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Joe Birch

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8 Steps to Google Pay on Android

posted in Uncategorized on January 4, 2019 by hitherejoe

Within our Android Apps we can use the Google Pay API to plugin a convenient way for our users to checkout in our app, without the need for them to enter any of their payment information (after an initial setup). This brings the user a collection of advantages such as: A centralised place to complete… Continue reading →

Exploring KTX for Android

posted in Uncategorized on February 7, 2018 by hitherejoe

Yesterday Google announced android-ktx, which is a set of Kotlin extensions for Android app development. It looks like the aim of the library is to continue with the advantages that kotlin brings to our project — less code, more fun and a simpler to understand project. Now, the library is only in preview so it is likely… Continue reading →

Exploring Firebase Predictions

posted in Uncategorized on November 3, 2017 by hitherejoe

At the Firebase Summit this week there were several exciting things that were shared with the community — the one that caught my eye the most was Firebase Predictions. This new service allows you to utilise Firebase to predict the behaviour of users in your app, allowing you to provide personalised experiences that can be used to… Continue reading →

Exploring Android O: Notification Badges

posted in Uncategorized on June 14, 2017 by hitherejoe

Now the Android O APIs have finalised, Android O is just around the corner — which means we need to be sure our apps are filled with the latest goodies from the API. In this article we’re going to be taking a look at one of my favourite Android O features: Notification Badges 👌 I feel like… Continue reading →

Exploring the new Android Architecture Components library

posted in Uncategorized on May 28, 2017 by hitherejoe

What an I/O! There were so many exciting things announced this year and too much that I want to write about! One of the topics that I (and a lot of other people) were hyped for was on Architecture. From these talks Architecture Components was announced, and after playing with them since, I’m taking this… Continue reading →

Exploring Firebase on Android: Dynamic Links

posted in Uncategorized on March 8, 2017 by hitherejoe

Firebase is such 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 Dynamic Links — the… Continue reading →

Exploring the Android Design Support Library: Bottom Navigation View

posted in Uncategorized on October 20, 2016 by hitherejoe

It’s been a while since I wrote about the Android Design Support Library and I was super excited to wake up this morning to discover that the Bottom Navigation View has been added to version 25 of the Design Support Library! The Bottom Navigation View has been in the material design guidelines for some time,… Continue reading →

Exploring the Google Awareness API

posted in Uncategorized on July 12, 2016 by hitherejoe

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 →

Things I did at Droidcon London

posted in Uncategorized on October 30, 2015 by hitherejoe

At ribot we get the chance to attend conferences throughout the year, so me and Iván made a trip up to Droidcon London. I learnt a lot, met some great people and made a lot of notes over the last two days – so here’s a (very) brief summary of my time at the event…. Continue reading →

Exploring Google Play Services: Place Picker & Autocomplete

posted in Uncategorized on October 28, 2015 by hitherejoe

The Place Picker Widget and Autocomplete component are two powerful features part of Google Play Services. Here we take a look at both of these componenets and how we can implement them in our applications. As of Play Services 7.0, Google have made some great features available for us to implement into our apps –… Continue reading →

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