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 […]
Whether you joined a new team, got a new job, or started to take part in an open source project, you’re going to find yourself dealing with a large and unknown codebase. There is a ramp-up period where you’ll be spending your time to understand the code base before you […]
The finisher mindset can drastically impact your life for the better. The finisher mindset lets you get more done and accomplish more of your goals. It gives you a considerable boost in productivity enough to make you want to have that kind of mindset. However, the finisher mindset doesn’t come naturally for most […]
Before you do something, you should always have a plan. Having a plan increases your chance of success. It also lets you have a roadmap of your project to make navigating through the project easier.
Does this sound familiar? “I have started on a ton of projects, but none of them are complete.” You get easily distracted by new ideas and stop what you are doing to explore the new ideas. Then another new idea comes along and you drop the current idea and move […]
For this post, I have Michael Kordvani, a tech blogger and mobile developer, to talk about some ways you can optimize your Android apps.
In part 2, you learned about the Model View Presenter (MVP) architecture. As a brief refresher, the MVP model is a popular choice when you want to write Android code that is easy to test. It is an architecture that keeps the business logic and user interface (UI) logic separate […]
In part 1, you have learned about the different types of tests that are available for Android. As a quick refresher, there are two types of test. One is pure java test, which only requires the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) to run and doesn’t require any dependency on the Android […]
If you have not been writing a lot of tests for your Android projects, you might fit it difficult to start. You really want to write tests for your Android projects, but you find it really difficult to do. There are multiple factors that contribute to this, but one of […]
