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; …

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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*…

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. …