When not using Material Design Components — In the previous post I discussed the pros and cons of two approaches for theming when introducing JC to an existing app. In this one we will deep dive into how to create a custom theme from scratch in JC. We will reference the MaterialTheme component’s source code as they…

When not using Material Design Components — What is Jetpack Compose? Jetpack compose is a modern UI system developed by Google for the Android platform. In their own words: Jetpack Compose is Android’s modern toolkit for building native UI. It simplifies and accelerates UI development on Android. …

One of my personal favourite programming books is “Working Effectively With Legacy Code” by Michael C. Feathers. I can count on one hand… — One of my personal favourite programming books is “Working Effectively With Legacy Code” by Michael C. Feathers. I can count on one hand the number of greenfield projects I worked on, but I spent the majority of my career dealing with legacy code. I really enjoy working on legacy code

Recently I attended React Native EU conference. I gave a lightning talk on How Skyscanner Tests RN Bridges on iOS. Shortly thereafter my… — Recently I attended React Native EU conference. I gave a lightning talk on How Skyscanner Tests RN Bridges on iOS. Shortly thereafter my colleague Szabolcs Tóth posted in the company blog on the same subject (he was the one that came up with this technique). At Skyscanner we started integrating…

Every time I want to start a new project or a feature I have this dilemma — what should be the first step. When it is a feature in a big… — Every time I want to start a new project or a feature I have this dilemma — what should be the first step. …

One of the main questions I asked myself in the process of thinking about how to create a robust architecture for large scale Android… — One of the main questions I asked myself in the process of thinking about how to create a robust architecture for large scale Android applications was am I over engineering this? I know I have a tendency to over complicate things and to over engineer. …

In my previous post I spoke about threading strategies when implementing Clean Architecture on Android. After tackling that, I wanted to… — In my previous post I spoke about threading strategies when implementing Clean Architecture on Android. After tackling that, I wanted to share some thoughts regarding the Use Case interface (a.k.a Interactor) and how that interface is effected by the use of RxJava. In the description of this architecture, the use…

During my work in Skyscanner we were discussing different architectures for the Android application and we ended up landing on the Clean… — During my work in Skyscanner we were discussing different architectures for the Android application and we ended up landing on the Clean Architecture — presented by Robert C Martin (a.k.a Uncle Bob). First Approach: Use Cases I was inspired by a specific implementation by Fernando Cejas to the clean architecture hence the initial threading…

A few days ago, me and my friend Flavio did a presentation at Londroid about Presentation Layer Patterns using Rx. While working on that… — A few days ago, me and my friend Flavio did a presentation at Londroid about Presentation Layer Patterns using Rx. While working on that presentation we discovered we have material to several presentations or blog posts. …