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Introduction: “EU.org, free domain names since 1996”. eu.org is the domain name under the EU organization. EU stands for the European Union. Paul Mockapetris created the DNS server for this domain name from September to…
https://onehack.us/t/domain-name-apply-eu-org-free-domain-name/73530
* Domain Name | Apply EU.org Free Domain Name * EU.org * eu.org * https://nic.eu.org/arf/ * eu.org * iamat.eu.org * here https: // nic.eu.org/opendomains.html * eu.org * https://hstspreload.org

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This is a list of 30 best Android libraries and projects released in 2019 which you should definitely try out
https://medium.com/@mmbialas/30-best-android-libraries-and-projects-of-2019-a1e35124f110
* Android libraries * blur * circle crop * grayscale * rounded corners * documentation * made a mistake * author * Loading Large Bitmaps Efficiently * Alejandro Ausejo * Igor Wojda 🤖 * Android Jetpack * Navigation component * TensorFlow Lite * Cuberto's rubber-range-picker * preview app available on Google Play * Oleg Frolov * Repository pattern * Coroutines * Android Developers Backstage * Episode 132: Storing data with Store * Replace ProgressDialog with a progress button in your app * Square Engineering * Babylon Health * Managing State with RxJava by Jake Wharton * RxFeedback * Mosby MVI * Top App Bar from Material Design web components. * Saket Narayan * Bear * UI Architecture * custom Views * DI * testing / debugging shared code * Kotlin extension functions * Lottie * mentioned in one of my previous articles * Medium article * here * Arrow

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A difficult reform across different levels of the federal system is rarely easy, but perhaps the least difficult in this moment before the next election
https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/fStxh8vE5vQCW7V1hq1hOK/Simple-rules-for-a-complex-world-GST-classification.html

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This Week in Programming summarizes the most pertinent news in the cloud native computing community.
https://thenewstack.io/this-week-in-programming-what-kind-of-developer-are-you-anyway/
* a 10x developer * script kiddie * secret imposter * there even exists such a thing as a 10x programmer * “code ninja” or “rockstar engineer” * the comparison of an app and a home-cooked meal * “enthusiast-level programmer” Robin Sloan * Samsung is making unnecessary changes to Linux kernel code * a survey they hope you might take * says COBOL is still going strong * the latest features added to Python in Visual Studio Code * Steve Buissinne * Pixabay

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Git is a distributed version control system, so by default each Git repository has a copy of all files in the entire history. Even moderately-sized teams can create thousands of commits adding hundreds of megabytes to the repository every month. As your repository grows,
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/devops/introducing-scalar/
* Context switches harm developer productivity * the Windows OS repository * VFS for Git * using a custom trace system * the commit-graph file * git push * sparse-checkout * Scalar * GVFS protocol * comment on this issue * share our plan for contributing these features to the Git client * get started with Scalar * download and install the latest Scalar release * a custom version of Git * run maintenance in the foreground * Azure Repos * Git sparse-checkout feature in cone mode * a src directory one level down * most common Git commands * Git’s sparse-checkout feature * the fsmonitor Git feature * Watchman * originally contributed the fsmonitor feature to Git * continue to contribute improvements * GVFS protocol * Git partial clone feature * the git gc --auto command * setting gc.auto to zero * config step * a hook that communicates with Watchman * fetch step * git fetch with a custom refspec * Git commit-graph * it is enabled * incremental file format * delta encoding * loose objects step * the Git multi-pack-index file * pack-file maintenance step * the recent updates to the sparse-checkout feature * the partial clone feature in Git * Git Merge 2020 * give Scalar a try * create an issue

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A misconception among some android devs is that the purpose of using ViewModels is state persistence — it’s actually partly true — they do help save state across configuration change (e.g. device…
https://android.jlelse.eu/android-viewmodels-saving-state-across-process-death-a3f447bf839a

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GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
https://gist.github.com/lawloretienne/5bcef05ee9247021cbb43d6d0995772c
* All gists * Back to GitHub * Sign in * Sign up * Android Topics.md * Star * 0 * Fork * Code * 18 * Learn more about clone URLs * Download ZIP * Sign up for free * Sign in to comment

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In case of dark theme the colorSurface will be dark/black. We can use a similar color for systemBars as well. In case of light theme, the colorSurface will be light/white. We can’t use a similar…
https://medium.com/androiddevelopers/translucent-systembars-the-right-way-across-api-levels-and-themes-6d7ddda21396
* Gesture Navigation- Going Edge to Edge (I) * https://github.com/gaurav414u/MoviesInsetsDemo

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Above were some cases that used to force me to leave Android Studio and go to Chrome to do above tasks but not anymore. Search “View Pull Request” and you’ll get all the open PRs. You can also see…
https://medium.com/mindorks/did-you-about-these-features-in-android-studio-cf07d9aa0ccc

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Floating Action Button (FAB) is a very commonly used control in Android apps. Shaped like a circled icon floating above the UI, it's a tool for design...
http://babich.biz/fab/
* Google Photos app for Android * Web Pages That Suck * icons are really hard to understand because they’re so open to interpretation * universally recognised icons are rare

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Kotlin Coroutines allow us to model asynchronous problems like synchronous code. That’s great, but most usage seems to concentrate on I/O tasks and concurrent operations. Coroutines are great at…
https://medium.com/androiddevelopers/suspending-over-views-19de9ebd7020
* jank * here * Animator

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This blog post is the second of two which explores how coroutines enables you to write complex asynchronous UI operations in a much simpler way. The first post goes through the theory, while this…
https://medium.com/androiddevelopers/suspending-over-views-example-260ce3dc9100
* Tivi * InboxRecyclerView * MotionLayout * feature request * AdapterDataObserver

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I head product and engineering for Grofers, the largest online grocer in India. Grofers has grown by over 11x — from $60MM in GMV to nearly $700MM — in the last 24 months. While we are leading the…
https://lambda.grofers.com/devops-for-self-determination-28f37cc7dc82
* Click to tweet. * Dogecoin * Click to tweet. * Click to tweet * Click to tweet

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Disclaimer: This is going to be a long article (mastering something demand efforts). I will divide the article into sections and add breaks, whenever you see a break heading, take a break. There are…
https://blog.kotlin-academy.com/mastering-kotlin-scoped-and-higher-order-functions-23e2dd34d660
* Gaurav * Follow * Nov 12 * official docs here * As per official docs here * official docs * Twitter * Medium * my website * gaurav-khanna.in * subscribe to the newsletter * observe Twitter * kt.academy * Kt. Academy * Follow * Kotlin * Software Development * Gaurav * Follow * Follow * Kt. Academy * Follow * Follow * Write the first response * Discover Medium * Watch * Make Medium yours * Explore * Become a member * Upgrade * About * Help * Legal

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Calendar is the most common application that user uses daily. User can add his / her daily plans into it. Calendar can notice user for the upcoming events automatically. It is useful if an…
https://itnext.io/android-calendar-intent-8536232ecb38

