The State of Native Android Development, December 2022
Summary of the most notable events and trends that took place in Android development ecosystem in 2022.
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Why JetBrains Invented and Promotes Kotlin
Let’s discuss why JetBrains invested in development of Kotlin programming language and actively promotes it today.
How to Choose List Data Page Size
Thorough discussion of factors that need to be taken into consideration when choosing size of the page for paged loading of data into lists.
Android Lifecycle Architecture Component Considered Harmful
My thoughts about the new Lifecycle Architecture Component. Unfortunately, I think that this framework will not resolve life-cycle issues, but will make Android framework even more complicated.
Android ViewModel Architecture Component Considered Harmful
My thoughts about the new ViewModel Architecture Component. In my opinion, it is completely unnecessary framework which is destined to share Loaders fate.
Dependency Injection in Android
In this post I explain what dependency injection really is and share several best practices for dependency injection in Android that I developed over the years.
Reliable Connection to AIDL IPC Bound Service in Android
Explanation of an advanced technique to establish a reliable connection from Android application to AIDL Service in a different process.
MVC Architectural Pattern in Android – Part 3
Third part of the series that discusses Model View Controller (MVC) and Model View Presenter (MVP) architectural patterns in context of Android development.
MVC Architectural Pattern in Android – Part 2
Second part of the series that discusses Model View Controller (MVC) and Model View Presenter (MVP) architectural patterns in context of Android development.
MVC Architectural Pattern in Android – Part 1
High-level technical description and history of MVC architectural pattern for Android applications.