Sep 30, 2020Canvas animations: Simple Circle Progress View on AndroidThe Android Class class lets us draw anything* that we can imagine using basic shapes, paths, and bitmaps. The Canvas API it’s really big 🤯 and daunting at first sight. Here we’re only going to scratch the surface to create our simple animation. The animationAndroid8 min readAndroid8 min read
Nov 7, 2017Steps for creating a Content ProviderMeanwhile I study for the Android Developer Certification, I decided to document briefly the series of steps for setting up a Content Provider. I usually haven’t had the need to use it, but it is a handy tool to have in our utility belt, and as it is one of…Android5 min readAndroid5 min read
Jul 3, 2017Simpler multiple click listeners with Kotlin Sealed classesWith Kotlin came a lot of new concepts for the Android programming world and with them new possibilities for doing the same things on an easier way. One of those new concepts are Sealed classes that are, as said by Antonio Leiva in his post, enums with super-powers. Enums with super-powers? As you…Android3 min readAndroid3 min read
May 13, 2017Working with RecyclerView and multiple view typesApplications that contains different views in the same list are really common (i.e: Twitter, Goodreads, New York Times…) and we should know how to create them with ease. In this post is assumed that you understand the basics of creating a list using RecyclerViews. You should also read, if you…Android3 min readAndroid3 min read
