Firebase is an exciting new collection of services that I’ve been reading up on and experimenting with. In this new series of articles, we’ll be covering the features of firebase to learn exactly what we can do with each integration. In this chapter, we’re going to be taking a look at Firebase Analytics — the integration that… Continue reading
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Public speaking is about more than speaking
Back in 2008 I started studying a degree in Mathematics Education, which is essentially a degree that qualifies you to teach. I pursued this because of my joy for helping others, but there was something about the course that wasn’t right for me. Whilst I loved the aspect of teaching and sharing knowledge amongst others… Continue reading
Exploring the Google Awareness API
After months of waiting, we finally have access to the Google Awareness API. This new API allows to craft context-based experiences within our applications, allowing us to provide a more personal and customised experience for our users. In this article we’re going to take a deep dive into the Awareness API features so we can… Continue reading
Exploring Save to Android Pay
At Google I/O 2016 we saw a lot of attention on Android Pay, it was great to see it finally open up its doors to the UK for us to integrate into our payment experiences. Using Android Pay, applications can implement features that allow users to both buy physical goods and save money in the… Continue reading
Android TV & Chill
As a platform, TVs have an enormous amount of potential in being involved with the ways in which we carry out certain tasks. Currently our smart TVs focus on applications for Video, Music, Games or Utilities – but why not more? If done right, there’s a vast space available for the retail sector, making purchases… Continue reading
Exploring Buy with Android Pay
At Google I/O 2016 we saw a lot of attention on Android Pay. It was great to see it finally open up its doors to the UK for us to integrate into our payment experiences. Using Android Pay, applications can implement features that allow users to both buy physical goods and save money in the… Continue reading
Exploring the new Android ConstraintLayout
Last week at Google I/O we saw the introduction of loads of great Android related news. Whilst I’d love to sit here and talk about everything that was announced, we’re going to take a quick look at the new and exciting ConstraintLayout for Android. To get a better understanding of the ConstraintLayout I took an… Continue reading
Introducing Bourbon: Dribbble, Android, MVP and a Common-Code Module
Having used MVP in my Android projects for a short while now, I’ve been wondering about reusing Presenter classes when creating applications for more than just Mobile devices. For this reason, I built Bourbon as an experiment to see the kind of code that I could share between different application modules. I’m happy to say… Continue reading
Android N: Introducing upgraded Notifications
After writing about the new Picture-in-Picture feature for Android N, I decided to take a deep dive into another of the new features we saw released in the Developer Preview – notifications. Android N sees some great new additions to the notifications API, so lets take a look at some of these new features and… Continue reading
Android N: Introducing Picture-in-Picture for Android TV
Last week we saw the surprise release of the Developer Preview for Android N, which saw some exciting new additions for us to get our hands on! One of these features is known as Picture-in-Picture mode, which leverages the new multi-window APIs in Android N. Let’s take a look at this exciting new feature and… Continue reading