PinnedUsing custom domain for GitHub pagesRecently I decided to host my personal portfolio site using GitHub pages. Even though they have very detailed instruction on how to setup a custom domain, I found it cumbersome to get to the right information. 🙄 Here are 2 key steps to setup your GitHub pages enabled project to…Github2 min read
PinnedHow to take your beginner Android skills to the next level by studying open-source Android AppsThis list of open-source Android apps may come in handy if you have grasped all necessary concepts to develop Android application and you think you are ready to work on an application that follows industry standards. By industry standards, I mean, an app that has good architecture, is scalable and…Android6 min read
May 2, 2021Kotlin coroutines error handling strategy — `runCatching` and `Result` classI am trying to learn Kotlin coroutines, and was trying to learn more about how to handle errors from suspended functions. One of the recommended way by Google is to create a “Result” class like the following: sealed class Result<out R> { data class Success<out T>(val data…Kotlin3 min read
Aug 6, 2020Quick Trick — Use Android’s Animated Vector Drawable as ProgressBarAndroid’s ProgressBar widget comes with lot of customization controls and flexibility to set custom animated drawable. However, setting AnimatedVectorDrawable is not one of the option. So, this is a quick trick on how to use custom ImageView to create indeterminate progress indicator using Animated Vector Drawable (AVD). class AvdLoadingProgressBar @JvmOverloads…Android2 min read
Jul 18, 2020Source code syntax highlighting on Android — Taking full controlAndroid and it’s community has evolved a lot over past decade. Now a days we can find open-source libraries to do almost anything — Zoomable ImageView, CameraX, RecyclerView Sticky Header, Tooltip, and many more. Syntax highlighting is one of them and there are few libraries for that too. …Android4 min read
Jul 5, 2020Dark mode for medium.com — why doesn’t it exist (yet)?I have love and hate relationship with Medium with a much higher percentage towards love 🥰. I have been craving for 🌗 dark/night-mode support for the web site for a long time. Thankfully they already support dark-mode on the Android & iOS app 😍.Dark Mode3 min read
Jun 16, 2020Setup Android Gradle based Firebase App Distribution with Github Actions CIThis is a quick guide on how you can easily set up Github Actions CI workflow to automatically post APK to Firebase App Distribution on merge to release or master (or soon to be known as main) branch. Firebase already has an excellent guide 🏆 on how to set up…Android3 min read
May 24, 2020Hackathon: Creating the simplest Muzei Wallpaper plugin for AndroidI have a hobby of taking a lot of pictures, and some of the pictures do turn out nice (at least to me 😊). So, I’ve also created a web portal to showcase those pictures 🖼️. As an Android engineer, I was aware of Muzei Live Wallpaper app created by…Android2 min read
May 23, 2020Use node.js tools on GitHub actions CI workflowOn April 14th, 2020 GitHub announced a major change in their plans to allow free private repositories. It’s a good time to make use of their free CI/CD known as “Actions”. Private repositories have 2000mins/month and public repositories have unlimited minutes (see pricing). This is a quick write-up on how…Github2 min read
Jan 2, 2020Clickable link text for Android TextView — Kotlin ExtensionRecently I have had to create UI that required user tappable/clickable text in the same text view. I know this is kind of unusual as the touch target for the view will likely be smaller compared to a button with no outline style. However, I wanted to share a quick Kotlin extension function that is dynamic and well tested. Here is an example usage for generating clickable link within the same TextViewAndroid1 min read
