[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?...
Bluetooth Low Energy on Android, Part 3
AndroidIn this final installment, we will dive into the Client Characteristic Configuration Descriptor, which we’ll use to control notifications.
Exploring Kotlin/Native – Part 1
Android iOS MacExtend your love of Kotlin to several operating systems, including iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, Android, Windows, Linux, and WebAssembly!
Creating Android animations with MotionLayout and MotionEditor
AndroidExplore some of the latest animation tools for Android development. excerpt: Recently, at Android Dev Summit 2019, the Android Studio and MotionLayout teams showed...
Encrypting Shared Preferences with the AndroidX Security Library
AndroidThe Android framework provides us with `SharedPreferences`, which is a great way to store a small amount of key-value data. Sometimes that data needs...
Meeting Customers Where They Are With a Multiexperience Development Strategy
Android Back-End Design Front-End Full-Stack Web iOSUsers expect to interact with your company when and how they choose to. This can include on the web, in mobile applications, via chatbots...
Kotlin Multiplatform in 2020
Android Back-End Front-End Full-Stack Web iOS MacKotlin Multiplatform is quickly becoming a solid contender in the multiplatform solution space. This article explains what makes the platform stand out against the...
ConstraintLayout Flow: Simple Grid Building Without Nested Layouts
AndroidConstraintLayout chains are great, but they only work for one row of items. What if you have too many items to fit on one...
