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06 November 2018
android, android p, elevation, material design

Playing with elevation in Android πŸ₯§ (part 2)

Playing with elevation in Android πŸ₯§ (part 2)

Now that we know the new APIs in Pie, we can work around their limitations to get all trippy…

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06 November 2018
android, elevation, material design, android p

Playing with elevation in Android πŸ₯§ (part 1)

Playing with elevation in Android πŸ₯§ (part 1)

With Android Pie we gained the ability to tint our shadows. This mini-series looks into how this works and how to make the most of it.

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13 September 2018
android, kotlin, tips, productivity, tricks, Kotlin and Android

Kotlin and Android #3 β€” Know your properties

Kotlin and Android #3 β€” Know your properties

tl;dr Kotlin properties are awesome and super powerful, but each form comes with a bunch of gotchas. Make sure you fully understand them…

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06 September 2018
android, kotlin, tips, tricks, productivity, Kotlin and Android

Kotlin and Android #2 β€Šβ€”β€Š Treacherous properties

Kotlin and Android #2 β€Šβ€”β€Š Treacherous properties

Developers love properties in Kotlin, but a property is not always the right choice. Getting carried away can be risky, so when should we avoid properties?

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27 August 2018
android, kotlin, tips, tricks, productivity, Kotlin and Android

Kotlin and Android #1 β€” by lazy

Kotlin and Android #1  β€”  by lazy

Many people love by lazy, but it's easy to underestimate and misuse it. When should you use lateinit, and when is by lazy a better choice, as an Android developer?

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27 August 2018
android, kotlin, tips, tricks, productivity, Kotlin and Android

Kotlin and Android β€” An opinionated series (intro)

Kotlin and Android  β€”  An opinionated series (intro)

In this series we're going to be looking at a few common patterns I have seen Android developers use in Kotlin, and see what's the good and bad in each, and when to use them.

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15 May 2018
android, ide, android studio, productivity, tips, tricks

Quick Android Studio tip: debug logs without code

Quick Android Studio tip: debug logs without code

Instead of writing debug logging code, you can take advantage of the IDE tools. No more log statements forgot here and there!

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03 November 2017
android, elevation, material design

Playing with elevation in Android

Playing with elevation in Android

Material Design dictates sheets must have a shadow, and most devs think that it cannot be customised beyond the elevation value. But they're not exactly right…

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