Fragmented - Android Developer Podcast

2016's first installment of a grand bonanza of tips and tricks for #AndroidDev! Donn and Kaushik talk about all the tips and tricks they've picked up over the first part of this year. Show Notes [Orthogonal podcast](http://spec.fm/podcasts/orthogonal GDG - Google Developer Groups [developers.google.com] Ep 028: Fragmented - tips and tricks from 2015 [fragmentedpodcast.com] DF: Developer happiness is a real thing; Learn Kotlin. KG: Prevent logcat clearing on app crash link 1 [stackoverflow.com] link 2 [stackoverflow.com] KG: IntelliJ command line launcher: git diffing [pontarelli.com] regular diffing [jetbrains.com] IO 2016 session: Expert guide to Android Studio [youtube.com] DF: KeyPromoter plugin [jetbrains.com] Philippe Breault [developerphil.com] DF: Window management tool Divvy [mizage.com] Moom [manytricks.com] Slant article comparing window management tools (for the Mac) [slant.com] Phoenix - lightweight open source js configurable tool [github.com] Annyce' caster.io videos [caster.io] DF: Postman chrome extension [chrome.google.com] Runscope [blog.runscope.com] Donn's git alias (un)watch [gist.github.com] git config: Donn [gist.github.com] KG [gist.github.com] KG: LogExOnlySubscriber.java - log exceptions only subscriber [gist.github.com] KG: RxSchedulerHook.java - Lazy man's RxJava Espresso scheduler hooks [gist.github.com] DF: Shush [mizage.com] KG: Intellij plugins String Manipulation [plugins.jetbrains.com] Lines Sorter [plugins.jetbrains.com] Open on Github - see last line in blog post [blog.jetbrains.com] DF: 8 steps to a pain free back [amazon.com] IKEA - Bekant standup desk [ikea.com] Autonomous - SmartDesk [autonomous.ai] Sponsor Hired - special offer: double the signing bonus! Contact @fragmentedcast [twitter.com] @donnfelker and +DonnFelker @kaushikgopal and +KaushikGopalIsMe

In this episode we talk to Trello Engineer, GDE, Youtuber, Caster IO instructor and View magician Huyen about all things custom View/ViewGroups. Show Notes Android Dialogs [youtube.com] Huyen's Custom Views/View Groups Part 1 [caster.io] How Android draws views [developer.android.com] Resources Huyen's caster.io series [caster.io] New Circle - Enhancing Android UI with Custom Views [youtube.com] Loving Lean Layouts - DroidCon SF 2016 [youtube.com] Custom Layouts on Android - Lucas Rocha [lucasr.org] Taming Android UI's - Erik Burke - Square [youtube.com] Android Performance Patterns - Custom Views and Performance [youtube.com] Contact @queencodemonkey or randomlytyping.com @fragmentedcast or Contact form @donnfelker or +DonnFelker @kaushikgopal or +KaushikGopalIsMe

Everyone loves Retrofit & okHttp. But how did they come about? Why ok? What was the need for such libraries? We went knocking on the doors of Square trying to find the answers to these question. We were lucky cause we found probably the nicest most brilliant Android/Java developer of our times - our good friend Jesse Wilson and without surprise, he crushes it! He gives us the scoop on the origin stories of these amazing libraries and also gives us insight into okio and why it's such a game changer today. Show Notes Guice - DI lib [github.com] Fragmented 21 : Diving Deep with Dagger (Cameo by Jesse Wilson) [fragmentedpodcast.com] Android's HTTP Clients Apache Http Client [developer.android.com] Http URL Connection [developer.android.com] Jesse's blog post on the subject [android-developers.blogspot.com] Okio Announcing okio [squareup.com] okio source [okio.com] Retrofit github throwback Retrofit very first commit - crazybob [github.com] ShakeDetector in Retrofit [github.com] Moshi Moshi - json parsing [github.com] Gson [github.com] Sponsors Rollbar - special offer: Bootstrap plan free for 90 days Contact @fragmentedcast [twitter.com] @jessewilson and +JesseWilson @donnfelker and +DonnFelker @kaushikgopal and +KaushikGopalIsMe

We've always been curious about technology and the software surrounding embedded devices and the like. One such technology that's ubiquitous these days is Bluetooth (LE). In this show we talk with embedded technology expert and all round super smart AndroidDev Dave Smith a.k.a the wonderful devunwired. We try to get a high level understanding of how Bluetooth works. From a developer's perspective, how does this tech work? Why should we as AndroidDevs be interested in this technology. What boundaries can we push? How can we effectively use this technology? In this episode we pick Dave's brain and try to answer some of these questions. Show Notes Dave's talks on Bluetooth Android Lollipop: Bluetooth LE Matures [youtube.com] Developing Bluetooth Smart Applications for Android Tutorial [youtube.com] Dave's talk: Google Beacons - AnDevCon [youtube.com] Other resources: Bluetooth Classic [developer.android.com] Bluetooth LE [developer.android.com] Apple docs - Bluetooth for Developers [developer.apple.com] Bluetooth specification [bluetooth.org] check Advertisements: Volume 3, Part C, Section 11 check GATT: Volume 3, Part G 360|Andev Use special code "Fragmented" if you're registering for the 360|Andev conference to get a 10% discount on registration. Sponsors Rollbar - special offer: Bootstrap plan free for 90 days Contact @fragmentedcast [twitter.com] @devunwired and +DaveSmithDev @donnfelker and +DonnFelker @kaushikgopal and +KaushikGopalIsMe