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Today we'll see some of the shortlisted best kotlin libraries released in 2019 for android developers which we can easily use in our day-to-day development.
https://ahsensaeed.com/best-android-kotlin-libraries-for-2019/
* ViewPager * ViewPager2 * https://github.com/tommybuonomo/dotsindicator * https://github.com/kizitonwose/CalendarView * https://github.com/princekin-f/EasyFloat * https://github.com/vipulasri/Timeline-View * https://github.com/coil-kt/coil * PlayStore * https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Calendar * https://github.com/mikepenz/MaterialDrawer * GitHub * https://github.com/skydoves/whatif * Dagger2 * https://github.com/InsertKoinIO/koin * https://github.com/afollestad/material-dialogs * home

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Creating an app can be a lot of work. You’ve got to find the right team of app developers to design and create it. Then, you’ve got to watch these people closely, to make sure that the mobile application turns out the way that you want it to and is attractive to a mobile device user. Then you …
http://neilpatel.com/blog/how-to-drive-app-installs-using-google-adwords/
* 1000 apps submitted * Here’s an explanation from Google * ‘Inbox’ * head over here, to learn more * Upwork.com * the post I created here * Broad match modifiers * check out this post * TrueView Ads * targeting YouTube Ads here * Video discovery ads * look like this * following locations

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I have been developing in android platform, on and off, for two years now. I have been involved in lots of project, but, I have survived till last in only few of them. Even if I haven’t completed…
https://medium.com/@hornetsnest/nepali-date-picker-and-converter-for-android-58305e3a7bf3
* HERE

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On one hand, shipping preview releases is great because we get important feedback on APIs and features and can improve things before we ship the final release. On the other hand, preview releases…
https://medium.com/androiddevelopers/now-in-android-4-23b0d6cdea40
* improve things * open source * developer downloads * Android Developers Blog article * developer site * stable * AndroidX versions page * Stable * Jeremy Walker * github.com/android * Jeremy’s article * Nicole Borrelli * codelab * ButterKnife * achieve a similar effect * View binding * Android Studio 3.6 Canary 11 * here * Android 10 * stable * samples * View binding * Android Studio 3.6 canary

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When I was working on notifications on my sample android project, I realised that my notification icon does not have the colours that the original image has. I went back to the original document to…
https://android.jlelse.eu/change-the-colour-of-my-notification-30f00531c13e
* android notifications * my sample android project * The material.io page * this nice q/a * this link

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After the massive acquisition of Whatsapp by Facebook in 2014 for $19 billion now its time to show their stakeholders how facebook going to make money using Whatsapp Business Solutions. Few months…
https://medium.com/@pickyassist/official-whatsapp-business-api-a-quick-overview-of-api-how-it-works-1e8c471ce9
* www.pickyassist.com * https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/overview * https://www.whatsapp.com/business/api * Contacts * Groups * Health * Media * Messages * Registration * Settings * Stats * Support * Users * https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/api/messages * https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/api/webhooks * https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/pricing * https://business.facebook.com * https://pickyassist.com/whatsapp-business-api * https://pickyassist.com

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Recently at Google I/O, I presented some techniques for writing smarter animations in your Android applications, specifically for making animations play nicely with reactive architectures: I know…
https://medium.com/androiddevelopers/motional-intelligence-build-smarter-animations-821af4d5f8c0
* Google I/O * out of the view layer * MvRx * Mobius * end listener * read the current value * ‘dynamic-animation’ Jetpack library * translation, rotation etc * this gist * here * Here’s a library * Here’s a PR * Plaid sample

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When building an app, most of the time what we’re doing is pretty much mapping direct/indirect actions to some UI state. While using Architecture Components, achieving this is quite easy with the…
https://android.jlelse.eu/architecture-components-easy-mapping-of-actions-and-ui-state-207663e3fdd

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Coil is a Kotlin-first image loader for Android backed by Coroutines, OkHttp, and AndroidX Lifecycles.
https://tech.instacart.com/introducing-coil-kotlin-first-image-loading-on-android-f0fdc7a2a99e
* progressive JPEG * check out the documentation * the Github repository

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Android app templates are a huge time saver for experienced developers, helping them to cut through the slog of creating an app from scratch and focus their talents instead on the unique and...
https://code.tutsplus.com/articles/15-best-android-app-templates-of-2017--cms-29643
* CodeCanyon * Universal Android App * Material Design UI * Universal Android WebView App * MaterialX * My Social Network * Dating App * WoWonder Android Messenger * WoWonder * The City * Store Finder * City Guide * Android Live TV * Your Radio App * Your Videos Channel * xMusic * Android News App * HD Wallpaper * AdForest * E-Commerce * Quizix * Cookbook Recipe App * Android app templates * Android tutorials

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Of the variety of new tools and features announced at Google I/O, one of the most exciting is the In-App Updates (IAU) API, which allows developers to deliver features, bug fixes, and performance…
https://medium.com/@AndroidDev/how-pandao-uses-the-in-app-updates-flexible-flow-to-speed-up-the-app-update-process-on-android-d404f44230d7
* Become a member * Android Developers * Jul 24 * Google I/O * Pandao * documentation * Android * Android Developers * Featured * Google Play * Android App Development * Android Developers * See responses (2) * Discover Medium * Watch * Make Medium yours * Explore * Become a member * Upgrade * About * Help * Legal

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In this article, we disucss seven Kotline libraries for Android development, including Coroutines, FlexibleLayout, Anko, RxKotlin, KBinding, Ktlint, and Klaxon.
https://dzone.com/articles/7-kotlin-libraries-that-will-help-android-develope

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Model View Controller (a.k.a. MVC) is one of the most misquoted and argued architecture pattern I have ever seen. It is incredible the number of blogs, articles, and different implementations out…
https://android.jlelse.eu/architecture-patterns-model-view-controller-de312417b4bd
* Trygve Reenskaug * The Journal of Object Technology * GitHub

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Some days ago, I started building a Setting Screen for my Android app. Everything was fine, until I opened it on an older Android version. The overview screen had no material design, a thing I would…
https://medium.com/@JakobUlbrich/building-a-settings-screen-for-android-part-1-5959aa49337c
* How to build the XML * source code * source code

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Native Ad is a form of advertising where they matches the look and style of content and view. Unlike other ad formats like banners they mix and match with the content in the view. Therefore they ar…
https://codeexa.com/add-facebook-fan-native-ads-in-recycler-view/
* Android Recycler View * Facebook app * network security config * how to add Facebook Account Kit in Android

