In previous articles in this series on Android styling, we’ve looked at the difference between styles and themes, talked about the benefits of using themes and theme attributes and highlighted some common attributes to use. Today we’ll focus on actually using themes, how they are applied to your app and…

Theme attribute all the things — In the previous posts in this series on Android styling, we looked at the difference between themes and styles and why it’s a good idea to factor out things that you wish to vary by theme and common theme attributes to use: Android Styling: Themes vs Styles The Android styling system offers a powerful way to specify your app’s visual design, but it can be easy to misuse…medium.com

The Android styling system offers a powerful way to specify your app’s visual design, but it can be easy to misuse. Proper use of it can make themes and styles easier to maintain, make branding updates less scary and make it straightforward to support dark modes. This is the first…

In the previous article in this series on Android styling, we looked at the difference between themes and styles and how themes allow you to write more flexible styles and layouts which isolate changes: Android Styling: Themes vs Styles The Android styling system offers a powerful way to specify your app's visual design, but it can be easy to misuse…medium.com Specifically we recommended using theme attributes to provide a point of indirection to resources, so that…

Recently at Google I/O, I presented some techniques for writing smarter animations in your Android applications, specifically for making animations play nicely with reactive architectures: tl;dw? I know that watching a 32 minute video isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, so here is a write up of the subject. ☕️ #AnimationsMatter I…

In previous posts we’ve looked at Android’s VectorDrawable image format and what it can do: Understanding Android’s vector image format: VectorDrawable Android devices come in all sizes, shapes and screen densities. That’s why I’m a huge fan of using resolution…medium.com Draw a Path: Rendering Android VectorDrawables In the previous article, we looked at Android’s VectorDrawable format, going into its benefits and capabilities.medium.com

In the previous article, we looked at Android’s VectorDrawable format, going into its benefits and capabilities. Understanding Android’s vector image format: VectorDrawable Android devices come in all sizes, shapes and screen densities. That’s why I’m a huge fan of using resolution…medium.com We covered how you can define paths which make up the shapes in your assets. VectorDrawable supports a number of ways of actually drawing these shapes that we can use to create rich, flexible…

Android devices come in all sizes, shapes and screen densities. That’s why I’m a huge fan of using resolution independent, vector assets. But what exactly are they? What are their benefits? What are the costs? When should I use them? How do you create and use them? …

Animations in the Google I/O app — I was recently part of a great team working on the Google I/O 2018 Android app. This is a conference companion app, allowing attendees and remote folks to find sessions, build a personalized schedule and reserve seats at the venue (if you’re lucky enough to be there!). We built a…