Multiple view types in RecyclerViews using sealed classes — One of the best ways to display huge lists in Android is through RecyclerView. As developers, you all might have used it. We have many advanced features like view holder patterns, rich animation, Diff-Utils callback to improve performance, etc. Apps like WhatsApp and Gmail use RecyclerView to show endless conversations. …

Building Fab Menu with Compose AnimatedVisibility and Animatable — Jetpack Compose is a revolutionary update for building an android app UI. It leveraged the concept of declarative UI and brought the fun in building UI with Kotlin — a dream for many Android devs. If you’re new to Jetpack Compose I recommend you to please go through the following…

Jetpack Compose — Animation Notes: 01 — Jetpack Compose is a revolutionary update for building an android app UI. It leveraged the concept of declarative UI and brought the fun in building UI with Kotlin — a dream for many Android devs. If you’re new to Jetpack Compose I recommend you to please go through the following…

Introduction Android development has seen rapid growth over the years, but when it comes to build times it would still take a considerable amount of time. No matter the RAM or the M1 chips, the android studio still finds a way to run out of memory. Build time is one of…

Introduction If you’re someone like me who juggle between work and personal projects daily, then configuring multiple SSH keys is inevitable. Popular websites like GitHub, BitBucket, GitLab, etc are recommending their users to move to a more secure approach(SSH) than using a password-protected approach(HTTPS) to clone the repositories. In this article…

Develop in Jetpack Compose with me — My History with Constraint Layout in Compose Back in 2020 when Jetpack Compose is still in the early stages, I wrote an article about constraint layout in Jetpack Compose. You can read about it from here if you’re interested(not a pre-requisite), but the way constraint layout matured since then makes it entirely different from back then and…

Get your apps ready for Android 12 and higher — We’re going to implement scheduled notification using an alarm manager in android. Along with that, we are also going to explore behavioral changes in android S for notifications and alarms. Schedule Alarms Let’s start by scheduling alarms, AlarmManager class helps us to execute time-based operations outside the scope of the application. …

Custom checkout with wallets via Razorpay SDK — Introduction In my previous articles we’ve seen how to implement Razorpay standard checkout with UPI, VPA, Net Banking, Credit/Debit flows, and also how to implement saved card feature while complying with new RBI guidelines. How to Add Razorpay Payments in Android Apps Explore Razorpay standard checkout in Androidbetterprogramming.pub As per Razorpay research, UPI is still the preferred payment mode in 2021 followed by credit/debit card…

Learn how to implement save card feature while you comply with the new RBI guidelines — Introduction With Razorpay standard checkout developers can support multiple payments modes across platforms in a matter of seconds. With this approach developers and companies are no longer concerned with currency conversion, payment verification, supporting new payment modes, etc. To learn more about standard checkout read the following article: