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Engineering

Open Source App Development
Sep 8, 2020
Open Source App Development
Sep 8, 2020
Sep 8, 2020
Selling automated tests to colleagues, managers and clients
Jul 16, 2018
Selling automated tests to colleagues, managers and clients
Jul 16, 2018
Jul 16, 2018
Android Development Resources
Nov 14, 2016
Android Development Resources
Nov 14, 2016
Nov 14, 2016

Design

Making our Android App Accessible
Oct 7, 2020
Making our Android App Accessible
Oct 7, 2020
Oct 7, 2020
How we research for designing a new product
May 23, 2019
How we research for designing a new product
May 23, 2019
May 23, 2019
Product Design Resources (websites, articles, videos...)
Apr 4, 2017
Product Design Resources (websites, articles, videos...)
Apr 4, 2017
Apr 4, 2017

Product

native-or-hybrid-apps.JPG
Aug 28, 2017
Native or Hybrid Apps – Our advice to clients
Aug 28, 2017
Aug 28, 2017
Best resources (books, guides and blogs) for your first product
Dec 14, 2016
Best resources (books, guides and blogs) for your first product
Dec 14, 2016
Dec 14, 2016
Stop making your developers design your product
Jan 18, 2016
Stop making your developers design your product
Jan 18, 2016
Jan 18, 2016
How to test Android Apps: Instrumentation Testing
How to test Android Apps: Instrumentation Testing

Although you should avoid having your code tied to Android components, it's not always possible. Maybe it's Activity code, or a component that needs Context. But you still should test it.

Those tests will have to run on an emulator or a real device. They are going to be slower. But they are important nevertheless.

Here's how you can do that...

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DevelopmentSérgioDecember 11, 2015testing, espresso
How to test Android Apps: Unit Testing
How to test Android Apps: Unit Testing

Now we dive into unit testing.

The goal is to test a specific part of your code, just a particular class or method. That way, we can find sooner where bugs appear in your application. For that, we need to test that code in isolation, mocking all its dependencies with fake ones we can control

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DevelopmentSérgioDecember 3, 2015testing, mockito
Why we specialize in Android?
Why we specialize in Android?

A common question we get asked is why bet on Android, and why now?
Here are the 3 main reasons...

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AboutCláudiaNovember 25, 2015about, community
Faker: a library to generate fake data for Kotlin and Android
Faker: a library to generate fake data for Kotlin and Android

Generates fake data for testing or populating a development database. A Kotlin port of the Faker ruby gem that's suitable to use in Android development.

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DevelopmentSérgioNovember 18, 2015faker, library, testing
How to test Android Apps: Architecture
How to test Android Apps: Architecture
DevelopmentSérgioNovember 5, 2015testing, architecture
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