Android Google Map Marker Clustering Tutorial
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Android Google Map Marker Clustering Tutorial

Google Maps are a great way to show data. It might seem natural that the more geographical point Markers we add the better story it tells. But that’s not always the ideal case because once we’ve hundreds, even more, points the performance of Android application quickly begins to decrease. Let’s see an overloaded marker picture…

Testing Different Methods of Launching Android Activities In Kotlin
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Testing Different Methods of Launching Android Activities In Kotlin

I learned the 😓 hard way: There should be better ways to launch the Kotlin Android activities. Passing extra’s data via intent for serialization, and de-serialization on target Activity. So, I have read a lot of articles and gather a couple of cool ways to launch Android activities. Launching activities in android app is a…

Android Cab Booking App Tutorial Part 3
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Android Cab Booking App Tutorial Part 3

This story is the third part of our Android Cab Booking App tutorial If you didn’t read the previous ones you can start here. Previously In Android Cab Booking App In the previous article, we discussed how to read the online-drivers from Firebase Realtime Database, create the data structure for Drivers and animate multiples markers on Google Maps….

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…