Fragmented - Android Developer Podcast

In this mini Fragment, we introduce Joshua's third Item: Enforce the Singleton property with a private constructor or an enum type. Stay tuned for more items from our "Effective Java for Android developers" Fragment series. Show Notes Effective Java (2nd Edition) - Joshua Bloch Enforce the Singleton property with a private constructor or an enum type Approaches Create a public static final INSTANCE variable and privatize constructor Same as 1 but privatize variable and expose access with provide factory method getInstance Single element Enums Considerations First two approaches are open to Serialization attacks (deserializing creates new instance) To protect from those declare the fields transient + provide readResolve method Enums are concise, provide free serialization and ironclad Singleton guarantees and are functionally equivalent to first approach Supplemental reading (for the diligent ones that follow shownotes) Dianne Hackborn regretting exposing the base Application class DH again saying Application is a Singleton with crappier semantics Elvis sightings Contact us: @fragmentedcast [twitter.com] @donnfelker [twitter.com] @kaushikgopal [twitter.com]

In this power packed episode, Donn returns... If that wasn't amazing enough, Andrew and Akshay from Google join us to talk about Nearby. Show Notes Follow up Fragmented is on SoundCloud [soundcloud.com] ViewPropertyAnimator has better performance [twitter.com] Droid Inspector [sriramramani.com] Jake Wharton's Scalpel [github.com] Nearby 100 days of Google Dev, Episode 47/100 - Andrew on Nearby [plus.google.com] Chromecast Guest mode when Nearby [support.google.com] Examples/Documentation google sample for Nearby [github.com] Nearby official docs [developers.google.com] Awesome picks for the week: Andrew: svg-android [github] and its various forks inkscape tutorials by Derek Banas [youtube.com] Akshay Xiaomi mi band [engadget.com] DF: Karma Wifi (donnfelker.com) Working Remote (modess.io) KG: Google Tone - Chrome extension (chrome.google.com) Contact Fragmented @fragmentedcast [twitter.com] @donnfelker [twitter.com] @kaushikgopal [twitter.com] @andrewbunner [twitter.com] Akshay's email Soundcloud shownotes: http://fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/17 Contact: Fragmented: https://twitter.com/fragmentedcast Donn Felker : https://twitter.com/donnfelker Kaushik Gopal : https://twitter.com/kaushikgopal Andrew : https://twitter.com/andrewbunner Akshay: akshayk@google.com

In our third Fragment installment, we introduce Josh's second Item: Consider a builder when faced with many constructor parameters. Stay tuned for more items from our "Effective Java for Android developers" Fragment series. [audio src="http://traffic.libsyn.com/fragmented/ep_14_fragmented.mp3" preload="none" autoplay="false"] [Download][1] Show Notes Effective Java (2nd Edition) - Joshua Bloch Consider a builder when faced with many constructor parameters Patterns available for constructing object with parameters: Telescoping Constructor Pattern - Provideconstructor with only required parameters, another with a single optional param, a third with 2 optional params... and so on. Advantage: Works well for small number of parameters Disadvantage: Does NOT scale well JavaBeans Pattern - Callparameterless constructor to create the object; then call setter methods to set required parameter and each optional param of interest. Advantage: Scales well, easy (but wordy) to read resulting code Disadvantage: Allows inconsistency (if all required params not called); impossible to make classes immutable if using this pattern. Builder pattern - winner! Advantage: Simulates named optional parameters; allows immutable objects to be constructed; flexible Disadvantage: more ceremony to actually construct the Builder Class and finally use. Example usage from Android source: AlertDialog Builder [androidxref.com] Tip: Use IntelliJ to generate your Builders easily Contact us: @fragmentedcast [twitter.com] @donnfelker [twitter.com] @kaushikgopal [twitter.com]