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You can read this blog post in other languages: Today we are releasing Kotlin 1.3 together with a set of accompanying librar…
https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2018/10/kotlin-1-3/
* Skip to content * Conference * Kotlin Home Page * Twitter * Slack * ← KotlinConf 2018 Announcements * Ktor 1.0 Released: A Connected Applications Framework by JetBrains → * ← KotlinConf 2018 Announcements * Ktor 1.0 Released: A Connected Applications Framework by JetBrains → * Tweets by Kotlin * Kotlin 1.3.40 released * Kotlin Is Everywhere! Join the Global Event Series * Kotlin Census 2018 Infographics and Report * Kotlin 1.3.30 released * Kotlin/Native Support for AppCode 2019.1 * June 2019 * May 2019 * April 2019 * January 2019 * December 2018 * November 2018 * October 2018 * September 2018 * August 2018 * July 2018 * June 2018 * April 2018 * March 2018 * February 2018 * January 2018 * December 2017 * November 2017 * October 2017 * September 2017 * August 2017 * July 2017 * June 2017 * May 2017 * April 2017 * March 2017 * February 2017 * January 2017 * December 2016 * November 2016 * October 2016 * September 2016 * August 2016 * July 2016 * June 2016 * May 2016 * April 2016 * March 2016 * February 2016 * January 2016 * December 2015 * November 2015 * October 2015 * September 2015 * August 2015 * June 2015 * May 2015 * April 2015 * March 2015 * January 2015 * December 2014 * October 2014 * August 2014 * July 2014 * April 2014 * March 2014 * February 2014 * December 2013 * November 2013 * October 2013 * August 2013 * June 2013 * April 2013 * March 2013 * February 2013 * January 2013 * December 2012 * November 2012 * October 2012 * September 2012 * June 2012 * April 2012 * March 2012 * February 2012 * January 2012 * November 2011 * October 2011 * September 2011 * August 2011 * July 2011 * Android * Coding * community * Digest * EAP * Events * guestpost * iOS * JavaScript * Language design * Libraries * Native * Playground * Releases * Roadmap * Server * Tools * Uncategorized * Cancel

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Last year, Google Chrome celebrated a big milestone, and turned 10. I work on UI design, visual design, and content strategy to continuously improve Google Chrome’s web presence, and in September…
https://medium.com/google-design/a-streamlined-workflow-for-performative-animations-be0a6ff3df7a
* Homepage * Homepage * Archive * Work with us * Neil Shankar * Chrome homepage * recently featured at Google I/O ’19 * AEUX * Bodymovin * Lottie * LottieFiles * google.com/chrome/productivity/ * ImageOptim * ezGif * tallneil.io * Google Design

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Let’s add some motion to a static mockup!
https://android.jlelse.eu/animate-everything-android-animation-showcase-7b7debee0e2a
* ShapeShifter * Alex Lockwood * icon animations * hamburger.shapeshifter * ShapeShifter * hamburger ideas * Jonathan Suh * Conductor * previous article

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At the Google I/O 2019 we had two great talks related with Gradle in Android projects: "What's new in Android Studio Build System" and "Build Bigger, ...
https://medium.com/google-developer-experts/19-tips-for-gradle-in-android-projects-2019-edition-11af704eb06e
* Anton Malinskiy * Lazy configuration * Official documentation * Build-Scans * Gradle Profiler * great webcast

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That is WWDC week, and everybody so excited about so many new things we have this year like SwiftUI, Dark Mode, Updateable CoreML models, etc. I will try to cover all the new stuff during the upcoming weeks. Let’s start with SwiftUI. SwiftUI is an entirely new approach to building apps for the Apple ecosystem.
https://mecid.github.io/2019/06/05/swiftui-making-real-world-app/
* tutorial page * the proposal * Twitter

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At its annual 2019 WorldWide Developer Conference in San Jose, Apple announced updates to Swift, its open source compiled programming language.
https://venturebeat.com/2019/06/03/apple-debuts-swiftui-and-new-xcode-interactive-development-experience/
* HomeKit * macOS * tvOS * 2019 WorldWide Developer Conference * iPad coding tool

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I’m sure there has often been a time when you’ve needed to send out an app update that has some form of urgency — maybe there’s a security issue or some bug which is causing a lot of issues for…
https://medium.com/google-developer-experts/exploring-in-app-updates-on-android-57f1aee011cb
* InstallStateUpdatedListener

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Pending Transactions lets you pay for Play Store apps at a nearby store. The hope is that Pending Transactions turns free users into paying ones.
https://www.androidauthority.com/google-play-store-pending-transactions-984615/
* Google I/O 2019 * TechCrunch * How to install third-party apps without the Google Play Store!

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In one of my previous posts, I talked about how I decided to understand the keywords and concepts behind the Kotlin language. I did this by providing a simple explanation of the inline, noinline and…
https://android.jlelse.eu/covariance-contravariance-and-invariance-what-do-they-mean-part-1-351f7865b506
* a simple explanation * second part

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In the first part of this post, I gave a brief explanation and provided some examples on the different variance type systems. As promised, in this post we will go deeper into this topic. We will find…
https://android.jlelse.eu/covariance-contravariance-and-invariance-what-do-they-mean-part-2-b2111a6e9bbf
* first part

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Android Q Beta 3 is rolling out to the Google Pixel and several other phones. And while it's not huge, there's a couple of things that may interest you.
https://www.xda-developers.com/everything-new-android-q-beta-3/
* new beta for Android Q has been released. * Android Pie * a month after the second one * made a video * a system-wide dark mode * Android Nougat * Android Oreo * On the last beta

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Prepare yourself for Google I/O with a roundup of in-the-works projects.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/05/what-to-expect-from-google-io-2019/
* just $449 * already sent out * November 2018 * rumored * OnePlus 6T. * OnePlus 7 * The OnePlus 7 (and 7 Pro) are launching May 14 * Google's second favorite country * Xiaomi Mi A2 * from Amazon * too expensive * bought the smart home company * first Alphabet companies * stagnated under Alphabet * left in 2016, * was folded * accidentally posted * Google Home Hub * rebranded

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Forces have been unleashed that seem out of control. But is it the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end?
https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/5/1/18523528/can-anyone-tame-the-next-internet
* Share * Tweet * Share * tweet * share * Reddit * Pocket * Flipboard * Email * declared the end of Web 2.0 * as I have written before * kick the crap out of the best human players on the planet * column * Consumer Privacy Act * Recode podcasts * View all stories in Recode * tweet * share

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Subscriptions on Google Play Billing can be an excellent way to grow your business. However, coordinating between your Android app and back-end server can be daunting. The Subscriptions 101 video…
https://medium.com/androiddevelopers/subscriptions-101-for-android-apps-b7005a7e93a6
* Subscriptions on Google Play Billing * Subscriptions 101 video series * real-time developer notifications * upgrades and downgrades * linkedPurchaseToken * grace period * Google Play Billing Library * Google Play Developer API * Google Cloud Pub/Sub * Google Play Billing Library * check for existing subscriptions * launch the billing flow * purchase token * order ID * Real-time Developer Notifications (RTDN) * Google Cloud Pub/Sub * detailed information * Google Play Developer API * upgrade and downgrade * Google Play Billing Library * queryPurchases() * setOldSku() * setSku() * handle linkedPurchaseToken * grace period * Google Play Developer API * deep-link * subscriptions center * account hold * Google Play Developer API * deep-link * subscriptions center * restore * Google Play Subscriptions Center * deep-link * Deferring a billing date * Google Play Developer API

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As a mobile app developer one knows the pain of maintaining an app in a fast-paced delivery environment. Android architecture components are a set of libraries which allows you to architect robust…
https://android.jlelse.eu/android-architecture-components-lifecycles-8990957e7e28

