Recently I involved in a Java — Kotlin migration project that we have seen vast improvement in our code quality as Kotlin allow us to write elegant and simple code. As part of the code migration, we agreed that we want to simplify Retrofit network call function’s implementation as much…

A ProgressView or ProgressBar is an essential UX component to let your user know that your app is processing the request/view or waiting for network responses. At Kaodim, our implementation heavily relied on the native ProgressBar. …

App icon plays an important role in your business to be unique and stand out from massively crowded apps in the market. It also essential for the first impression your user get at the initial launch upon installation. App icons also play a vital role in your brand. …

As an Android developer, you need the skills at your fingertips to develop easy or complex UI components for your app. My most recent work demanded to develop a custom notification banner for in-app notifications. The easiest implementation would be using the popular Toast or SnackBar UI components provided by…

In previous article, I’ve adopted Model-View-Presenter(MVP) architecture for my Android project which allow us to write unit test easily without any Android SDK dependency. This article describes steps to approach Test-Driven Development(TDD) for your Android Project using MVP. TDD is a software development process that focuses on writing enough and…

A while back I wrote my first article on writing testable code, in which I discussed about writing clean code for your class. In this article I’ll discuss how to write a clean code to write unit test for your project which has many dependencies on Android SDK. Let’s say…

Recently I was working on an Android project that invokes a pop up window, which has date time picker as in iOS devices as shown below: The library that I was using has great features as what I wanted and I’m happy to find one as I don’t have to…