Pre-scaling Bitmaps (100 Days of Google Dev)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY9aaXHx8yA
For media rich applications, BITMAPS are everywhere. But these high-resolution images…
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Smaller PNG Files (100 Days of Google Dev)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TUvmlGoDrw
PNG files represent the bulk of android image content, especially if you’ve got a lot…
Get your hands on Android Studio 1.3
Previewed earlier this summer at Google I/O, Android Studio 1.3 is now available on the stable release channel. We appreciated the…
Fetch API (100 Days of Google Dev)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6-ZwZmRncs
Fetch is a new API that makes ‘Fetch’ing remote resources much easier. Like…
Smaller Pixel Formats (100 Days of Google Dev)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WqcEHXRWpM
Compressed image formats like PNG, JPG and WebP do a fantastic job of reducing the file…
Android Auto Backup for Apps (100 Days of Google Dev)
Android Backup is the automatic, cloud-based backup and restore of users’ apps when they set up a new device. With the Android “M”…
Hidden Cost of Transparency (100 Days of Google Dev)
Transparency & Alpha is one of those awesome visual effects that helps communicate important details to the user, but sometimes…
The Magic of LRU Cache
Cache is a common problem in Android Development and in software engineering. A lot of developers had the same problem scenario is…