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Android ConstraintLayout vs. iOS AutoLayout

iOS has had a constraint-based layout system for some time now in the form of AutoLayout, while Android only recently added the similar ConstraintLayout.

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Creating BroadcastReceivers that Run while Your Android App Is Backgrounded

How we got our Xamarin Android app to listen for a Bluetooth “bond state change,” even when the app is backgrounded, using BroadcastReceivers.

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Automating Android NumberPicker using Espresso

While writing an Android UI test involving a NumberPicker, I learned instrumenting the picker with Espresso was not as easy as other Android controls.

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Kotlin vs. Java – Why Kotlin on Android is Here to Stay

Kotlin is here to make mobile development easier on Android and to end the mutation and Null Pointer Exceptions of the past.

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Setting Up Amazon’s Dash Replenishment Services and Login with Amazon on Android

A guide to setting up Amazon's Dash Replenishment Services (DRS) and adding the Amazon LWA button to your Android project.

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Sending Data Between Activities in Android

In this post, I’ll discuss a few ways to pass data between Activities using Intents, including passing primitives, Strings, and object types.

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Getting Android ListView Right the First Time

Three common mistakes and how to prevent each of them when subclassing BaseApapter to provide content for Android ListViews.

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Espresso – Testing RecyclerViews at Specific Positions

Tips and tools for writing comprehensive Espresso tests for an interface that uses a RecyclerView on Android.

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Automating an Android Instrumentation Test Run

An example of how to script everything needed to run Android Instrumentation Tests from the command line.

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Evil Android Styling

This post walks through the basics of styling Android widgets, along with some tricks to polish your styles.

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Getting Scala with Akka Actors Working on Android

Akka can be tricky to get working on Android. I found a ProGuard configuration that made it work for me using Scala.

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Android App Test File Distribution with Dropbox

Android apps have so many different devices they should run on, but how do you share the APK files with other devices? Dropbox to the rescue!

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