How to use AsyncListUtil

A tutorial for the Support Library’s AsyncListUtil, and how to correctly back your RecyclerView with data from a SQLite database.

Get an APK’s manifest versionName and versionCode using Gradle

Learn how you can use gradle and aapt to extract an Android APK’s versionName and versionCode.

Squeezing Performance from SQLite: Indexes? Indexes!

Are your queries taking too long to run? In this episode of the series, I will explain how indexes work in SQLite, and how to design indexes that can take your most important queries to the next level of performance.

Squeezing Performance from SQLite: Insertions (with Room)

At I/O last week, Google announced a new tool called Room which makes working with SQLite databases a lot easier, but it begs the question: How well does it perform?