DevFest Berlin 2023 — DevFest is a global event organized by Google Developer Groups (GDGs) in various regions and countries worldwide. As per the Google for Developers website, over 500 GDGs will host DevFest events in 2023, covering a range of topics including AI, Android, Cloud, Data, DevOps, Flutter, Go, Kotlin, Firebase, and more…

Maestro is the simplest and most effective mobile UI testing framework. Maestro is built on learnings from its predecessors (Appium, Espresso, UIAutomator, XCTest) and allows you to easily define and test your Flows. Built-in tolerance to flakiness. UI elements will not always be where you expect them, screen tap will…

in Android projects — You've probably come across the BOM term if you’ve worked with big libraries like Jetpack Compose or Firebase. But what exactly is a BOM dependency? Why is it important? And how can we create our own BOM for our SDKs and their dependencies? Let’s find out. As an example, we…

in Android projects — The Gradle build system Version Catalog is a powerful tool that can help you manage dependencies and plugins in your Android projects. Instead of hard-coding dependency names and versions in individual build files and updating each entry whenever you need to upgrade a dependency, you can create a centralized version…

A recap in video format — Looking back at another successful year of Droidcon Berlin, the leading conference for Android development stirs a mix of emotions. The event, held in the vibrant city of Berlin, Germany, once again acted as a hub for sharing knowledge, networking, and innovation among Android enthusiasts from around the world. Based…

Android Developer Tips — YouTube channel — Dependency injection is a design pattern in which an object or function receives other objects or functions that it depends on. It aims to separate the concerns of constructing objects and using them, leading to loosely coupled programs. In this video, I will guide you through a high-level overview of…

Android Developer Tips — YouTube channel — As an interesting category in the Android Developer Tips YouTube channel, I am doing interviews with Android Community active members. The interview orientation is toward learning more about a Senior Android Developer’s lifestyle, thoughts about Android Development, recent contributions to the Android community, encouraging junior Android developers, and at the…

Android Developer Tips — YouTube channel — GitHub Actions is one of the best CI/CD services being used by developers and they evolved a lot since the beginning. In this video, you will learn how to take advantage of manual workflows and Input types to reduce your Android app/library GitHub Actions time and costs. Hope you…

Android Developer Tips — YouTube channel — When defining interfaces with a single abstract method you can use a lambda expression to avoid introducing a new class or anonymous objects. In this video, you will learn how to use the Kotlin language Functional (SAM) interfaces to achieve clean code. Hope you enjoy and do not forget…