In this episode we talk to Amanda about how she got started as an Android developer, working at Venmo, her path to mastering Java and Android, dabbling with the dark side and Animations in Android! Show Notes Learning Java and Android Java for Dummies [amazon.com] Effective Java (2nd Edition) - Joshua Bloch [amazon.com] Android programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide [bignerdranch.com] Computer Science CS50 by Harvard University: David Malan [youtube.com] CS61B by UCBerkely: Jonathan Shewchuk [youtube.com] MIT 6.00 by MIT Opencourseware [youtube.com] Venmo Venmo: The Musical 2015 (lip dub) Hack Week at Venmo [venmo.com] Swift/iOS and other languages Kotlin [kotlinlang.org] Animations Snowdream github repo [github.com] DevBytes youtube playlist Chet Haase on Animations in Honeycomb [blogspot.com] Droid Inspector [sriramramani.com] Android ObservableScrollView [github.com] Awesome picks for the week: Amanda On being a senior engineer [kitchensoap.com] KG: Guillotine animation how we developed the guillotine menu animation for Android [yalantis.com] how we developed the guillotine menu animation for iOS [yalantis.com] Timely like Animations Visualizing the Timely number tweening animation [youtube.com] Implementing Timely's tweening animation [sriramramani.wordpress.com] Contact Amanda @mandybess [twitter.com] Fragmented @fragmentedcast [twitter.com] @donnfelker [twitter.com] @kaushikgopal [twitter.com]

We've mentioned the book "Effective Java" by Joshua Bloch quite a few times on previous episodes. At this point, everyone knows they should have read this book (quadruple times). But it's a dense read and everyone could use a reading buddy. Also, what does Effective Java look like through the eyes of an Android developer? In this second installment of our Fragment (a.k.a mini-episode), we thought we'll do our listeners a favor and help with that reading. We introduce the very first of these venerable "Items": Consider providing static factory methods instead of constructors. Stay tuned for more items from our "Effective Java for Android developers" Fragment series. Show Notes: Effective Java (2nd Edition) - Joshua Bloch Consider providing static factory methods instead of constructors static factory method makeText for Toast class [androidxref.com] ObjectAnimator [androidxref.com]: .ofInt [androidxref.com] .ofArgb [androidxref.com] .ofFloat [androidxref.com] Advantages: You can control the name and thus give it much more meaningful names You are not required to create a "new" object each time they are invoked You can even return an object that's a subtype of the return type (unlike constructors which only return class type) e.g.  Java Collections framework [grepcode.com] Disadvantages: Classes without public or protected constructors cannot be subclassed Static factory methods are not readily distinguishable from other static methods Takeaways "Consider" using static factory methods (not always) Use  newInstance when creating Fragments [androiddesignpatterns.com] Use newIntent static factory method for creating intents inside the target activity. Contact us: @fragmentedcast [twitter.com] @donnfelker [twitter.com] @kaushikgopal [twitter.com]

In this episode we revisit the topic of Testing, looking at it from a TDD perspective. Globetrotter, Kata Queen, TDD practitioner and overall boss of Android development - Corey Latislaw, joins us in this episode with thoughts, tips and tricks on pulling off TDD. She also shares some of her wicked sketchnoting tips and made a very special Sketchnote just for this episode! Have a  look at the sketchnote here. Show Notes GDG [developers.google.com] GDE [developers.google.com] GDE Android - Ms.Latislaw [developers.google.com] GDE Android - Mr.Felker [developers.google.com] Sketchnoting The Sketchnote Handbook - Mike Rohde [amazon.com] Sketchnoting for Techies [coreylatislaw.com] Corey's Google I/O Sketchnotes [coreylatislaw.com] Corey's live sketchnoting (with videos) [coreylatislaw.com] Kids on Computers [kidsoncomputers.org] Corey's books Android Activity Book [gumroad.com] (coupon “fragmented” for $5 off) Android Theory Book [gumroad.com] (coupon “fragmented” for $5 off) Running Code Coverage in Android Studio [stackoverflow.com] Katas Video workshop [gum.co] (coupon “fragmented” for $5 off) Simple Android app [coreylatistlaw.com] Robolectric Integration [coreylatistlaw.com] Awesome picks for the week: DF: Stop Using General CTA’s Text - be specific Founder’s Journey Podcast Baremetrics - Episode - Build vs. Buy: How to blow $100,000 saving money [soundcloud.com] KG: ANTI PATTERNS every programmer should be aware of [sahandsaba.com] Contact Corey @corey_latislaw [twitter.com] coreylatislaw.com Fragmented @fragmentedcast [twitter.com] @donnfelker [twitter.com] @kaushikgopal [twitter.com]

