Writing Android Programming, The 3rd Edition
AndroidWhenever we start a new edition of the Android book, our first question is what you would expect—what new things do we want to...
Shades of MVVM
AndroidDepending on who you're talking to, MVVM can mean different things. In this post, I'm going to present a few approaches to MVVM used...
Gearing up for the Third Edition of Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide
Android ClientsToday's the day—the schedule is clear, the agenda is set. It's time to start work on a third edition of the Android book.
Descent Into Databinding
AndroidIn this post, I'd like to dive into Data Binding with fresh eyes. I'll explain how Data Binding works at development time and at...
Event buses, NSNotificationCenter and @channels
AndroidThere are good reasons people like event buses. Why have people come to hate them?
Announcing our Android Roadshow
AndroidOur first Android roadshow is bringing one-day classes to various cities.
Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, Second Edition
AndroidIt's over! Brian, Kristin, Chris and I are finally done working on the second edition of [Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, Second...
RecyclerView Part 2: Choice Modes
AndroidLet's take another look at choice modes in Android Lollipop's RecyclerView.
RecyclerView Part 1: Fundamentals For ListView Experts
AndroidAndroid Lollipop's RecyclerView makes animating items into and out of a list of content much easier. Getting RecyclerView to cleanly transition into a multiple...
Real Talk About Lollipops
AndroidAndroid 5.0 Lollipop arrived last Thursday, with much hoopla. Unquestionably, Lollipop is the most significant Android release since Android 3.0 Honeycomb over three and...
A Crash Course In AWK
AndroidA while back, MarkD wrote a great series of posts on DTrace. I’d never been exposed to DTrace—I assumed it was similar to strace....
Solving the Android image loading problem: Volley vs. Picasso
AndroidShould you use Volley or Picasso to load images in your app? We weigh image downloading components in Android app development.