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Knowing the specific change will allow us to call notifyItemAdded()for instance, instead of notifyItemSetChanged(), which will go over the entire list. To be honest, using the Paging Library or just…
https://medium.com/google-developer-experts/notifying-recyclerview-on-a-specific-change-b36e6dc59e0f
* Homepage * Homepage * Google Developers Experts * Android * Cloud * Machine Learning * Firebase * Web Technologies * Assistant * Experts * RecyclerView * Britt Barak * Paging Library or just DiffUtil * LiveData * on a different post * On a previous post series * ViewModel * implement interfaces using enums * Here’s the code for this sample on Github * Here (on Twitter actually)

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In this post, we focus on optimizing mobile app performance, including an app's ability to adapt, user expectations, network coverage, and more.
https://dzone.com/articles/a-developers-guide-to-optimizing-mobile-app-perfor

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The integration with an external service is fundamental in mobile development. To have an optimal integration, it is necessary to ensure it by integration tests. With the appearance of Kotlin…
https://blog.kotlin-academy.com/how-to-create-a-rest-api-client-and-its-integration-tests-in-kotlin-multiplatform-d76c9a1be348
* mobile testing training of Karumi * kata * http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/ * Multiplatform Kotlin library * https://travis-ci.org * Ktor * Kotlinx Serialization * functional programming technique * ktor-client-mock * Kotlinx coroutines * suspending functions * favour the composition over the inheritance also in the tests * expect/actual mechanism * here

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Material Components in Android help you easily build Material Design apps. In this tutorial, let's discuss every component using Design Support Library.
http://blog.iamsuleiman.com/mega-guide-android-material-design-components/
* Material Design Principles * android-developers.googleblog.com * a way to show elevation shadows on pre-Lollipop * tint your Material Component to match your brand color * Android docs * Medium write-up about Behaviors * Saúl Molinero has a great tutorial on Custom Behaviors * State Selectors * Bottom Navigation tutorial for in-depth customization and more * Android Bottom Sheet tutorial * Floating Action Button on materialdoc.com * Floating Labels on materialdoc.com * Material Design Tabs with Android Design Support Library * Navigation Drawer with Design Support Library – Android Tutorial * how and when to use a Snackbar correctly * Android Quick Return tutorial * Material Design guidelines * how to create a collapsing toolbar animation, including Palette API * useful collection of ProGuard snippets

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Launching activities in android apps is a common task and different developers use different approaches. Some use the traditional ways of creating Intent bundles and passing them in startActivity().
https://android.jlelse.eu/launching-activities-in-easier-way-using-kotlin-extensions-121a8175220c

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As an android developer, we get to spend a huge chunk of our time on Android Studio, the Google’s official compiler for developing native Android apps.
https://android.jlelse.eu/is-your-android-studio-always-slow-heres-how-to-speed-up-immediately-326ef9238024
* Android Studio * many * articles * official documentation

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If you follow Google at all, you’ve probably heard this “Material Design 2” buzzword that’s been going around since February. At that point it was little more than just numb…
https://9to5google.com/2018/04/26/what-is-material-design-2-examples-launch-io/
* been going around since February * as I mentioned * revealed the first iteration of Google’s Material Design * took a couple years * Calendar * finally got its new coat of paint just this week * Calendar on the web * visual updates * unearth * laid out 4 years ago * quick settings and app drawer in Android 8.1 * the new Settings app * proprietary font for its namesake logo and other product logos * on its recently-refreshed Wear OS site * email headers in the new Gmail * Google Pay on the web * pages in the Google app * Google Account settings page which we enabled recently * the just-launched Google I/O 2018 app * on Google Pay on the web * that was added to the Material guidelines alongside Android P * was built with “Material Components”

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With more than 2 Million apps on play store, and tons of new apps being published every day, you can not just guarantee the success of your app. Gone are the days when simple ideas could make it big…
https://android.jlelse.eu/how-to-get-your-menu-options-on-steroids-aef1b5a40862
* GitHub * Android Arsenal * Pager * You can look at the full source code of the library here.

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Thinking about designing your own app? Or perhaps you've already designed a few and are looking for tips to improve. Either way, Senior UI Designer's step-by...
https://careerfoundry.com/en/blog/ui-design/how-to-design-a-mobile-app-using-user-interface-design-principles/
* thinking about becoming a UI designer * 1. Six of the Most Common User Interface Design Principles * 2. The Mobile App Design Process: What Are We Building? * 3. The Mobile App Design Process: How Do We Build it? * 4. How To Test Your Designs * 5. Next Steps * The UX Review * text-cta * UserTesting * Getting Out of the Office: Testing Mobile App Prototypes With User * UI Design Course here at CareerFoundry * Uber * Ladies that UX * Sketch * 99designs Europe * demand of app designers * balance between design and functionality * UXPin * UX for the Masses * Mobile UX Design Principles: * MadPow * UXBooth * UX Motel * mobile engagement platforms * Testing Mobile Applications * UI Design course * how to become a UI designer * InVision’s

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Across the world there are many different ways to describe someone’s address. You can use latitude and longitude, What3words or, more commonly, some address lines. These address lines come in all…
https://android.jlelse.eu/international-addresses-7477db08edac
* What3words * KML * xAL * CraftyClicks

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There are numerous articles on implementation of RecyclerView and CardView and what not. But there is not a single article or blog that states the high-level and the in-depth knowledge of the…
https://android.jlelse.eu/understanding-recyclerview-a-high-level-insight-part-1-dc3f81af5720
* Homepage * Homepage * AndroidPub * Home * Archive * About * Submit your article * Home * Archive * About * Submit your article * Dhruvam Sharma * Youtube * Part-2: Understanding Components of a RecyclerView. * Part-3.1: RecyclerView Implementation. * Part-3.2: RecyclerView Implementation * Part-4: ItemDecoration in RecyclerView. * Medium Article

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This has been a long journey and I have received much positive feedback on the previous articles. The fact that the articles procures information for the new and coming developers, is the reason why…
https://android.jlelse.eu/part-4-item-decorations-in-recyclerview-133cd8c218bb
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Curious about the Facebook Audience Network for advertising? Find out how to use this excellent tool for your next digital campaign.
https://adespresso.com/blog/facebook-audience-network/
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A Powerful library to control and simplify the usage of shared preference in android which provides utility on top of Android’s normal SharedPreference class.
https://android.jlelse.eu/powerpreference-a-simple-approach-to-store-data-in-android-a2dad4ddc4ac

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ConstraintLayout seems to be the hot new thing nowadays. Flattening your view hierarchy, improving performance, supporting arbitrary bounding rules — it promises to fix all of the shortcomings of…
https://robinhood.engineering/beautiful-animations-using-android-constraintlayout-eee5b72ecae3
* TransitionManager * support library * an officially supported language of Android * Robinhood * Android * iOS * Transition

