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android testing

Introduction to Automated Android Testing – Part 2 – Setup

In this series of posts we are going to look at an Introduction to Automated Android Testing. In Part 1 of this automated testing series, we covered why you should write tests, where the test folders are located and the different types of tests you get in Android.

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android testing

Introduction to Automated Android Testing – Part 1

I’ve seen a lot of people confused and unsure about how to do tests in Android. In the past, it was very difficult to test Android apps and there wasn’t much direction. In this series, I am going to try make testing a bit easier for you. This first post is just to get you started with […]

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android studio

How to create a group of File Templates in Android Studio – Part 3

Update – 24 May 2021: The solution described in this blog post is now outdated – yay! See the official solution from IntelliJ. This works in Android Studio Artic Fox and above – https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/templates-with-multiple-files.html For historical purposes – I’ve left the original post below. ————————– In the previous two posts, we looked at creating custom […]

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android ui

ConstraintLayout 101 & the new Layout Builder in Android Studio

What is ConstraintLayout? ConstraintLayout  is a new type of layout that you can use in your Android App, it is compatible down to API level 9 and is part of the support library. Its aim is to reduce layout hierarchies (and improve performance of layouts) and it also reduces the complexity of trying to work […]

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android Conferences Sketchnotes

Attending Google I/O for the first time

I was very fortunate to attend the annual Google I/O Conference in Mountain View, California this year. I decided to get there a few days earlier to do a bit of sightseeing. I got to see Muir Woods with Chiu-Ki and Marie.