Articles & Tutorials

In this blog post by Saúl Molinero Malvido you'll learn how to deal with SDK compatibility issues.

RecyclerView does not have fast scroll built in so, in this short series, Mark Allison looks at how to implement fast scroll in RecyclerView

Google has released Universal Music Player, a bare-bones but functional reference app that supports multiple devices and form factors in a single codebase including Auto, Wear, and Google Cast devices.

Second part of supporting multiple themes in your Android app.

Java is awesome. But it's also pretty old and a syntax wise very verbose. Kotlin is one of the many JVM based languages that are starting to emerge as a possible Java successor in Android development. In this post you'll learn how to get started with Android Development using Kotlin.

An interesting approach in implementing the MVP pattern.

You've created something cool and now you want to share it with the world - but you don't know how? In this post you'll learn how to publish your library to Maven central.

In this post you'll learn how to polish your design and move closer to the Google Material design guidelines.

Sebastiano Gottardo on Android memory constraints and process usage.

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Design

Evernote Android product manager Theresa Pittappilly and designer Adam Glynn-Finnegan to examine the thought behind what’s changed in their latest Material update.

Does your app support Chromecast? If yes (or you're planning to) you should check out these design tips on how to improve your user experience when providing such a feature.

Jobs

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We are building PSPDFKit for Android using RxJava & C++14. It's a challenging project that will be used in many apps and there's plenty of work left to be done. We have a talented team, who enjoy the benefits of working in a remote environment. If you're up for a challenge, send us your resume.

Libraries & Code

Android Floating ActionButton with a progress indicator ring.

Android Shadow Layout - because CardView is not enough (e.g. when drawind a circular shadow).

Simple, easy dialog solution for Android.

SimpleListView has been updated to 1.1.

Keep track of how much time you spend on Gradle builds. If you're into that sort of thing that gradle plugin is for you.

Here's the release of another open source project - Scala API Demos, an application written 100% in Scala on Android. Showcasing several examples for different skill levels of Android and Scala Developers. If you want to learn Android using a modern functional language, Scala API Demos is a good way to begin

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