Android Cab Booking App Tutorial Part 2
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Android Cab Booking App Tutorial Part 2

This article is the second part of the series, Frisbee an Android cab booking app tutorial. If you did not read the previous one, you can start here. Previously in Android cab booking App In the previous pit stop, we had our discussion on GoogleMaps, Marker Animation and on Reverse Geocode. We learned how to show GoogleMaps,…

Keep An Eye On Android Layout Performance Optimization | Rendering
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Keep An Eye On Android Layout Performance Optimization | Rendering

Layout Performance Optimization is always a tricky business. Having a good, high-performance code is great. So, how can you write a good app? In a word to answer this question: details are always important. Today we will talk about how to improve Android application performance. Optimizing your layouts fairly early in the development process is one easy…

Everything you need to know about using Google Maps in Cab Booking App (Part 1)
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Everything you need to know about using Google Maps in Cab Booking App (Part 1)

Hey, Android Developers! I would like to share my experience with you guys when I got to make Cab booking application. I learn a lot during the development of this application. The following are the features which we’re going to discuss in this article: Show GoogleMaps. Animate multiples marker simultaneously on GoogleMaps. Calculate the distance…

Playing With Kotlin Coroutines For Best Practices | Example
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Playing With Kotlin Coroutines For Best Practices | Example

There are so many articles and talks out there which focused on what Kotlin Coroutines are and why, conceptually, they are useful. So, in this article, we’re not gonna see what Coroutines are instead of seeing some practical examples of how to use them…? Theory without practice is empty; practice without theory is blind. 1….

RecyclerView Loading With Facebook Shimmer Effect Android Example
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RecyclerView Loading With Facebook Shimmer Effect Android Example

As an Android user and developer, I am always attracted to great apps with nice and meaningful animations. To me, such apps not only deliver great features to make their user life easier but also their experience to the next level from the team behind them. I often really like those animation and also try…

Notification Channel Utility Class For Android Notifications

Notification Channel Utility Class For Android Notifications

Android Oreo 8.0 has been around for a while, offering so many new features like Notification Bar Style, Battery Life Optimization, Automatic Adjustment of TextView, Downloadable Fonts & Emotions, Adaptive Icons and many more. Now in this post, we specifically look at one of exciting feature which is Notification Channels.  If you want to cover the…

Canceling Nested Kotlin Coroutines With CoroutineScope
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Canceling Nested Kotlin Coroutines With CoroutineScope

Coroutines are one of the 😍 nicest language features in Kotlin. They provide a rather headache-free way to use the power of concurrency in your Kotlin program. I was very excited when I started playing around with them but eventually came across a problem: what if you have nested coroutines (like a parent-child coroutine). For instance,…

Improving App Network Architecture With Retrofit And Kotlin Coroutine Call Adapter
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Improving App Network Architecture With Retrofit And Kotlin Coroutine Call Adapter

Almost in every Android mobile application, we have to deal with network calls and most of the time we end up using Retrofit. No doubt Retrofit is our favorite library when it comes to networking. Kotlin and now coroutine has made Networking on Android even easier than before. I’ve recently listened to this talk by…

My Story When Working With Google Distance Matrix API
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My Story When Working With Google Distance Matrix API

A few months ago when I’m working on my freelancing project. This project is like to build an application like Careem or Uber. You see an application like Careem or Uber required a lot of working with Google Maps, Places and Distance Matrix API and many others. I’ve tackled a lot of difficulties when working on…

Building A Location Distance Tracking App | Android
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Building A Location Distance Tracking App | Android

Every time when I see Uber, Careem or any other transport application, I always try to figure out how those developers must’ve developed those apps. There are so much great features in these apps. One of that feature was to calculate the distance when the driver starts the ride. In this article, I will try…