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Android Things: Peripheral Input/Output

Tutorial • Beginner

Android Things has a unique ability to easily connect to external electronics components with the Peripheral API and built-in device support. In this article...

Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz • 8 Mar 2017
Coding Fundamentals

Get Started With RxJava 2 for Android

Tutorial • Beginner

Reactive programming takes the pain out of working with asynchronous data sources. Starting with "What is RxJava, anyway?" right through to creating a...

Jessica Thornsby • 6 Mar 2017
Coding Fundamentals

Code an Image Gallery Android App With Glide

Tutorial • Intermediate

Glide is a popular open-source Android library for loading images, videos, and animated GIFs. Glide can load and display media from many different sources,...

Chike Mgbemena • 28 Feb 2017
Android Development

Coding an Android App With Flutter and Dart

Tutorial • Beginner

Google's Flutter is a cross-platform app development framework that uses the Dart programming language. In this tutorial, I'll introduce you to the basics of...

Ashraff Hathibelagal • 24 Feb 2017
Android Development

How to Make Calls and Use SMS in Android Apps

Tutorial • Intermediate

In this tutorial, you'll learn about the Android Telephony and SMS API. You'll learn how to make a call from your app and how to monitor phone call events,...

Chike Mgbemena • 15 Feb 2017
Android Development

Android Things: Your First Project

Tutorial • Beginner

In this tutorial you will learn how to get set up with Android Things. You'll create your first simple project and get a start on using GPIO (General Purpose...

Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz • 8 Feb 2017
Android Development

6 Do's and Don’ts for a Great Android User Experience

Tutorial • Beginner

The most popular Android apps have something in common: they all provide a great user experience. In this post, I'll share some tips that will help your app...

Jessica Thornsby • 2 Feb 2017
Android Development

How to Migrate to Amazon In-App Purchasing From Google's

Tutorial • Intermediate

If your Google Play app uses In-App Billing, it's a pretty easy switch to Amazon's In-App Purchasing to benefit from the Amazon Appstore. Learn how in...

Jeff Reifman • 31 Jan 2017
Authentication

Passwordless Authentication With Account Kit

Tutorial • Beginner

Passwordless authentication skips using a password for registration or login. Instead, user authentication is confirmed either with a one-time SMS...

Chike Mgbemena • 23 Jan 2017
Cloud & Hosting

Crash Reporting With Crashlytics

Tutorial • Beginner

In Android, there is a high probability of your app crashing even after you have manually and automatically tested it. This can be due to factors such as...

Chike Mgbemena • 18 Jan 2017
Android Development

Introduction to Android Things

Tutorial • Beginner

In December of 2016, Google released an updated version of the Android operating system with an option for devs to use a stripped-down version for connected...

Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz • 17 Jan 2017
Functional Programming

Coding Functional Android Apps in Kotlin: Lambdas, Null Safety & More

Tutorial • Beginner

The Kotlin language for Android apps lets you do coding that would either be much more verbose in Java or not possible to achieve with Java alone. Learn how...

Jessica Thornsby • 9 Jan 2017