Widgets on Android devices provide users with a way to access core pieces of information and functionality directly from the home screen of their device. As we continue to look for ways to improve our users experiences with our product and surface important information to them from outside of the app, widgets have been a… Continue reading
The ability to search for content within an app is a common feature, in fact, you’ll find it somewhere within most applications on your device. On Android, a common UI component we see for this functionality is a floating search bar, placed in a prominent part of the screen. In some cases, this also provides… Continue reading
The ability to search for content within an app is a common feature, in fact, you’ll find it somewhere within most applications on your device. On Android, a common UI component we see for this functionality is a floating search bar, placed in a prominent part of the screen. In some cases, this also provides… Continue reading
Pull to Refresh is a common pattern we find across mobile apps – it allows our users to refresh the content of screen in a single swipe. Jetpack Compose has provided support for this for some time, through the pullRefresh modifier. In your code, this would look something like the following: While this was great… Continue reading
In a few recent projects, I’ve needed to utilise Google Maps within environments utilising Jetpack Compose. In the early days of Compose this felt light a sought-after piece of functionality – even though it is still being built on, it now seems to be in a place where I can confidently use it. In this… Continue reading
In a few recent projects, I’ve needed to utilise Google Maps within environments utilising Jetpack Compose. In the early days of Compose this felt light a sought-after piece of functionality – even though it is still being built on, it now seems to be in a place where I can confidently use it. In this… Continue reading
In a few recent projects, I’ve needed to utilise Google Maps within environments utilising Jetpack Compose. In the early days of Compose this felt light a sought-after piece of functionality – even though it is still being built on, it now seems to be in a place where I can confidently use it. In this… Continue reading
In a recent blog post I took a look at the new Compose Preview Screenshot Testing Tool, provided by Google as a way to enable developers to easily write screenshot tests for their composable UI. When it comes to screenshot testing, writing these tests only represents one part of the process – we also need… Continue reading
As we migrate our apps to Jetpack Compose, we need to ensure that all existing functionality remains intact. This means that not only the way our UI looks, but the way that it behaves when users interact with it. When recently migrating part of an app to Jetpack Compose, I experienced a broken coordinator layout… Continue reading
At Google I/O 2024, one of the announcements that caught my eye was support for Compose Preview Screenshot Testing using the Compose Preview Screenshot Testing tool. Even though this is still in an experimental state, I couldn’t wait to dive in and have a play with this! My new book, CI/CD for Android using GitHub… Continue reading