Weekly Digest
Sep 19 - Sep 25, 2022
10 articles that week
Accessibility in prices, our learning from the Android perspective
Juan Ignacio Unzurrunzaga from Mercado Libre's team reveals how they fixed a critical accessibility gap that affected millions of users: price components that screen readers couldn't interpret correctly.
Precios accesibles, nuestro aprendizaje desde la perspectiva Android
Juan Ignacio Unzurrunzaga from Mercado Libre reveals how a simple price component became a masterclass in Android accessibility. Their team discovered screen readers were announcing dollars instead of pesos, reading 10,000 as 'ten point zero,' and treating combo prices as three disconnected elements.
Lessons Building Android Widgets
Matt Bowen and the Shopify team discovered their Android widgets were making up to 5 unnecessary network calls per update cycle. Their solution? A clever 60-second cache that transformed widget performance.
Our Experience with Flutter in Tokopedia
F. Dhani Achmad from Tokopedia reveals how they shipped a full event app on iOS and Android in just 3 weeks. After ditching React Native due to performance issues, they gave cross-platform another shot with Flutter.
App Performance Monitoring Strategies and Tools
Your app crashes in production and you have no idea why. Callstack breaks down the monitoring strategies that catch issues before your users do.
How We Reduced Our Android Startup Time by 77%
Turo's Android team slashed their app startup time by 77%. Here's how they turned a sluggish launch into a lightning-fast experience.
Async/Await in Swift: Modern Concurrency Patterns
Asukhija from Expedia Group shows how two simple keywords can eliminate callback hell in Swift. If you've ever drowned in nested closures, this is your lifeline.
Consent Matters
Swiggy's Android team faced a UX dilemma: auto-reading OTPs felt magical to some users, creepy to others. How do you balance convenience with transparency?
Android Network Traffic Tracking and Monitoring
Ahmed Alnaami from AirAsia reveals how they solved a debugging nightmare: tracking network traffic across Native, React Native, and WebViews in one super app.
Performing Due Diligence As Android Engineers
Ishan Khanna from Tinder shares a hard-earned lesson: that shiny third-party SDK could be a ticking time bomb for your app. Here's the framework his team uses to avoid disaster.