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Basically, this article based on Today I Learned category and it’s a tutorial based article where it tells about, how to use AsyncTask in RecyclerView. So, Let’s started. I am new in Android…
https://medium.com/@aminullahtaj/asynctask-in-recyclerview-c82ff3ea5012
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Simple doesn’t mean primitive. Less isn’t vague. Short doesn’t say little. Air doesn’t equal emptiness. Today we are talking about minimalism. Minimalism is often discussed nowadays in different…
https://uxplanet.org/lean-and-mean-power-of-minimalism-in-ui-design-5ca37eb32ac8
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If you read my articles, you probably know that I love Android, beautiful animations and my hobby is to share my experience on Medium. I have got a lot of positive feedback about my previous articles…
https://android.jlelse.eu/the-power-of-android-porter-duff-mode-28b99ade45ec
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There are a number of a different types of bugs and defects that can occur within software development. Fortunately, there are just as many ways to preven them.
https://dzone.com/articles/why-is-it-so-common-in-software-engineering-that-t
* proper data validation * error handling strategies * very neglected

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After spending four days juggling between various resources, writing codes and deleting it again and again, I finally learned how to successfully implement Push Notification in android using Firebase…
https://android.jlelse.eu/android-push-notification-using-firebase-and-advanced-rest-client-3858daff2f50
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In January I started working for a Diabetes Care startup called Diasyst where I joined the Android development team. It was my first contact with such a high level organization and as I make…
https://medium.com/@danailboyukliev/what-did-i-learn-about-android-development-in-2018-9a7f0fd6a34
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Let me give you some context. I have this side project, CookMinute, a French app helping people to eat better, which I started just after my MSD 4 years ago. This side project is being used by more…
https://proandroiddev.com/experimenting-kotlin-architecture-components-material-design-27134ff003b0
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A BuzzFeed News investigation uncovered a sophisticated ad fraud scheme involving more than 125 Android apps and websites, some of which were targeted at kids.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/how-a-massive-ad-fraud-scheme-exploited-android-phones-to
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Android is designed to empower users and let them use apps in a intuitive way. To provide a good user experience, you should know how to manage component lifecycles.
https://medium.com/androiddevelopers/the-android-lifecycle-cheat-sheet-part-i-single-activities-e49fd3d202ab
* Part II: Multiple activities — navigation and back stack * Part III: Fragments — activity and fragment lifecycle * cheat sheet in PDF format

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In the latest Centered episode, I talked with designers at a Parisian dating app to learn how they tapped into the power of gamification. Here’s what I learned.
https://medium.com/google-design/4-fundamentals-of-gamification-44e07d1bc00
* Centered * 03:38

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In my last post I wrote about introducing 3D Touch as common UIGestureRecognizer in any UIView to improve the interaction with your app, now I want to explore the haptic feedback which is giving us a…
https://medium.com/@neobeppe/improve-ios-apps-user-experience-using-haptic-feedbacks-and-taptic-engine-fffe632c8a74
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Today, we are taking a look why Gordan is such an extraordinary blacksmith, more importantly, what you can learn from him to become a better developer. There’s an old saying that a great programmer can be 10 times as good as a mediocre one.
https://quickbirdstudios.com/blog/the-best-blacksmith-developer/
* 10 times as good as a mediocre one.

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Cheap true wireless earbuds are a hot commodity, and finding a pair that performs well, remains in the ear, and stays connected takes a lot of work. Instead of sending you off on a wild goose chase, we present the best cheap true wireless earbuds under $100, including JLab, Monoprice, and Rowkin.
https://www.androidauthority.com/cheap-true-wireless-earbuds-916689/
* headphone jack * true wireless earbuds * SoundGuys * testing methodology * What makes a good pair of true wireless earbuds? * JLab JBuds Air * Monoprice True Wireless * Bluetooth codecs * suspect anyway * Water-resistance * workout earbuds * good fit * proper ear tips * SoundGuys ethics policy page

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We are captives to our phones, they are having a deleterious effect on society, and no one is coming to help us. On the upside, this is a great phone.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mathonan/google-pixel-3-review-android
* the new Google Pixel 3 * updates are mostly incremental * alleged murder and dismemberment of a Saudi journalist * Nextdoor * Citizen app * Facebook is hacked and our information is out there * Everyone on Twitter is angry * Everyone on Instagram is posturing * Tweetie * genocide in Myanmar * lynchings in India * misinformation * Android phones, more so than iPhones

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Android TV does everything Chromecast can do -- except for one little but lovable feature that's oddly M.I.A. Here's how to get it back.
http://www.computerworld.com/article/3140098/personal-technology/google-photos-screensaver-android-tv.html
* Chromecast * made the switch from Chromecast to Android TV * logic doesn't always apply * Photo Screensaver * before it became the name

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What if you need a phone with great camera but don't want to pay this much? Get the Pixel 2 XL, which is effectively selling for Rs 35,000 in the latest Flipkart Big Billion Days sale.
https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/features/story/google-pixel-2-xl-in-rs-35-000-deal-is-right-option-1366618-2018-10-12

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The market fall is an opportunity to make money, for the future, leaving aside all the macro jargons and views.
https://www.fundsindia.com/blog/mf-research/fundsindia-views-what-to-make-of-the-market-fall/14343
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Aaron Edell is a co-founder of Machine Box - a machine learning startup designed to make it easy to start building things with machine learning.
http://houseofbots.com/news-detail/3563-4-understand-these-5-basic-concepts-to-become-a-machine-learning-expert
* here

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Today, at the .NET Conf 2018, Microsoft and .NET team announced the next version of .NET and its related technologies updates that include .NET Core 3, ML.NET, Xamarin, C#, and Visual Studio.
https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/news/net-core-30-announced

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The app economy will double by 2020 and reach astonishing $101 billion in global revenue. People are eager to spend more money on great mobile products. Failing to monetize it correctly is one of…
https://hackernoon.com/https-medium-com-linosphere-app-monetization-guide-12809d74b6b0
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This article goes over some of the elements that developers need to have in order to be considered complete software developers and more appealing to employers.
https://dzone.com/articles/the-best-way-to-become-a-complete-software-develop
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This article goes over some of the elements that developers need to have in order to be considered complete software developers and more appealing to employers.
https://www.xda-developers.com/enable-camera2-api-xiaomi-mi-a1/
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It's advice Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio uses himself.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/15/bridgewaters-ray-dalio-quit-these-bad-habits-to-achieve-your-goals.html
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Why don’t successful people and organizations automatically become very successful? One important explanation is due to what I call “the clarity paradox,” which can be summed up in four predictable phases: Phase 1: When we really have clarity of purpose, it leads to success. Phase 2: When we have success, it leads to more options […]
https://hbr.org/2012/08/the-disciplined-pursuit-of-less
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Chinese tech isn't an imitation of its American counterpart. It's a completely different universe.
https://logicmag.io/04-letter-from-shenzhen/
* Shenzhen Open Innovation Lab (SZ OIL) * Silvia Lindtner * Xiaowei R. Wang

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We present the top interview questions that are generally asked in companies to assess the candidate’s expertise in machine learning.
https://analyticsindiamag.com/popular-machine-learning-interview-questions-used-to-assess-candidates/
* Python

