Ever tried out Google Lens and saw the app just tell you everything the camera sees? That’s exactly what Image Labelling is. You pass in an image and in return you get a list of
FirebaseVisionCloudLabel each of which contains the label, the confidence (how sure ML Kit is of its correctness), and the entityID which references to the…
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Barcode scanning has been around for a while, and for good reasons. it’s a great way to pass information from the real world to a digital device. If this is you’re first time encountering Firebase ML Kit, feel free to check out my introduction on it. With the new ML Kit, Firebase also offers that…
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Here’s the second part of the ML Kit series and its going to be Face Detection! You pass in an image and you can get the coordinates of each face’s eyes, ears, etc. and recognise facial expression like people’s sweet smiles! Or you can pass in a video then track and manipulate people’s faces in real-time…
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Here marks the beginning of another mini-series, Firebase ML Kit! Machine Learning for beginners and experts alike, even though the only really applicable chapter of this series for experts would be the very last one. For this first entry, we’ll learn how to use Text Recognition within our app. Though if you’re interested in ML…
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Firebase has really been at it with new features this time around, and perhaps the biggest among them is the new Firebase Service ML Kit. From the name, we can work out it’s got machine learning shenanigans, but what does it mean for us? How can we use it? Why should we use it? This is…
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For a long time, Firebase A/B Testing was an extension of Remote Config that allowed you to test different app configurations with different audiences and see which one worked best for your app. A/B Testing can still do this, but it is no longer merely an extension, but now its own service. On top of…
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CONTENT WARNING: This is more of a promotional post than your usual Firebase-y content, but hear me out. Especially if your diet is limited by allergies, health problems, or religion. DietaryUK is a business pitch we have for a Food Directory website and mobile app to help you find foods you can eat filtered by your…
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Firebase UI isn’t the most prominent thing about Firebase. Needless to say, it’s really undervalued. It makes use of pre-made design flows by Google so that we developers don’t have to reinvent the wheel for what we don’t need to. It makes developing apps ridiculously easy and quick. First, let’s get some confusion out of…
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Before anything, it must be noted that Native Ads are only available to certain providers Unless you’re one of them, you probably can’t make use of this (it pains me as well). Native Ads are different. They’re versatile. You decide how their content is displayed. That makes them great. You can ensure they’re not disruptive…
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We Android Developers have to make a living somehow. Sure, we can get a job somewhere or be self-employed, but none of that gets nowhere near the most beautiful form of income: PASSIVE INCOME That’s one great thing we can do as Android Devs, and we have two (common) ways about it. Putting ads on a…
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