Supporting localization in your Android app does not have to be difficult. You do not need to maintain and upkeep multiple versions of the app. In fact, you can support multiple languages in one app.
You have always heard that it is important to write code that is more “readable”. But what exactly makes the code more readable? There is no absolute answer to what is readable code. It varies depending on the developers and even what you consider is readable code. Readable code to […]
As programmers, developers, and engineers at one point or another we had come across that commenting your code is good. All good code contains comments and that is why you should use them, right? The answer is that it depends. Wrong usages of comments can do more harm than good.
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) offers great battery life, but the tradeoff is lower data throughput or transfer rate. Although the data throughput is lower, it should be enough to meet the needs of many of your projects.
In part one, I went over the high-level aspect to BLE communication. In this post, I will be providing iOS code for each step of the BLE communication process. For reference, all the code are written in swift 3.0.
Almost everyone has a smart device nowadays. A good portion of them is apple devices. Therefore, it is likely that you will find yourself working on projects that involve communication with Apple devices beyond an app.
You have probably heard that you should always write and deliver clean code. Although that would be ideal, it does not always happen in the real world. There are many variables that prevent writing perfectly clean code. As a result, much of the code that you will encounter is “clean […]
An Activity and Service are the basic building blocks for an Android app. Usually, the Activity handles the User Interface (UI) and interactions with the user, while the service handles the tasks based on the user input. If you are new to Android development, it can be confusing at times […]
Recently the area where I write software has been renovated. The change that stood out to me was the glaring ceiling lights, which had been changed to bright fluorescent lights (5K color temperature). After being exposed to the fluorescent lights for less than one hour, I began to feel sick. […]
Software is getting more complex by the day. Nowadays, when you want to write a simple Android app you need the Android framework and SDK (software development kit) and maybe an IDE (integrated development environment) like Android Studio or Eclipse. There is a lot packed into the Android Framework and […]
