an update to one of our older posts, we take a look at splash screens. While the general implementation of the splash screen...
Use Flutter to deliver the same experience across multiple platforms
Android Front-End iOSFlutter is ideal when you want a consistent experience across platforms and the more platforms you target, the more value you'll derive. Read more...
Contact Tracing: 7 Ways Google and Apple are Protecting User Privacy
Android iOSContact tracing apps are already being built without a standard of privacy set; regardless of the efficacy of contact-tracing as a solution, there's a...
Exploring Kotlin/Native – Part 2 – Interoperability
Android MacKotlin/Native can allow us many multiplatform programming capabilities. But is it robust enough to let us use a C library within our Kotlin program?...