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logs are a great tool to source out useful information that may help you in your programming. The right kind of blog is detailed and well-focused on providing relevant information.
https://www.technotification.com/2018/06/best-programming-blog.html
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We made our previously internal Machine Learning Crash Course public. Now we announce ML instruction for Google Cloud with a Coursera specialization.
https://cloud.google.com/blog/big-data/2018/05/new-machine-learning-specialization-on-coursera-teaches-you-to-build-production-ready-models-on-gcp
* 2017 U.S. Emerging Jobs Report * Machine Learning Crash Course * Coursera * Machine Learning with TensorFlow on Google Cloud Platform * TensorFlow * Cloud ML Engine * Cloud Datalab * Cloud Dataflow * Google BigQuery * Pandas * NumPy * Coursera * webinar * How Google does Machine Learning * Enroll

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Xiaomi now sells almost a third of India's smartphones, and recently beat global rival Samsung in the country
http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/30/technology/xiaomi-india-smartphone-manu-jain/index.html
* six-year dominance * Related: India poised for smartphone revolution * China's slowing smartphone market * tariffs on imported smartphones * announcing * tripled its Indian manufacturing base * Related: Xiaomi tightens grip on India's smartphone market

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Android’s threading model is just like any other UI framework where a single thread (usually called the “UI thread”) is responsible for rendering user interface, capturing events and various other…
https://medium.com/@veeresh.charantimath8/kotlin-coroutines-handling-concurrency-like-a-pro-retrofit2-coroutines-31cd0611fd91
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What is the result of f1, f2 and f3? Some possibilities: a) 42 () -> kotlin.Int class C b) 42 () -> kotlin.Int doesn’t compile c) doesn’t compile () -> kotlin.Int doesn’t compile d) doesn’t…
https://blog.kotlin-academy.com/puzzlers-on-kotlin-academy-week-4-e891bfdb676a
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Payments Banks have been given licenses to provide banking services to unbanked populations. Find out what Payments banks are and how do they function.
https://moneyview.in/blog/2017/08/need-know-payments-banks/
* Payment Banks

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With this tutorial you can learn how to use Kotlin range expressions to iterate through progressions of non-primitive, Comparable types. It also presents how to use range expressions in control flow statements.
https://www.netguru.co/codestories/traversing-through-dates-with-kotlin-range-expressions

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The terms artificial intelligence and machine learning are often used interchangeably these days, but there are some important differences. Here's what you need to know.
https://www.androidauthority.com/artificial-intelligence-vs-machine-learning-832331/
* Artificial intelligence * machine learning * how machine learning works here * Robohub * Medium

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An in-depth look at the full macros and meals of a monthly keto diet plan. Breakdowns of daily meals with the fats, proteins, and carbs included. You can download the e-book with recipes and tips from me to help you through your journey!
https://www.ruled.me/30-day-ketogenic-diet-plan/
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The concept of receivers was previously explained, so make sure you know what receiver is before reading further. Both terms may seem a little bit unfamiliar, but you probably have been using…
https://blog.kotlin-academy.com/programmer-dictionary-implicit-receiver-vs-explicit-receiver-da638de31f3c
* receivers was previously explained

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Note: This API is in beta and will likely change in the future.
https://fblitho.com/docs/transition_animations
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This is the third blog post about using Kotlin Coroutines and Android Architecture Components in one simple weather app. We already have a working app implemented as the MainModel class. Now we need…
https://blog.elpassion.com/create-a-clean-code-app-with-kotlin-coroutines-and-android-architecture-components-part-3-f3f3850acbe6
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AirUnlock-for-Mac - Using android phone to establish a connection with your Mac via Bluetooth low-energy (BLE), controlling Mac lock state (Lock or Unlock).
https://github.com/pinetum/AirUnlock-for-Mac
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Microsoft continues to build best all-in-one dev ops platform for mobile development.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/11/visual-studio-live-share-takes-the-pain-out-of-collaborative-coding/
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But I have met many great Android developers all around the world. I have learnt a lot from them and tried to collect things that we should know to become a complete Android Developer. This is very…
https://blog.mindorks.com/how-to-become-a-complete-android-developer-110d7ef91f2a
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I need to create a GUI with a ListView and an ActionBar which will hide when scrolling down and when scrolling up it must reappear.

The following guides didn't help me: https://mzgreen.github.io...
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31290337/how-to-hide-actionbar-while-scrolling-listview-in-android

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Flip animations can turn your app into a great visual experience. This tutorial explains how to add these simple animations to your app.
https://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-add-flip-animations-to-your-android-app-814902/

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Animations add visual cues to notify users about what's going on in your app and improve their understanding of its interface. Here's how to implement them.
https://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-implement-app-ui-animations-813579/

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Official guides for developing Kotlin on Android.
https://android.github.io/kotlin-guides/
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CoreML is a new machine learning framework introduced by Apple. You can use this framework to build more intelligent Siri, Camera, and QuickType features. Developers can now implement machine…
https://wetalkit.xyz/introduction-to-coreml-b59e083970ed
* CoreML * https://developer.apple.com/machine-learning/

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Back in September 2016, Google purchased Speaktoit, a company specializing in natural language technology. The company's main service at the time was API.A... by Corbin Davenport in Development, Google, News
http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/10/11/api-ai-googles-tool-making-assistant-apps-now-dialogflow/
* to create Google Assistant Apps * pre-built agents * Dialogflow

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Google has released Android Studio 3.0 with support for the Kotlin programming language and new tools to speed up app development and debugging.
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-studio-3-released-810099/
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An introduction to Kotlin
https://robots.thoughtbot.com/kotlin-is-dope-and-so-are-its-custom-property-delegates

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Functional programming can feel like a big wave of fresh air over a beautiful landscape at sunset. The flowers are literally us. 😍 🌼 (maybe?) When we think about Kotlin, OOP is always implicit. But…
https://medium.com/@JorgeCastilloPr/kotlin-functional-programming-does-it-make-sense-36ad07e6bacf
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Statement and expression are two important terms which are commonly misunderstood. Let’s start explanation from the expression term. With this in mind, we should intuitively know what are expressions…
https://medium.com/kotlin-academy/kotlin-programmer-dictionary-statement-vs-expression-e6743ba1aaa0
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Writing about Kotlin coroutines is a pretty popular activity nowadays, and there is a good reason for that. The guys at JetBrains created a practical language that conquered hearts of thousands of developers, and introduced a stable (yet still experimental) feature that promises to get rid of the complexity of
https://www.kotlindevelopment.com/deep-dive-coroutines/
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AG is a mini-series on the quirks and idiosyncrasies of Android app development. Check out Part 1 here. I’ve always had to deal with layouts that areGONE by default and are made VISIBLE based on…
https://medium.com/fueled-android/android-gotchas-2-view-gone-layouts-e0c33b2bf899
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Writing about Kotlin coroutines is a pretty popular activity nowadays, and there is a good reason for that. The guys at JetBrains created a practical language that conquered hearts of thousands of developers, and introduced a stable (yet still experimental) feature that promises to get rid of the complexity of
http://www.kotlindevelopment.com/deep-dive-coroutines/
* here * Anko * Andrey Breslav - Kotlin Coroutines * MCE 2017: Svetlana Isakova, Coroutines in Kotlin * Kotlinlang.org Coroutines * Github.com Kotlin coroutines