In this episode we're trying something new. Everyone has requested more episodes of the podcast. In short, everyone wants a weekly show. So this week, we're introducing what we call a mini-episode ... or as we like to call them a "Fragment". Fragment episodes will be shorter in length but still packed with goodness. They will range from ~7-25 minutes in length and will showcase either Kaushik, myself (Donn) or both of us. In the first "Fragment" installment we're going to talk about Continuous Integration (CI) and Collective Code Ownership (CCO). Donn talks about what CI is, why its important and how it benefits you and your team. He then dives right into CCO and how it can be facilitated through testing. We hope you enjoy these new mini-episodes ... aptly named ... Fragments. :) Show Notes Thoughtworks - Continuous Integration [thoughtworks.com] Working Effectively with Legacy Code - Michael Feathers [amazon.com] Continuous Integration solutions: Jenkins CI [jenkins-ci.org] Cloud solution- Cloudbees [cloudbees.com] TeamCity [jetbrains.com] CircleCI [circleci.com] Setting up CI for Android [caster.io] Ship.IO [ship.io] TravisCI (open source) Travis CI org [travis-ci.org] (commercial) Travis CI com [travis-ci.com] Continuous Delivery: Deploybot (previously) Dploy.io [deploybot.com] Codeship [codeship.com] Contact Donn Felker @donnfelker [twitter.com] donnfelker.com Kaushik Gopal @kaushikgopal [twitter.com] kaush.co

In this episode - Donn and Kaushik dive into a topic that is very near and dear their hearts - application architecture. They talk about how Martin Fowler has inspired a lot of their architectural decisions and how they're moving towards defining what a clean architecture means to them and other developers. They talk about Model View Presenter, Model View Controller and many other topics that surround these two common patterns. Take a listen and go for the ride on architecture train ... all aboard! Show Notes Chit-chat: Exponential backoff with RxJava [github.com] RxJs - ReactiveExtensions for Javascript [github.com] Follow up: Moving GC only applicable when app goes into background: A closer look at ART in Android L (see last paragraph) [anandtech.com] Google I/O 2014: The ART Runtime [youtube.com] The road to a clean architecture: Bad practices: Cargo cult programming [wikipedia.org] God objects [wikipedia.org] Martin Fowler’s articles on Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture: Supervising Controller [martinfowler.com] Presentation Model [martinfowler.com] Passive View [martinfowler.com] Martin Fowler’s Book P of EAA [amazon.com] Decoupling the presenter [mattlogan.me] Other approaches to clean architectures: MVVM on Android - what you need to know [willowtreeapps.com] Model View ViewModel for iOS [teehanlax.com] VIPER architecture on iOS [objc.io] VIPER inspired Clean Android architecture [speakerdeck] Architecting Android the clean way [fernandocejas.com] MVP Android [antonioleiva.com] Awesome picks: Donn: Learning RxJava for Android by example - Kaushik’s talk [youtube.com] Loading data from multiple source [danlew.net] StorIO [engineering.pushtoreresh.com] Mocks aren’t Stubs [martinfowler.com] Kaushik: Rebound animation library [facebook.github.io] Will Bailey (creator of Rebound): OrigamiActivity.java [gist.github.com] Under the hood [code.facebook.com] Example 1 [youtube.com] Example 2 [youtube.com] Example 3 [youtube.com] Example 4 [youtube.com] Springy animations with Rebound [parallelcross.com] Contact Donn Felker @donnfelker [twitter.com] donnfelker.com Kaushik Gopal @kaushikgopal [twitter.com] kaush.co

