For a while now I’ve been looking at possibilities for automated accessibility testing on iOS. Unfortunately, I’ve not found any option so far that I’m happy with. I am a big fan of Apple’s XCUI Test framework. Although it has its limitations, I believe there’s scope for creating valid accessibility tests using this framework. Over […]
Custom getters and setters for fields in a class is not a new idea. We have been using them since our early days in programming. Kotlin, however, takes that concept to a more elegant level by allowing us to define getters and setters at the declaration site of our properties. The primary advantage of this […]
The Android Authority Podcast – discussing topics in Android every week. The Android Authority Podcast brings you all the top stories and features based on your favorite mobile operating system: Android. We help make Android more accessible to all, and dive deeper into the details when we can, there’s something in here for everyone. […]
We recently shipped Data Saver Mode, a new feature on Instagram for Android that helps the app consume less mobile data. In this post, we’ll go over why we decided to work on this feature, our approach in developing it, the engineering implementation, and how people were impacted by it. The motivation behind building Data […]
We recently shipped Data Saver Mode, a new feature on Instagram for Android that helps the app consume less mobile data. In this post, we’ll go over why we decided to work on this feature, our approach in developing it, the engineering implementation, and how people were impacted by it. The motivation behind building Data […]
Author: Perry Romanowski Published: December 10, 2019 On today’s episode we just felt like ranting! Today we cover 3 beauty science topics that have affected the beauty world. Here you’ll get the cosmetic chemist and formulator take on the following topics: Hair dye and a link to cancer Waterless formulas and whether they are superior […]
For last couple years, I’ve been experimenting different architectures to understand pros and cons of each one of them. Redux architecture is definitely one that peek my curiosity. In this new post, I’ll share my finding pairing Redux with MVVM, another pattern I’m familiar with and more importantly why you probably shouldn’t pair them. Motivation […]
Previously, we discussed how Kotlin’s type aliases could make our code more readable. However, if you remember, since type aliases don’t introduce new types, they don’t provide any type-safety. This week we will be exploring Kotlin’s experimental inline classes which have benefits that type aliases provide but go further than that. A little about inline […]
Adam, Jonathan, and Joe discuss the Escobar Fold 1 and the…unique marketing approach for this phone. Qualcomm’s Hawaii-based processor event dropped and with it the Snapdragons 865, 765, and 765G. Speaking of G, there will be 5G’s with every processor. And finally, we look at Alphabet and Google, now running with the same CEO as […]