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Actions on Google Templates Fill in a Google Sheet, Create an App. Create your own trivia game, personality quiz, or flash cards for the Google Assist...
https://developers.google.com/actions/templates/first-app
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See how to define and use functional datastructures (lists in this case) in Kotlin, how the process is different from Scala, and how to avoid pitfalls.
https://dzone.com/articles/kata-implementing-a-functional-list-data-structure
* Functional Programming in Scala * here * "when" expression in Kotlin * Kotlin documentation * GitHub repo

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How a tiny country with high government spending bred a large number of vibrant young businesses
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/09/sweden-startups/541413/
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In this article we explain how and why we did our Social Steps app custom toolbar from implementation point of view. Adding delightful details to your user interface is a great way to push your app…
https://androiduipatterns.com/toolbar-delight-8c5e4500b899
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After the behemoth of iOS 11, this is just a patch release.
https://www.hackingwithswift.com/articles/22/what-s-new-in-ios-11-1-for-developers
* huge range of changes * released today * Tweet

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Mobile localization is a very important topic. It helps us to reach as many users as possible providing our Apps with different languages. Let's find out some tips to improve our localization handling.
https://marcosantadev.com/app-localization-tips-swift/
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Analytic platforms as a service (PaaS) could shorten machine-learning learning curve.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/09/digital-transformation-2/
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In car2go we started using Kotlin in production around the time when Google confirmed it as an official language for Android. That is an awesome language and I enjoy all little things which it brings…
https://medium.com/car2godevs/4-kotlin-tricks-we-use-in-car2go-b00a2fc1395f

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iOS 11 brought a lot of new APIs for iOS developers. In this article, I’ll guide you how to easily implement Drag & Drop feature in your applications…
https://medium.com/flawless-app-stories/sneak-peek-into-ios-11-drag-drop-api-using-swift-14170021a671
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Kotlin has the concept of Delegated Properties which allows you to create common functionality and it can be re-used to do custom actions, for example you can create a Delegated Property to print…
https://proandroiddev.com/kotlin-faster-lazy-for-android-7328ec8d8d57

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GDD Europe (Google Developer Days) might have flown under your radar, which is understandable. GDD isn't Google I/O, and it often doesn't get as much atten... by Ryne Hager in Google, News, Videos
http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/09/07/new-features-google-assistant-lens-shown-off-gdd-europe-day-2-keynote/
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We take a 20,000 word deep-dive on Android's "foundational" upgrades.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/09/android-8-0-oreo-thoroughly-reviewed/
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Give your flat designs a boost with this extensive kit.
http://www.creativebloq.com/news/uxpin-releases-free-material-design-ui-library
* Material Design UI kit * Photoshop * Sketch * Illustrator * Material Design * Download the UI kit here.

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The summer months of May and June, just before the onset rains, are perfect to visit the heaven of Azure Ocean: Maldives. Visit these spectacular coral ree - Maldives Visa-On-Arrival requirements for Indian travellers
http://www.india.com/travel/articles/maldives-visa-arrival-requirements-indian-travellers/
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It has been a couple of weeks since I started writing real Kotlin code, and by real Kotlin code I mean going beyond the koans on the Kotlin official website(which are pretty good and you should check…
https://medium.com/@mungoidario/writing-kotlin-the-kotlin-non-java-way-c1a636b9b62a
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*This post is part of an online book about Silicon Valley’s Political endgame. See all available chapters here. Cerf suffered a torrent of criticism in the media for suggesting that privacy is…
https://medium.com/the-ferenstein-wire/the-birth-and-death-of-privacy-3-000-years-of-history-in-50-images-614c26059e
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A while ago we open sourced Topeka, an Android quiz app. And it is purely written in Java. Well… it was. At Google I/O 2017 we announced official support for the Kotlin programming…
https://medium.com/@keyboardsurfer/migrating-an-android-project-to-kotlin-f93ecaa329b7
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Blackouts in Ukraine were just a trial run. Russian hackers are learning to sabotage infrastructure---and the US could be next.
https://www.wired.com/story/russian-hackers-attack-ukraine/
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Johannes Gutenberg Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg c. 1400 GOO-tən-burg ; c. 1400 [2] - February 3, 1468) was a German blacksmith , golds...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Gutenberg
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It’s the 562nd anniversary of the printing press, hooray.
https://theoutline.com/post/1124/gutenberg-destroyer-of-worlds-printing-press-anniversary
* The Gutenberg Galaxy

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Apparently, there is a battle raging between Indian liberals and orthodox forces. Unfortunately, much like unicorns and pink fairies, the Indian liberal is a myth.
http://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/oZRL313nrtEdhn6M55EfuN/The-myth-that-is-the-Indian-liberal.html

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Android Architecture Components (AAC) is a new collection of libraries that contains the lifecycle-aware components. It can solve problems with configuration changes, supports data persistence…
https://medium.com/proandroiddev/android-architecture-components-cb1ea88d3835
* Homepage * ProAndroidDev * Ihor Kucherenko * the sample project * Fuel * Github

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Kotlin is a Functional Programming language for Android and Enterprise Applications and Next big Thing for Java Developers.
https://www.xenonstack.com/blog/overview-of-kotlin-comparison-between-kotlin-java
* Kotlin, * Functional Programming, * Enterprise Applications * JetBrains * Kotlin * Google I/O keynote * Link * Deploying Kotlin Application on Docker & Kubernetes * Product Development * DevOps * Big Data Integration * Real Time Analytics * Data Science * NexaStack - Unified DevOps Platform * Log Analytics * ElixirData - Modern Data Integration Platform * Akira.AI * Cloud * CONTACT US NOW!

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Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, is one of the most powerful figures in tech, with a net worth of roughly $82 billion. Today, his “Everything Store” sells more than $136 billion worth of goods a year. Here's how the former hedge funder got his start and became one of the world's richest people.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/the-fabulous-life-of-amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-the-second-richest-person-in-the-world-a7740766.html
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Since the dawn of human civilization, payments systems have driven progress. Arguably, the start of ‘society’ as we know it can be traced back to the first set of payments ever made. Man would hunt…
https://medium.com/wharton-fintech/your-guide-to-upi-the-worlds-most-advanced-payments-system-b4e0b372bf0b
* Homepage * * * Thinking Fins * Sasi Desai * Nipun Jasuja * Piyush Khandekar * rich minority and a poor majority * world’s most ambitious national identity project * second * more than a billion mobile (smart + feature) phone subscribers * vision for payments in India * catalyst to adoption of digital payments * European payments landscape here * India Stack