In this episode Donn and Kaushik talk to the very talented Michael Bailey about core Java principles and practices. Michael has quite the deep and passionate understanding of Java and we thought it would only be perfect to share this episode with a very passionate Java crowd - Android developers. We talk about IntelliJ, Testing, Inheritance, Static Code analysis, Garbage Collection, Data Structures and much more in this episode. If you're looking to learn a thing or two about Java, then this is your episode. We hope you enjoy. Show Notes elapsedRealtimeNanos for getting wall time [developer.android.com] Android Pay announcement [officialandroid.blogpost.co.uk] Intellij information: Curated list of IDE plugings by Jetbrains [blog.jetbrains.com] Key promoter plugin [plugins.jetbrains.com] Productivity Guide [jetbrains.com/help] Extending + Shrinking selection [jetbrains.com/help] Testing talk: Google acquires Appurify [techcrunch.com] Cloud Test Lab (erstwhile Appurify) [developers.google.com/cloud-test-lab] Great books on improving your Java skills: Gang of Four [amazon.com] Effective Java (2nd Edition)- Joshua Bloch [amazon.com] Effective code review technique (WTFs a minute) [cryhavok.org] On inheritance: Item 15 : Design and document for inheritance or else prohibit it Item 16 : Favor composition over inheritance Chris Banes on using AppCompatDelegate [twitter.com] Static code analyzers: Checkstyle, PMD, Findbugs [github.com] Android Lint [developer.android.com] Findbugs [sourceforge.net] PMD [sourceforge.net] blog post setup static code analysis tools [vincentbrison.com] Infer by Facebook [code.facebook.com] John Carmack In-Depth: static code analysis [gamasutra.com] Garbage collection: Google IO 2011 talk [youtube.com] Medium article - Garbage Collection[medium.com] LeakCanary by Square [github.com] What is meant by immutable [stackoverflow.com] Data structures for Android ArrayMap (Android alt. to HashMap) [developer.android.com] SimpleArrayMap [developer.android.com] SparseArray (Android alt. to mapping int -> Objects) [developer.android.com] Benchmarking DS: Caliper [github.com] Vogar examples [code.google.com] ADB Ep. 27 (forEach quirks) ( minute 9:07) [androidbackstage.blogpost.com] Coding for performance blog post [devahead.com] See Item 21 in Effective Java (Ed. 1) about typesafe enum patterns (this was before enums existed) Null safety in Kotlin [kotlinlang.org] Mondegreen [wikipedia.org] Mad Gab Awesome picks: Michael: Learn how to file high quality bug report for Android tools [tools.android.com] List of Android conferences [androidstudygroup.github.io] GTAC 2015 conference [googletesting.blogpost.com] Developing for Android - blog post series by Google developers [medium.com] Kaushik: library: Android-ReactiveLocation [github.com] Google App for Donation OneToday [onetoday.google.com] An article discussing the case between Oracle vs Google [techdirt.com] Donn: Vote for my android talks at DroidCon NYC! :) Anker Charging Station [amazon.com] 22$ Standing Desk [iamnotaprogrammer.com] Contact Michael Bailey @yogurtearl [twitter.com] Donn Felker @donnfelker [twitter.com] donnfelker.com Kaushik Gopal @kaushikgopal [twitter.com] kaush.co

This is the special Google I/O 2015 episode. In this episode - Kaushik makes the trek to Google I/O and chats with various Android developers about their favorite part of Google IO. I was not able to make it but Kaushik was able to interview of top developers in the industry and I’ll tell you what - this is a great episode - I really wish I was there to join him. I know he had a great time chatting and interacting with everyone. We hope you enjoy the show as much as we enjoyed creating it. Show Notes Dan Lew (Trello) @danlew42 -  twitter.com Dan's Blog -  danlew.net Ty Smith (Twitter) @tsmith -  twitter Eric Cochran (IFTTT) NightlyNexus -  github +EricCochranNightlyNexus -  plus.google.com Cyril Mottier (Capitaine Train) @cyrilmottier -  twitter About page -  cyrilmottier.com Shifty Jelly Team Pocket Casts -  pocketcasts.com Philip Simpson @geekygecko -  twitter.com Russell Ivanovic @rustyshelf -  twitter.com Amanda Hill (Venmo) @mandybess -  twitter.com Dave Smith (New Circle) @devunwired -  twitter.com +DaveSmithDev -  plus.google.com Corey Latislaw (CapitalOne) @corey_latislaw -  twitter.com coreylatislaw.com Chet Haase @chethaase -  twitter.com Android Backstaage -  blogspot.com Chiu-ki Chan @chiuki -  twitter.com Elliott Chenger (Under Armour) @echenger -  twitter.com blog -  omitneedlesscode.com Maria Neumayer (Citymapper) @marianeum -  twitter.com Danny Roa (Foursquare) @dannyroa -  twitter.com Michael Bailey @yogurtearl -  twitter.com Donn Felker @donnfelker -  twitter.com donnfelker.com Kaushik Gopal @kaushikgopal -  twitter.com kaush.co