Ferdinand BadaBasics of the inline keyword in Kotlin functionsAs a developer, one of the most important things you have to be on the lookout for is your application’s memory usage. Overdo it and all…Jun 21, 2020Jun 21, 2020
Ferdinand BadaSettling the Async-Await v withContext in Kotlin CoroutinesAsynchronous programming is a new reality in programming that we (developers) have to understand. To this end, Kotlin came up with a great…Jun 14, 20201Jun 14, 20201
Ferdinand BadaUnderstanding Kotlin scope functionsPlenty of Android Developers have by now moved to Kotlin from Java and are benefiting from the awesome power that the language offers…Jun 7, 20203Jun 7, 20203
Ferdinand BadaHow to update Algolia data to match changes in Firebase Firestore with Cloud Functions (Part 3)Before I proceed with this piece, there are two other articles you should go through to give you an idea of what is going on. They are…May 31, 2020May 31, 2020
Ferdinand BadaHow to import data from Firebase Firestore into Algolia using Cloud FunctionsSo last week, I made a brief write up of what Full-Text search is and why it is so awesome. You can read the article here. Today, we are…May 24, 2020May 24, 2020
Ferdinand BadaFull Text Search with Firebase on Android using Algolia(Part 1)Most of the applications we develop show lists, which means that most of them support some kind of search functionality. The data to be…May 17, 2020May 17, 2020
Ferdinand BadaKotlin Extension Functions: Get startedThink of the number of times you had to write util classes in Java to achieve some functionality in your code. If not that, then think of…May 10, 2020May 10, 2020
Ferdinand BadaHow to auto-scroll ViewPager2 in AndroidIn case you are not aware, Google released ViewPager2 to replace the older and limited ViewPager. This article assumes that you are…May 3, 20202May 3, 20202
Ferdinand BadaHow to use DataBinding together with a RecylerView in AndroidSo last week, I decided to write on why you should use the ListAdapter in your RecylerViews in Android. After all, what is an android…Apr 26, 20201Apr 26, 20201
Ferdinand BadaWhy you should be using the new and improved ListAdapter in AndroidDisplaying a list of items in a list with a RecyclerView is a very common pattern in Android Development. So much so that most developers…Apr 19, 20202Apr 19, 20202