May 17What is Android Quantity strings (plurals) and How’s it usedAndroid has this nice feature to make your handling of strings with numbers easy. If you want to display slightly different messages that depend on how many items a user has selected, you can use Android’s plurals element in your strings.xml: One of the best example, and most important one…Android Plurals8 min readAndroid Plurals8 min read
May 7Difference Between Flows and Channels in KotlinFlows are cold stream while channels are hot stream. This single line definition is not enough to know about them. But before start discussing about the differences between Flow and Channel, First know about the Hot and Cold Stream. Cold Stream Flow vs. Hot Stream Flow In Cold Stream Flow, in the case of multiple collectors, the…Flow4 min readFlow4 min read
May 6Working of MutableList vs. mutableListOfMutableList Kotlin Mutable List is a collection of elements which can support modifications to the List. We can add elements to or remove elements from this Mutable List. Now we start testing of working of it using diff. types of operation to check their working. Note: To create a Mutable List…Mutablelist6 min readMutablelist6 min read
Apr 27What is suspend and how it works?A function suspend gives it the capability to start, pause and resume the coroutine, but it will only actually suspend the coroutine if it internally calls another suspend function that suspends the coroutine. The suspend functions that directly suspend a coroutine are in the standard library. Among these are suspendCoroutine()…Suspend7 min readSuspend7 min read
Apr 23Implement Paging 3 Library in Android KotlinAndroid team is continuously releasing new things to help us building Great Android Applications. Another addition to the list is Android Jetpack Paging 3.0 Library. Paging 3 helps when working with RecyclerViews in our Android project to display a list with a lot of items in it. Sometimes we have…Paging Library6 min readPaging Library6 min read
Apr 22Google Play Store Rating & ReviewAPIGoogle announced an in-app review API that prompts users to submit Play store ratings and reviews without leaving the application and without opening the Play store either. Before it we show the dialog and for rating we move to play store app for rating and review which distract user from…Google Review Link7 min readGoogle Review Link7 min read
Apr 14What are dispatchers in Kotlin coroutines?What are dispatchers? A dispatcher is an essential functionality provided by Kotlin coroutines. It helps us to conclude which coroutine will run on which thread from a pool of threads. Types of dispatchers There are four types of dispatchers depending on the work we want the coroutine to do. Default dispatcher Main dispatcher IO dispatcher Unconfined…Dispatches3 min readDispatches3 min read
Mar 5Test-Driven Development (TDD)The evolution of Agile development has introduced many pragmatic practices for delivering quality software at high speed. Test-Driven Development (TDD) is one such practice that is now recognised as an efficient approach that drives positive results. Test Driven Development is the process in which test cases are written before the…Tdd9 min readTdd9 min read
Feb 26Android Screenshot testing for UI(Automated testing that helps prevent visual regressions in Android apps) Testing on Android nowadays tools like Mockito/Mockk and Espresso make it easy to write unit and UI tests for Android. At Runtastic, our Android engineers share a lot of UI components across our apps. With screenshot testing, we can test…Screenshot Testing9 min readScreenshot Testing9 min read
Feb 5What is Google Fi and their usesGoogle Fi is technically what’s known as an MVNO, or mobile virtual network operator. …Google Fi17 min readGoogle Fi17 min read
