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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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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Has Google Glass™ got potential

As Glass explorers we get asked what the (business) potential is, and what it can mean for developers. Taking pictures and video or getting information from the internet seems to be the biggest need for the first time Google Glass™ users. But the technology that Google Glass™ provides
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Glass, a UX point of view

You probably already know Google Glass, and maybe even read on how to create Glasswear, but what about a UX point of view. In this article we will be discussing the UX of Glass. Introduction Glass was designed to be used everyday and everywhere as content provider, so having a easy an
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Google TV emulator device definition

So you want to use a Google TV emulator to develop Android applications. Many people having problems using the Google TV emulator because it hangs during booting (only showing the Google TV logo). The problem is that it only works with specific device configurations and resolutions. S
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Prototype your Mobile Application

As some of you may know I gave a presentation about why, and how to prototype your mobile application at the Droidcon Spain. If you want to see this presentation have a look at
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How was 2012 for the Mobile industry?

2012 is closing to an end. Normally this means time to look back on the things that happen during this year. A lot has happen within the Mobile industry, Facebook went public, Apple is suing Samsung (again), and a lot of new product saw daylight. Here are some of the most dramatic mob
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