“WorkManager is a library for managing deferrable and guaranteed background work.”
Continue reading “Workout your tasks with WorkManager — Advanced Topics”
In my previous post I covered details about the Android memory model, battery optimization features, current background processing solutions and what are the main advantages of WorkManager and where it should be used.
Until now, in order to perform background work in Android, developers had to choose between multiple execution options. At Google I/O 2018, the Android team launched WorkManager as part of the Android Jetpack.
This library provides a simple and clean interface to specify deferrable, asynchronous tasks and when they should run. This blog post is the first in a new series on WorkManager. The series will include an overview about the Android memory model, existing background solutions, what’s happening behind the scenes and why and when we should use WorkManager.
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Whether you’re new to programming or an experienced developer, I prepared a range of resources to teach you Android app development, from your first app to advanced topics.
“Atelierul Digital pentru Programatori” is an initiative made by Google that aims to create opportunities for young people and students who want to learn how to code, but also for those who want to become entrepreneurs in the tech field.
These activities are carried out in three hubs built by Google in partnership with three universities from Romania: Bucharest University, Technical University from Cluj-Napoca and Polytechnic University from Timisoara.
Accordingly to the official documentation, a RatingBar is an extension of SeekBar and ProgressBar that shows a rating in stars.
Continue reading “Android Room Persistence Library: Queries and Migration Support”
Room is an object mapping library that help us, the Android developers, to handle an SQLite database in the Android development. Continue reading “Android Room Persistence Library: Relations”
In February 2018 I was happy to be one of the speakers at MobOS in Cluj-Napoca. It was a nice experience, I received a lot of questions and I was impressed about the big number of the Android developers. My presentation was about Room so in this article I will cover a part of the concepts included in my slides.
Continue reading “Android Room Persistence Library: Entity, Dao, Database”
The SOLID principles acronym was introduced by Michael Feathers for the principles that were defined by Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob) in the early 2000s.
