Android Library AAR and Javadoc

As an Android developer, I’m used to ask Android Studio/Intellij Idea for documentation constantly. I have even replaced the shortcut: now, it’s F1, the old-fashion help key. When I want to know about a method or a class, I hit F1 and the JavaDoc shows up: smooth. How does…

How to automate Android build process on Bitrise CI (part 2)

Please have a look at part 1 if you have not integrated your repo into Bitrise yet. In this post I’ll focus on design of Release workflow. I assume you know how to create and modify Bitrise workflows to shorten this post…

Gradle tips & tricks to survive the zombie apocalypse

Rick Grimes can’t help you out, so let’s get it…

Android Gradle Extension

Have you tried browsing the Android reference pages and tried to use classes only to find out you would need to add some lines to your Gradle dependencies? Sometimes, I do; that’s why I developed a Chrome Extension for this.

GitHashses For Android Freaks

The best practice is to store a git-hash in the BuildConfig field so that one can track the commit when using such analytical…

Introducing dexinfo Gradle plugin

As applications are getting increasingly complex, more and more Android developers are running into…

The mysterious case of the hardcoded properties

When implementing Crashlytics is harder than solving…