Ataul Munim
Ataul Munim

Ataul Munim

android @ monzo, Google Developer Expert for Android, prolific film watcher and new thing try-er

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Refactoring Themes with Style: Using Theme Overlays

Part three: using theme overlays

May 28 · 5 min read

Refactoring Android Themes with Style: Default styles

Part 2

May 7 · 6 min read

Refactoring Android Themes with Style: Restructuring Themes

Making changes to themes and styles safely

Apr 29 · 7 min read

Pick a card, any card: implementing the Monzo Plus card selection animation on Android

We’ve been working recently on Monzo Plus, a way for users to add extra features (like travel insurance) to their account for a monthly…

Apr 30, 2019 · 5 min read

Perfecting Process for Presenting PRs

I’m a visual person. When I’m reviewing code, I really appreciate when pull requests add some context around how a code change affects the…

Feb 3, 2019 · 4 min read

art collector: learning about Android App Links

Last month, I implemented Android App links for art collector, a small app which displays a selection of paintings…

Dec 2, 2018 · 5 min read

Implementing the Gmail for Android selected email animation

I really like the way that Gmail for Android shows the checked state for selected emails.

Oct 14, 2018 · 2 min read

Starting a new project with Postman

I started a neu projekt the other day where I’ll be using the Harvard Art Museums API to build a small app that demonstrates usages of (or…

Aug 27, 2018 · 2 min read

What’s Next? Watching Netflix with Help from Accessibility Services

When you start learning about accessibility on Android, it won’t be long before you come across Accessibility Services.

Aug 18, 2018 · 5 min read

TIL that you can use the Invoke Operator on Companion Objects too

I was asked to highlight that you can use the invoke() operator on a class’s companion object as a way to have a “validation constructor”.

Aug 12, 2018 · 2 min read

TIL about Operator Overloading in Kotlin and the Invoke Operator

Kotlin lets us define custom behaviour for operators (e.g. +, ==or *). We can add mathematical or logical semantics for how operators…

Aug 10, 2018 · 5 min read

notes: A Journey Through MV Wonderland w/ Florina Muntenescu

I chose this talk because I wanted a quick comparison of different presentation patterns (mainly MVP and MVVM) as understood and accepted…

Aug 6, 2018 · 6 min read

notes: RX Java with Kotlin in Baby Steps w/ Annyce Davis

I started this “notes” series as a way for me to actively learn from some of the great content being produced by the community. I found…

Jul 31, 2018 · 5 min read

TIL: when is “when” exhaustive?

Kotlin’s when works similarly to Java’s switch. Once upon a time, I heard that when forces you to specify all the branches (when all the…

Jul 20, 2018 · 3 min read

On the hunt for a new role - my experience looking for Android positions in London

This year, I started looking for a new role where I could work on Android stuff. I wanted to work on something that I used every day…

Jul 7, 2018 · 9 min read

What’s Next? A Practical Introduction to Accessibility on Android

The past two years have seen a lot more interest for inclusive design in the Android community. There’s been a lot of content (blogs and…

Apr 22, 2018 · 12 min read

Can TalkBack Read Me A Story?

Someone asked me the other day how accessibility services behave if you use a single TextView with multiple spans, instead of multiple…

Mar 29, 2018 · 3 min read

Collapsing AppBarLayout on Android TV

CoordinatorLayout has really made it easy to perform animations for elements that are dependent on one another, but not all of the…

Mar 4, 2018 · 2 min read

Testing Views in Isolation at RoMOBOS

I gave a presentation at MOBOS conference in Cluj-Napoca, Romania this week. It was based off some work I did last year, but have since…

Feb 16, 2018 · 9 min read

TIL how to tune my violin properly… maybe

There’s two mechanisms you can use to tune your violin. The coarse way is using the tuning pegs, at the top of the violin. The strings are…

Jan 14, 2018 · 2 min read