Color Tool – a new resource from Google for creating color schemes, testing accessibility, and previewing your UI in color.

Check it now: material.io/color

#ui #tool

Codelab: Android Things

Getting a lot of news about Android Things but never tried? Build a weather station that reads environmental temperature and pressure.

https://goo.gl/D7IZGw

#IoT

DiffUtil – it's much faster than notifyDataSetChanged().

Read more: https://goo.gl/ZAnsRR
Google doc: https://goo.gl/YS0wO2
Sample: https://goo.gl/Yw4Wx3

#tools #tips

Store passwords or any other sensitive data. It is much more difficult for attackers, or malicious/unauthorized software to get encrypted data.

Read more: https://goo.gl/REOVtY

#security

Gesture detection library: flip, light, orientation, proximity, shake, wrist twist, movement, sound level and others.

Read more: https://goo.gl/oRDKf7
Github: https://goo.gl/FXA4nF

#lib

🚀 Ultimate Android Reference

Usually, when I'm looking for a library for my new project I go to awesome-android or android-arsenal. They have a plenty list of libs but a lot of them are not well tested and pretty unknown. Moreover, frequently there are 10+ libraries for each topic and it's not so easy to choose the right one.

Today I discovered these guys: Ultimate Android Reference. They are focused on most popular and well-tested resources only. Each library from the list are well known and frequently used.

Maybe you're using some of them. Probably you even heard about some other. For example, by discovering CTRL + G I've changed my work completely.

Read more: https://goo.gl/zzvxNi

#tips

Today the Google Android team announced full support for Kotlin.

How Kotlin boosts Android development:
https://goo.gl/0D3M9o

Easily switch from Java to Kotlin:
https://goo.gl/beCrj9

#kotlin

Spend less time on configuration and be more efficient.

- gitignore.io
- tools folder
- productFlavors
- keystore
- proguard
- strict mode

Read more: https://goo.gl/1bEMZw

#tips #gradle #tool

Feel the full power of building efficient UI.

- creating chains of views
- use ratios (1x1, etc.)
- guidelines
- complex centering
- spaces for negative margins

Read: https://goo.gl/WLTCi4

#ui

Gradle 4.0 reached "release candidate" state!

How fast is it: https://goo.gl/XW3oRa
How to migrate: https://goo.gl/CEGVio

#gradle

Dynamically link Git commits to versionCode and versionName of the app.

- versionName + commit hash
- versionCode as a timestamp
- Groovy lib to use Git

Read more: https://goo.gl/ft1Viv

#tips

Sign your application directly on Google Play.

Read more: https://goo.gl/E9mQYB

#tips

The article has 3 parts:
1. Higher-order functions and Lambda expressions
2. Local Functions
3. Delegated Properties

Full article: https://goo.gl/mhV3QW

#kotlin

- how to use ViewModel
- ViewModel with non-default constructor
- LiveData
- LifecycleObserver

Full article: https://goo.gl/5p9gsd

#architecture

How to configure:
- Lint
- PMD
- Findbugs

Full article: https://goo.gl/1qgWJg

#tips

- Espresso 3.0.0 (+ Multiprocess)
- Idling Registry
- Idling Resources
- Grant Permission Rule
- Android Test Orchestrator
- New AndroidJUnitRunner

Full article: https://goo.gl/5URqCo

#testing

[ 5 min read + video ]

- proper abstraction
- analytics tools are available “everywhere”
- async tracking

Full article: https://goo.gl/dbyQoq

#analytics

[ 3 min reading ]

Anko speeds up Android development with the capabilities of Kotlin.

- listeners, intents, dialogs
- easy threading
- no more findViewById

https://goo.gl/7aB9Bz

#kotlin #lib

You know how fancy is the UI of Uber app. This project shows how it could be implemented. It has all that animations, fancy map's overlays and custom views.

Github: https://goo.gl/UDTTM3

#ui

The Android Lint utility is probably one of the most powerful tools in your arsenal that you are not using.

Full article: https://goo.gl/BhtSao

#lint #tools