As you could notice in my previous article, using Java 11 VM’s is pretty straight forward with sample apps. But what we should do when it does not work?

One of the possible setups where Java11 failed is Android Kotlin projects with KAPT and Dagger2. …

Java 8 was a long-awaited feature in the Android community. Finally, we got almost full support of language features. Unfortunately, newer versions of Java on Android remains just a dream.

Java updates are hard to adapt for Android, and this is one of the reasons why Google is promoting Kotlin…

Build time optimization is a continuous process which is extremely important for big teams. In this article, I’ll share some non-standard tricks that could help you to save extra seconds|minutes on your builds.

Spoilers alert! This tricks works on some projects but could not work for yours.

I hope you’ve…

So yeah I feel like something is missed from article up there. Let’s find out what.

1. Use Kotlin, yeah it’s time! Consider it long term investment in your project and skills.
2. Think twice before adding any third party library; it’s a serious commitment.
3. Use only small, one-feature libraries and abstraction…

While we all waiting for 2nd part of a story with color picker(yeah, me too!). I decided to play with fonts a little bit.

We could use the same trick with LinearGradient as I described in kopi to make your text looks like a rainbow. …

My personal favorite list:

1. https://medium.com/@retomeier — no time to explain, just follow him👈
2. https://medium.com/@chethaase — friend of previous guy👆
3. https://medium.com/@duhroach — he don’t like Enums😏
4. https://medium.com/android-news — should be interesting📺
5. https://medium.com/google-developers — just in case🖌
6. https://medium.com/pointer-io — like this guys👥
7. https://medium.com/exploring-android — other devs🌎
8. https://medium.com/redmadrobot-mobile — why not green?👓
9. https://labs.ribot.co.uk/ — don’t know that they doing here🤔
10. https://medium.com/google-developer-experts — thanks Enrique López Mañas 👍
11. https://medium.com/@georgemount007 — DataBinding guy🤖

So what is your source of Android Development inspiration here?

Hi, everyone. I have few ideas to share, hope it will help someone to write better Android apps. This time, I’ll share with you how to create color picker by using just Kotlin, Android SDK and your imagination.

I’ll start with a simple implementation, later we’ll find the way to…

Anybody?