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...
Android Dev Summit 2019 Recap
AndroidAnother year, and another Android Dev Summit has wrapped up. We wanted to share the biggest highlights from the conference in case you missed...
Using FirebaseMLKit with CameraX
AndroidSo you've watched the CameraX introduction at Google I/O 2019 and you saw all the cool image manipulation and face detection implemented in the...
Activity and Fragment Layouts with AndroidX
AndroidWouldn’t it be nice if there was a simpler way to inflate our views? I’m glad to say that with a few recent AndroidX...
What’s New in Android Accessibility
AndroidAmidst the various new features and tools announced at Google I/O 2019, Google placed significant emphasis on expanding upon and investing in accessibility within...
