With the Android 12 beta now available, we’re starting to learn more about the new features that the latest version of Android gives to us. One of the things that caught my eye here is the introduction of a Splash Screen API – not only providing a standardised way for apps to present splash screens… Continue reading
Posts Tagged → Android App Development
Exploring the Material Navigation Rail
There was a lot of exciting news announced at Google I/O this week – one of the things I had been looking forward to was hearing about large screen experiences. While these devices and design principles have existed side-by-side for some time, it’s always felt like support for developers has never quite fully been accessible…. Continue reading
Modular Navigation with Jetpack Compose
This post is sponsored by Practical Jetpack Compose. A large amount of mobile apps will need some form of Navigation, allowing users to move between different parts of an application. When implementing these requirements within Android Apps, applications have either rolled their own solutions, relied on traditional intents or the fragment manager, or explored the… Continue reading
Exploring Android 12: Unified rich content API
With the announcement of the first Android 12 Developer Preview announced yesterday, I started to take a dive into some of the API changes and the new things we’ll be getting our hands on. One of these things was the new unified rich content API, providing a simplified way of transferring media between applications. You… Continue reading
Exploring Jetpack Compose: @Preview annotation
This post is sponsored by Practical Jetpack Compose. The ability to Preview Jetpack Compose composables within Android Studio is possibly one of my favorite things about this new way of building apps. Previews allow us to build, style and polish our composables without needing to run our app. The annotation offers a range of ways… Continue reading
Exploring Jetpack Compose: Card
This post is sponsored by Practical Jetpack Compose. The Card composable is a surface that can be used to present content and actions focused on a single topic. When it comes to displaying a Card, there is a single composable function that can be used to do so. Here we can see that there are… Continue reading
Exploring Jetpack Compose: Column
This post is sponsored by Practical Jetpack Compose. The Column Composable provides us with the functionality of displaying a collection of composables in a vertically sequenced format, where each composable is displayed simultaneously one after the other. If you’re enjoying my posts on Jetpack Compose, check out some details on the book I’m writing on Compose! When… Continue reading
Exploring Jetpack Compose: Padding Modifier
This post is sponsored by Practical Jetpack Compose. When it comes to the composition of composables, we may want to apply additional spacing to a composables size constraints. For this we can utilise Padding – padding adds this additional space to the specified sides of the composable, essentially making it larger in size. This area… Continue reading
Exploring the Google Play In-App Review API
When it comes to the Google Play store, app ratings and reviews are a pretty important marketing tool – they can have a huge influence on whether someone downloads our app, so ensuring that we do not miss out on good reviews is important. However, I’ve felt like there has always been a lot of… Continue reading
Building an Exploding FAB Transition With Jetpack Compose
When interacting with apps on our devices, animations not only add delight to our experience but they also help to create a sense of connection between the destinations being animated. One of the animations on Android which I’ve always enjoyed is the exploding Floating Action Button animation. Here, the user clicks the FAB and it… Continue reading