Dependency Injection in Android
In this post I explain what dependency injection really is and share several best practices for dependency injection in Android that I developed over the years.
Dagger 2 Scopes Demystified
In-depth review of one of the more confusing features of Dagger 2 dependency injection framework – the scopes. I will show you that scopes in Dagger 2 are, in fact, relatively simple, yet powerful concept.
Thread safe Observer design pattern in Java
Demonstration of various implementations of Observer design pattern in single-threaded and multi-threaded environments. Review of one very common mistake that developers do in multi-threaded implementations.
Reliable connection to AIDL IPC Service in Android
Description of very advanced technique which allows to establish a reliable connection from Android application to AIDL Service that runs in a different process.
MVC Architectural Pattern in Android – Part 3
Third part of the series that discusses Model View Controller (MVC) and Model View Presenter (MVP) architectural patterns in context of Android development.
MVC Architectural Pattern in Android – Part 2
Second part of the series that discusses Model View Controller (MVC) and Model View Presenter (MVP) architectural patterns in context of Android development.
MVC Architectural Pattern in Android – Part 1
High-level technical description and history of MVC architectural pattern for Android applications.
Activities in Android are not UI Elements
Analysis of the many responsibilities of Android Activity from which I draw a surprising conclusion about Activity’s role in Android applications.