Battery life is important for a mobile device. So, when a user downloads and uses your app they expect your app to value battery life. That means if your app is a battery hog, then it won’t be long before your app gets uninstalled. It doesn’t matter how amazing your […]
Whether you like or dislike pair programming, pair programming is becoming more common. Some companies encourage it, while others made it part of the work culture. Thus, it is important that you familiarize yourself with pair programming and how to make the most out of it.
AsyncTask is a helper class that makes performing a background task and updating the user interface (UI) painless. The class takes care of the communication between the background thread and the main UI thread. All you have to do is override some methods in the AsyncTask class to perform the […]
When starting out with Android development, one of the challenges you may face is trying to update the user interface (UI) with new information. It’s simple to do if the information is something predetermined like a constant string. However, in most cases, you’ll find yourself needing to show new information […]
Being able to get immediate feedback from new code is important. The faster you can get feedback the sooner a problem can be resolved and not find its way into production. One common way to get feedback is to run tests after the new code, but that naturally leads to […]
