Note: Custom Class and Package names were changed to be more generic. Somehow, my subclass Android Application was causing the following crash… Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: android.app.Application cannot be cast to com.example.app.MyApp This made no sense. The class MyApp was declared in the AndroidManifest.xml. It ran on every app launch on…

Like any good tech article let’s start with a small story… For the last few years, we have put in a lot of work into the Life360 app, with the release of a new UI back in 2019, continuous work with our collision detection, and new safety features. Even with…

Many of us have been in this situation: Phone is charged to 100% in the morning, and by lunchtime, it is close to 30%. Now we’re upset and we look for the app responsible. Sometimes, we see that it was an app that was used excessively (Facebook, Netflix, some news…