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Marius Merkevičius
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Published in iToDEV

·May 24, 2022

How to meld item backgrounds together in RecyclerView.Adapter + GridLayoutManager

I don’t see many tutorials where you would get in trouble when displaying items in a list. But things get dicey when you start to apply a bit more complicated strategies for your use case. For instance, have you tried using ConcateAdapter using adapters in a multiple spans GridLayoutManager? Or…

Android

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How to meld item backgrounds together in RecyclerView.Adapter + GridLayoutManager
How to meld item backgrounds together in RecyclerView.Adapter + GridLayoutManager
Android

8 min read


Published in iToDEV

·Feb 2, 2022

Tinkering around Gradle plugin basics

From time to time, I get to touch something cool and unusual. This time I got to touch Gradle plugins, which I don’t usually do, apart from applying to the project or configuring it by its extensions. I’m pretty sure I am not the only one with this case scenario. TLDR; …

Android

5 min read

Tinkering around Gradle plugin basics
Tinkering around Gradle plugin basics
Android

5 min read


Dec 3, 2021

My personal journey to text-to-speech accessibility bot

I’ve had this project sitting in my garage for quite a while. That being said, this is not the only project with this fate as it works well in combination with others. So down below, I’ll expand on one of the tools. The project’s primary purpose is to provide accessibility…

Text To Speech

5 min read

My personal journey to accessibility bot for news content
My personal journey to accessibility bot for news content
Text To Speech

5 min read


Published in iToDEV

·Oct 19, 2021

Another work tracker for JIRA — WT4. But better?

What is it? Long story short, it’s a desktop application, that helps you out to track work time and synchronize with JIRA work logs. It is no secret, that more and more companies have a culture, where employees are tracking their work time in JIRA. And when you think about it, it makes…

Jira

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Just another work tracker for JIRA — WT4
Just another work tracker for JIRA — WT4
Jira

7 min read


Oct 8, 2021

Challenges of composing RecyclerView with ConcatAdapter in a Grid

Most of the mobile apps are just nested lists. And in my time, as an Android dev, I’ve managed to make quite a few of those. However, what surprised me is how much of a challenge it may be when you are trying to push list items to more non-conventional…

Android

10 min read

Challenges of composing RecyclerView with ConcatAdapter in a Grid
Challenges of composing RecyclerView with ConcatAdapter in a Grid
Android

10 min read


May 18, 2021

How to burn 🔥 time as an engineer or how to transfer basic data using QR 📱

Do you get into a situation, that you think, — “Once i get this working, I’ll be able to use it all the time”? …

Macos

3 min read

How to burn 🔥 time as an engineer or how to transfer basic data using QR 📱
How to burn 🔥 time as an engineer or how to transfer basic data using QR 📱
Macos

3 min read


Apr 1, 2021

Just another post of TestNG bag of tricks

In this post I’ll talk about using integration tests and how to leverage them in testing big batch of input. In my case it was a big batch of documents that are set out for scanning. It evolves around an mature technology, that had a fair share of problems running…

Testing

14 min read

Just another post of TestNG bag of tricks
Just another post of TestNG bag of tricks
Testing

14 min read


Published in Treatwell Engineering

·Dec 14, 2018

Holiday clean up or cute versioning in android 🧹

TL;DR; Cool versioning style for android or any project using gradle. Define all versions and dependencies to separate files and use those instead of hardcoding values into project modules. Clean, all in one place and lifesaver whenever dealing with project with multiple modules. Example project 👉https://github.com/marius-m/versioning_love Preface So one day I was…

Android

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Holiday clean up or cute versioning in android 🧹
Holiday clean up or cute versioning in android 🧹
Android

3 min read


Published in Treatwell Engineering

·Jul 4, 2018

Divide and conquer

So we have this app which has quite a few moving parts here and there. We also have some complex views. Here is a real life example for you. We have a calendar (which in itself is quite complex and has a bit of calculations). We wanted to introduce *scaling*…

Android

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Divide and conquer
Divide and conquer
Android

6 min read


Published in Treatwell Engineering

·Jun 3, 2018

Mock factory for Android testing in multi-module system

Very weird and long title. Let me explain… TL;DR This post explores how to export object creation factory that could be reused through all over the modules in your Android project. To find out, just scroll down to the #solution. The whole story is a bit below. …

Android

6 min read

Mock factory for Android testing in multi-module system
Mock factory for Android testing in multi-module system
Android

6 min read

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