Design/Prototyping tools for Android

For developers getting the right Android developing tool is easy, it’s either Android Studio or Eclipse. For designing/prototyping Android applications it’s a bit more tricky. There are a lot of products/tools you can use, all with different features, prices and usability.
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Tips on how to improve your ‪Android‬ ‪UX

During recent Android app clinics I hosted and/or attended, I started noticing developers/designers implement some common UX flaws and found myself questioning if they know how to do proper UX. Some of those Android applications I’ve seen are really well thought out from a techn
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What’s new in Android Testing

During Droidcon Italy Stephan Linzner from Google explained upcoming features in the Android Testing Support Library. Lets have a closer look at some:
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The Hitchhiker’s guide to Android Testing, part 2: Espresso

As mentioned in the first article Ali Derbane and me wrote about Android Functional Testing, there are a lot of frameworks you can use. In this second part of the journey I will be explaining the functional testing framework called Espresso.
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Droidcon Tunisia

Two weeks ago I got invited to attend the Droidcon Tunisia. During this two day conference I got to meet so many passionate android developers. During the course of two days I gave two talks and one workshop. The workshop “Prototype your Mobile UX design” was intended to s
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Archive addition Android artifacts with Gradle.

When building Android applications or libraries common practice is to save your artifacts to a local file storage or repo. Beside your APK there are some additional artifacts you want/need to save, and you want gradle to do this. Most common ones are Javadoc, your source files and per
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Android Testing Support Library announced

During the Droidcon UK 2014, Stephan Linzner of Google announced the upcoming Android Testing Support Library. This means Google is (finally) taking testing Android apps seriously. The library is a unbundled static testing library for Android that containers all Android testing framew
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GDG Playground Thessaloniki, Greece

Two weeks ago got invited to Greece where I represented the Thessaloniki Google Developer Group and spoke about mobile UX design at the Google Developer Group Playground. The GDG Playground in Thessaloniki attracted 7000 attendees an over a hundred speakers: http://thess.gdgplayground
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Looking for an overview of wearables..

Vandrico has published the first Wearable Technology Database that consolidates all the existing and prototype wearable technology devices on the current market. The database classifies each device by name and market focus. You can also look at the technical specification and workplac
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Does Google Glass™ support orientation change?

If you ever wonder if Google Glass™ has orientation change support… Have a look at this visual example
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