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Blibli x Android Room

Company: Blibli.com · May 12, 2019
Platform: Android

Andrew Winata from Blibli shows how ditching raw SQLite queries for Room cut boilerplate code and made database operations type-safe at compile time. The migration took just a few strategic refactoring steps.

The Flutter and Chrome OS teams just made cross-platform development way more practical. Your Flutter mobile app can now become a desktop-class Chrome OS app with minimal effort.

Understanding Async in Flutter Tests

Company: Flutter · May 2, 2019
Platform: Flutter

Anthony Bullard from Flutter reveals why your widget tests might be lying to you. The culprit? FakeAsync zones that simulate time instead of experiencing it.

The Story of Our Big Android App Rewrite

Company: Gojek · Apr 25, 2019
Platform: Android

Gojek's driver app serves 2 million+ partners who depend on it for their daily income. When the app goes down for even an hour, drivers lose significant earnings—so a rewrite was high stakes.

Developing on iOS and Android

Company: Square · Apr 22, 2019
Platform: iOS

Jesse Wilson from Square tackles a problem every mobile team knows too well: building everything twice. His solution? Stop treating iOS and Android as separate worlds.

Callstack just open-sourced Bob, a builder tool that tackles one of React Native library development's most annoying pain points. If you've ever published a native module, you know the build config headache thi...

Daniel Schramm from Google Play just dropped new analytics tools that could transform how you think about subscription revenue. If you're leaving money on the table with failed payments, this matters.

Julio Zynger from SoundCloud reveals how they ship mobile releases every two weeks without breaking things. Their secret? A release train model that turns chaos into predictability.

Phong Lam from Walmart Global Tech tackles a problem every mobile dev faces: infinite scroll that doesn't tank performance. His solution? Stop rendering everything and start being strategic.

Measuring Kotlin Build Performance

Company: Uber · Apr 2, 2019
Platform: iOS / Android

Uber ran 129 experiments across 354 projects to answer one question: What's the real cost of adopting Kotlin at scale?

Robinhood's Android app hit a wall: 100k+ dex count, skyrocketing build times, and features breaking each other. Sound familiar?

Keys! What are they good for?

Company: Flutter · Mar 29, 2019
Platform: Flutter

Emily Fortuna from Flutter reveals why most developers use Keys wrong—and when you actually need them. Spoiler: it's not as often as you think.

Mobile Web Performance (Caviar)

Company: Square · Mar 28, 2019
Platform: Mobile Web

Caviar's mobile site was bleeding conversions. Their homepage took nearly 10 seconds to load, and 53% of users were bouncing before seeing a single restaurant.

AWS Amplify just made mobile authentication dramatically simpler. Device tracking, OAuth 2.0, and SAML federation now work out of the box for iOS and Android developers.

React Native 0.59 just dropped with the biggest Android performance upgrade in years. If your app still feels sluggish compared to iOS, this changes everything.

Callstack just dropped React Native Tab View 2.0, and it's a complete rewrite that changes how developers build tabbed interfaces. If you're still wrestling with performance issues in your tab navigation, this ...

Siaw Young from Carousell reveals how they built a system that lets them update thousands of product categories without pushing app updates. The secret? A cross-platform markup language that operates at a highe...

Siaw Young from Carousell reveals how they built a server-driven UI system that lets them ship features without app releases. Think HTML for mobile apps—but way more powerful.

Android Development with GraphQL

Company: Thumbtack · Feb 21, 2019
Platform: Android

Efe Karasabun from Thumbtack reveals how GraphQL solved their biggest mobile API headaches. No more over-fetching data or coordinating breaking changes across teams.

OkHttp 3.13 Requires Android 5+

Company: Cash App · Feb 5, 2019
Platform: Android

Jesse Wilson explains why Square is cutting off 11% of Android devices with OkHttp 3.13. Spoiler: your web servers might break too.

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