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Android

Implementing Dark Theme in your Android App (Android Q)

Undoubtedly one of Android Q's (aka Android 10 or API 29) most notorious features is…

pandakunNovember 18, 2019

Android Kotlin MVVM

3 Ways to use Retrofit with LiveData in the MVVM Android Architecture

Back in the good ol' days of MVP, the combination of RxJava and Retrofit was…

pandakunNovember 11, 2019

Android Kotlin

Instant Messaging and Chatrooms on Android with Pusher Chatkit

Instant messaging is undoubtedly one of the most widely used features of any app that…

pandakunNovember 4, 2019

Android Jetpack Kotlin

Jetpack Compose: What, Why and How

So I've just been to Droidcon 2019 and it was full of some amazing talks.…

pandakunOctober 28, 2019

Android Kotlin Python

Run Python Scripts in the Android Front-end with Chaquopy

The title may already spark some fires, and before you say it, let me acknowledge…

pandakunOctober 21, 2019

Kotlin

Kotlin’s Sealed Class: Enums on Steroids

Sealed Classes vs Enums Sealed classes are another new thing we got in Kotlin that…

pandakunOctober 14, 2019

Android Kotlin

Kotlin (or Java) Enum Classes: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Enum classes stir up a lot of controversy in the Android world for a number…

pandakunOctober 7, 2019

Android Firebase

Getting Started with Firebase Extensions for Android (Firebase Console Edition)

Firebase once again released a new addition to their multitude of tools and services and…

pandakunSeptember 30, 2019

General

Basically everything you need to know about Git

Learning Version Control is undeniably a must for any Software Developer to learn and Git…

pandakunSeptember 23, 2019

Android Kotlin RxJava Testing

Unit Testing Android with RxJava and Retrofit

If you're feeling lazy, there's a TLDR at the bottom. It's a situation we're all…

pandakunSeptember 16, 2019