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This is a comic about the backfire effect.
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe
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Visit these 7 places that are cheaper than India
https://in.musafir.com/Blog/7-places-where-the-rupee-is-stronger.aspx?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=fbcpv&utm_medium=cpv
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Enhance your Android apps with single-touch identification, by making use of Marshmallow's new fingerprint recognition feature.
http://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-add-fingerprint-authentication-to-your-android-app-747304/
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Interested in Pondicherry vacay? Here is a list of some of the best places to stay in Pondicherry for a comfort holiday. Enjoy your holidays in a grand style.
https://www.triphobo.com/blog/best-places-to-stay-in-pondicherry
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Hey, guess what? I got married two weeks ago. And like most people, I asked some of the older and wiser folks around me for a couple quick words of advice from their own marriages to make sure my wife and I didn’t shit the (same) bed. I think most newlyweds do this, especially after...
https://qz.com/884448/every-successful-relationship-is-successful-for-the-same-exact-reasons/
* love is never enough * a few years * deep, unconditional love * addicted to the * hate within themselves * toxic relationship * of human fallibility * asking for life advice * contact form * through vulnerability * jealousy and fidelity * healthy and happy individuals * their own identities * major life changes * Why do people stick together? * completely backwards * key to happiness * lofty dreams * finding the struggles * so many fucks to give * don’t give a fuck * in both cases * MarkManson.net * @iammarkmanson

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Or, how I got a cop to admit that he perjured himself in Alabama traffic court.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/01/op-ed-how-i-turned-a-traffic-ticket-into-the-constitutional-trial-of-the-century/
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Google has outlined its process for finding malware via the Android Developers blog and discusses its Verify Apps safety protocol.
http://www.androidauthority.com/how-google-finds-malware-malicious-android-apps-743847/
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In Google's Daydream VR, you don't spend your time on a spaceship. You spend it in the woods or your attic.
https://www.wired.com/2017/01/google-daydream-vr-feels-human/
* Cardboard * Daydream View headset * Daydream Labs * eye-tracking company Eyefluence * Oculus’s Touch controllers * Microsoft’s Hololens * Leap Motion * Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.

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Hitched recently? Looking for a romantic getaway? Here's a list of 15 utterly romantic honeymoon destinations in Asia you could plan for as per your budget.
http://traveltriangle.com/blog/budget-honeymoon-destinations-in-asia/
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Quora Are you ready to have your FB profile be the subject of your friends envy? Just follow these simple Facebook tips and tricks and your Fb profile...
https://www.quora.com/What-are-best-tricks-you-know-and-you-want-to-share
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If this passes muster, all I have on offer is an argument on why I have no opinion about the demonetization issue
http://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/wcUws52nxB9YSdgE5Ad0bP/Opinion-is-the-lowest-form-of-knowledge.html
* #DeMonetisation * #DeMonetisationResponse * November 13, 2016

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Forbes Welcome page -- Forbes is a global media company, focusing on business, investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership, and lifestyle.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/steveforbes/2016/12/22/what-india-has-done-to-its-money-is-sickening-and-immoral/#6339b8b91148
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Hiroshi Lockheimer is responsible for one of the world’s most widely-used technologies.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/12/14/googles-hiroshi-lockheimer-future-android/
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Women's sexuality is a little-studied area of science and new research is revealing that much of what we thought we knew was wrong.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38170324
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Remember the last time you took a language course? No matter if it was online or classroom-based, immersive or translation-focused, I’d bet a large sum that your language abilities when you left that course were different from those of your peers....
https://aeon.co/ideas/some-people-really-are-wired-better-for-learning-languages
* study * literature * research * I followed

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Albert Einstein once said: ‘I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.’ In that quip is the claim that virtue does not parade itself. The virtuous do not show off. They don’t do things just to impress. On this, I am with Einstein: I would rather...
https://aeon.co/ideas/showing-off-is-easy-to-condemn-but-is-it-always-bad
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From now on, I won’t be building any more native apps. All my apps going forward will be progressive web apps. Progressive web apps are web applications which are designed to work even more…
https://medium.com/javascript-scene/native-apps-are-doomed-ac397148a2c0
* push notifications * “biggest mistake” * let’s encrypt * Web Manifest Validator * DigitalOcean * SSL certificate * instructions for Nginx on Ubuntu * web manifest polyfill * UpUp * remote debugging instructions * limited or no support * Cordova plugin * Android is now 86% of the global mobile OS market * pwa.rocks * “10 Must See Web Apps and Games” * “Why Native Apps Really are Doomed: Native Apps are Doomed pt 2”

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I recently wrote an article called “Native Apps are Doomed. I was surprised at how many people were defending native apps. In all honesty, the user experience story for native apps has never been…
https://medium.com/javascript-scene/why-native-apps-really-are-doomed-native-apps-are-doomed-pt-2-e035b43170e9
* “10 Must See Web Apps & Games” * more than half of all web traffic * 86% global market share * Alibaba * Housing.com * The Weather Channel * you may have to battle to get your app in the app store * Native Apps are Doomed

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Confucian philosopher Mengzi provides an intriguing (and oddly modern) alternative to Aristotelian accounts of human virtue
https://aeon.co/essays/the-influential-confucian-philosopher-you-ve-never-heard-of
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India's No.1 Online Mental Health Care Service, Best Therapists,- Therapy for Depression, Anxiety, Grief, Concentration issues, Lifestyle, pregnancy, Career & More
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The BBC explains why India has banned 500 and 1,000-rupee notes and what it means.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/37983834
* shock move to scrap 500 and 1,000 rupee notes * Some experts believe

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Predictive policing uses algorithms to analyse data and cut crime. But does it really work, and should it be trusted?
https://aeon.co/essays/should-we-trust-predictive-policing-software-to-cut-crime
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Twenty-year-old Alanah suffers from Body Dysmorphic Disorder, a condition that convinces her she is ugly when nothing could be further from the truth.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/37923088
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In the spring semester of the school year, I teach a class called ‘Happiness’. It’s always packed with students because, like most people, they want to learn the secret to feeling fulfilled. ‘How many of you want to be happy in life?’ I ask. Ever...
https://aeon.co/ideas/what-the-aztecs-can-teach-us-about-happiness-and-the-good-life
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Literary criticism taught me to scrub my feelings out of my reading, but a medieval mystic showed me how to put them back in
https://aeon.co/essays/how-a-medieval-mystic-was-the-first-creator-of-fanfiction
* essay * essay * satire * fanfiction * memoirs * article

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A body farm isn't a field where bodies are grown -- it's a research site for criminal investigations. Read about the body farm and how its research is used.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/body-farm.htm
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Darwin’s theory that natural selection drives evolution is incomplete without input from evolution’s anti-hero: Lamarck
https://aeon.co/essays/on-epigenetics-we-need-both-darwin-s-and-lamarck-s-theories
* explain * lower * quote * not DNA sequences * rapid * processes * 2005 * reported * Sibum Sung and his colleagues * studies * study * observed * humans * our study * observed * study * observed * suggested * one * genetic drift * genetic assimilation * neutral evolution

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You wake up, get ready for work, have some toast and coffee with your spouse, then wave goodbye. It’s your typical workday. There is, however, something unusual: your beloved has been dead for many years. You didn’t have breakfast with your spouse...
https://aeon.co/ideas/how-the-dearly-departed-could-come-back-to-life-digitally
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Narro is the simple way to listen to the web - a text to speech podcast app. Narro will take your bookmarked articles and read them back to you as a podcast.
http://www.narro.co/faq
* * Register * Log In * bookmarklet, browser extension, or phone app * contact me here * Josh Beckman