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. …

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

A simpler way to create for custom sizes — Introduction Building a mobile application responsive to screen size and aesthetically pleasing is crucial in this modern era. The same design for mobile and tablets won’t work anymore. New devices like Google-Nest, Byjus learning device, etc., are coming up with customized Android versions in different screen sizes. …

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. …

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. …