This has been an ongoing topic of discussion in the realm of Android development for a long time. Today I’m going to help you make a decision on which of these is best suited for your use case. What is LiveData? LiveData was introduced by Google as a part of their Android Architecture…

Today I’m going share with you my development setup which I find quite nice after working with Android for over 10 years. I find my setup to be extremally efficient and simple to setup. Platform — Mac My default go to platform for any sort of development is a Mac. I’m well aware…

To have your app crash in the hands of the users is the ultimate failure for any developer. That naturally raises the question of how do we make our app 100% crash-free. Well, that’s what we will find out today. But before we begin I want to make it clear…

Security and privacy are the two most talked about topics these days. Like any piece of code, Android apps can also be targeted and your user’s data can be put at risk then of course there is always a risk of your app being reverse engineered. So, how can you…

Ah! This is a question that developers have visited time and again before starting any new android project and this question only gets more limelight when the application is database intensive. When devs start to google which DB is currently the best, two names are often thrown in the air…

First off I’d like to welcome you all to the matrix. Where we build tools to make the life of other users easier. Let me introduce myself. I have been writing code professionally for the past 10 years. Through out my journey I have built Desktop apps, Mobile apps, Web…

The reason why I’m writing this post is a lot of people don't know how to create a splash screen. I’ve seen people creating a separate activity and fragments, I have seen people even creating views and hiding them after a few seconds. Let's start with the basics. …

Google Stadia for those of you who don’t know (probably because you live under a rock) is the latest service offered by Google. And get this its a gaming service. That’s right you heard me right it’s a gaming service offered by Google. Right, before we start there is something…

This is a small story on how I fought modders and crackers from breaking my app and stealing all my revenue. It all started a couple of months back when I launched my first machine learning app called Hashtagger (Shamelessly plugging the app 😛)on the Google Play store. It's a…