This is the second article in this MAD skills series. In the previous article you’ve seen the basics of Gradle and how to configure the Android Gradle Plugin. In this article you’ll learn how to extend your build by writing your own plugin. …

In this first article of the new MAD skills series on Gradle and brand new Android Gradle plugin APIs, we’ll take a look at how the Android build system works and learn the basics of Gradle. We’ll start with Gradle’s build phases, talk about how AGP’s configuration options can help…

Do more with your Widget in Android 12! This article is the second in a small series which I’ve written on updating your widget for Android 12. In the last part, we explored some easy ways to implement visual updates that are highly visible to app users. …

Widgets have been part of the core Android experience for a long time, with many apps using widgets effectively to increase their user engagement. Users love widgets because of the ability to use app features without launching an app and to customize their device’s home screen. Android 12 brings an…

Welcome to another article in the second MAD Skills series on Navigation! In this article we’ll take a look at a highly requested feature, multiple back stack support for Navigation. If you prefer this content in video form, here is something to check out: Intro Let’s say your app uses…

Welcome to the another article in the second MAD Skills series on Navigation! If you prefer this content in video form, here is something to check out: Intro In the previous article you learned how to use navigation in a multi module project. In this article…

Android Studio includes multiple inspectors, such as the Layout Inspector and Database Inspector, to help you investigate and understand the internal state of your running app. With Android Studio Arctic Fox, we are releasing a new inspector to help you monitor and debug workers your app schedules using WorkManager 2.5.0…

Here we are with the third article of second Navigation series. If you prefer to watch this content instead of reading, check out the video below: Intro In the previous articles in this series, we added coffee tracker functionality, enhanced the user experience with navigation UI and implemented conditional navigation. This…

This is the second article in of this Navigation series. If you prefer to watch this content instead of reading, check out the video below: Intro In the previous article, I used NavigationUI, implemented bottom navigation in the app and also added a SelectionFragment to enable or disable coffee…