In this mini-Fragment, Donn talks about Item #10 of the Effective Java series - Always Override toString. You'll learn why it's important for your own sanity, future developers, and overall developer happiness. This episode is sponsored by Hired.com Show Notes Object#toString Effective Java Book Sponsor Hired.com Contact @fragmentedcast [twitter.com] @donnfelker [twitter.com] @kaushikgopal [twitter.com]

In Part 2 of our Google IO special we continue asking some simple questions to the best AndroidDev today. This concludes our IO special for this year. Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. By popular demand we added some extra specials at the very end, so make sure to listen all the way through :) Show Notes Pierre-Yves Ricau (Square) @Piwai Fragnums Penny - Conversational Finance app Israel @rallat Ferrer Camacho (Square) @rallat Fragmented 026: the show with Israel Pocket Casts Tor Norbye @tornorbye The Java Posse Android Developers Backstage Kelly Shushter @kellyshuster Fragmented 40: Episode with Kelly Clue Eugenio Marletti (Clue) @workingkills Life without fragments Sebastiano Poggi (Novoda) @seebrock3r What the Fragment - Google IO session Google Photos Fragmented 20: Episode with Hadi Harriri Mike Evans @m_evans10 Robinhood Zarah Dominguez @zarahjutz Pocket Casts Contact us: @fragmentedcast [twitter.com] @donnfelker [twitter.com] @kaushikgopal [twitter.com]

In Part 1 of our Google IO special we talk to a whole bunch of amazing AndroidDev. We go around asking them a few simple questions. Questions, that you probably thought to ask when you saw them in person, but just forgot to. Oh and you really should listen all the way to the end :) Show Notes Annyce Davis (Offgrid Electric) @brwngrldev Fragmented episode 33 : talking Gradle with GDE Annyce Davis Fitbit Android app Mark Allison (Freelancer currently contracting for AMEX) @MarkIAllison Styling Android Wiebe Elsinga @welsinga Jake Wharton (Square) @JakeWharton Kotlin Night in SF Ryan Harter @rharter Pocket Casts Lisa Wray (Genius) @lisawrayz Rebecca @riggaroo 22Seven Erik Hellman @ErikHellman Fabulous - Motivate Me Contact us: Contact form @fragmentedcast [twitter.com] @donnfelker [twitter.com] @kaushikgopal [twitter.com] Stay tuned for Part 2 where we talk to another list of top notch Android developers and get their answers for these questions.

In this mini Fragment, Donn talks about one of his favorite topics, YAGNI. YAGNI is an acronym that stands for "You Arent Going To Need It". Donn explains what it is, why its useful and shares a personal story of how he was introduced to the YAGNI concept back in 2008. Show Notes YAGNI YAGNI on Wikipedia MarketWatch Sponsor Caster.IO Use the coupon code "fragmented" to receive 15% off any monthly subscription. Contact @fragmentedcast [twitter.com] @donnfelker [twitter.com] @kaushikgopal [twitter.com]

In this mini episode, we talk with the lovely Kelly Shushter about Internal Library Dependency Management. Kelly is a GDE, the Director of Women Who Code (Denver chapter), a developer at Thoughtbot, a mind blowingly good AndroidDev and just an all round boss of everything. She gives us the rundown explaining different strategies for maintaining and managing internal libraries in your organization/company. Show Notes Women Who Code [womenwhocode.com] Droidcon SF 2015 - Android Internal Library Dependency Management [youtube.com] Fixing a bug later is costly? [programmers.stackexchange.com] Solutions Git submodules [git-scm.com] Repo by Google [source.android.com] Artifactory - Jfrog [jfrog.com] Jitpack [jitpack.io] Kelly's hack to toggle between maven lib dependency and local source [github.com] Sponsors Caster.io [Coupon code: Fragmented] Contact @kellyshuster [twitter.com] kiodev.com @fragmentedcast [twitter.com] @donnfelker [twitter.com] @kaushikgopal [twitter.com]

In this episode we chat with our friend an all round amazing AndroidDev Elliott Chenger. Elliot does Android development for Under Armour and knows a thing or two about TextViews. We talk TextViews, font rendering complications in Android, performance optimizations, localization (vs internationalization), ECDC (it's a thing!) and wind the discussion off with some design software tools out there. Show Notes Under Armour : Health box [underarmour.com] Droidcon NYC 2015 - TextView how to turn design into reality for multiple languages [youtube.com] Android’s Font Renderer : Efficient text rendering with OpenGL ES Romain Guy [medium.com] DÖnn Fëlker TextView packages : Slide from Elliott's talk [speakerdeck.com] Static Layout [developer.android.com] Boring Layout [developer.android.com] Performance Traceview in Android Studio [tools.android.com] Profile GPU rendering Static Layout : for text that will not be edited after it is laid out Dynamic Layout : text layout that updates itself as the text is edited Improving comment rendering on Android [instagram-engineering.tumblr.com] Sample implementation of technique Instagram describes [stackoverflow.com] Simple trick explaining TextView wrap_content vs fixed height Energy glitches with Apple music app Google Localization Checklist [developer.android.com] Design tools Zeplin Red Pen Sketch 3 For Android Developers (Big Android BBQ 2015) [youtube.com] Sketch app Sponsor The Nerdery [nrdryjobs.com/fragmented] Contact @Echenger [twitter.com] @fragmentedcast [twitter.com] @donnfelker [twitter.com] @kaushikgopal [twitter.com]