Migrating away from Bintray/JCenter when there is no alternative repository
TL;DR version If you can’t find a library (Maven dependency) you need for your project after Bintray/JCenter (or another similar…
Author: Andrzej Zabost
Forward compatible enums in Kotlin
A few years ago Adam outlined 8 steps to keep your API sane in his blog post which I really…
Watch out for large strings crashing your Android app
I’ve recently come across a weird and totally unexpected issue while developing an Android app. I bet a lot of…
Android ViewModel injections revisited
In one of my previous posts I have described how to implement a ViewModel factory that was able to provide…
Top 3 reasons why you should start with Android
People who start their professional coding adventure, whether they are still studying, just graduated or changing profession, may often hesitate…
Don’t fool yourself with lateinit modifier
Kotlin language provides a nice and clean way to handle nullable variables in code so that it is less error…
Implementing in-app language change
Android resolves language- and culture-specific resources based on the system locale setting. This is a desired behavior that makes perfect…
Microbenchmarking on Android
Since Kotlin becomes more and more popular, especially amongst Android developers (and it’s officially supported by Google), some people decided…
Android Manifest placeholders
What are they? Android Manifest placeholders allow you to put variables into the Manifest that is otherwise completely static. Why…
Testing Android ViewModels
In my previous post I described how to implement injectable Android view models using Dagger and ViewModel library from Android…