Java Design Patterns: Creational Patterns Overview

Android UI Internal : UI Composition with SurfaceFlinger

SurfaceFlinger is an Android system service, responsible for compositing all the application and system surfaces into a single buffer that is finally to be displayed by display controller.

Software Architecture Patterns in a nutshell

Mark Richards is a Boston-based software architect who’s been thinking for more…

Android’s audio Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL)

Android’s audio Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL)connects the higher-level, audio-specific framework APIs in android.media to the underlying audio driver…

Android Activity “launchMode” In Action

Activity stack in different launch mode.

How Synchronize Access To Shared Mutable Data

In Java, multithreading concept is implemented by using the following two models.

Architectural Style in a nutshell

What is an architectural style? According to App Arch Guide, an…

What is EC2 and Why Should You Consider it? Part -1

According to the AWS website, the bouquet of…

Make my app smaller, so that it is faster to download and install?

Before trying any optimizations, you should measure. Some of the techniques in this document are tradeoffs with downsides that must be considered. You must measure their impact to be sure you’re making the right…