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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 →

Android Things: Electronics 101

posted in Uncategorized on January 29, 2017 by hitherejoe

Last week I ventured over to Pimoroni to pick myself up a new Raspberry Pi so that I could start playing around with Android Things. Although I used to toy quite a bit with my Arduino, that was a few years ago now and my electronics knowledge has become a little rusty. For that reason,… Continue reading →

On the Journey from Legacy Code to Clean Architecture: Rebuilding the Buffer Android Composer

posted in Uncategorized on December 28, 2016 by hitherejoe

  Originally posted on the Buffer Overflow blog, here. The composer is the heart of our app — it enables our users to craft social media updates and schedule them to post to the social networks at custom times. It’s been part of the Buffer Android app since the very beginning. And it had reached the point… 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 Firebase on Android & iOS: Remote Config

posted in Uncategorized on October 14, 2016 by hitherejoe

Remote config is a feature of Firebase suite that allows us to alter both the look and feel of our application without the need to publish any updates to the Google Play or App store. This works by allowing us to define in-app parameters that can be overridden from within the firebase console — these parameters can… Continue reading →

Introducing Custom Map Styles for Google Maps

posted in Uncategorized on September 22, 2016 by hitherejoe

Play services has just received an update to version 9.6.0 and there’s an awesome new addition to it, custom styling for Google Maps 😍 I feel like this has been a long time coming, so I decided to give the documentation a good read to see exactly what we can do with this new feature… Continue reading →

Exploring Firebase on Android & iOS: Analytics

posted in Uncategorized on September 8, 2016 by hitherejoe

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 →

Public speaking is about more than speaking

posted in Productivity on August 26, 2016 by hitherejoe

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

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 →

Exploring Save to Android Pay

posted in Uncategorized on July 7, 2016 by hitherejoe

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 →

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