Author:
Chris Stewart
Android developers spend a lot of time developing tablet versions of their applications.
OK, maybe they don’t, which is probably why there was a big push at Google I/O this year for developers to optimize their apps for devices larger than phones.…
Author:
Bill Phllips
Have you ever sat through a three-hour presentation? Has anyone ever even asked you to?
Well, yesterday morning my colleague Chris Stewart and I walked down to Google I/O and waited in line for the privilege of doing just that. No doubt you’ve seen a lot of talk about the many announcements they packed into this beast of a session.…
Author:
Josh Skeen
As a Rails developer, I learned the benefits of a test-driven style, and I never want to go back to the old style of writing code that might work, but might not! So when I decided to learn Android programming, finding the right strategies and tools to drive tests was the first task at hand.…
Author:
Bill Phllips
It’s been two years coming, but the first edition of Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide is finally almost here. Brian and I got our hands on the first printed copies only a few days ago. We were indecently excited.…
Author:
Bill Phllips
(Special guest posting by Bill Phillips, Android Bootcamp instructor, coauthor of the forthcoming book Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, and Clash of the Coders winner.)
When you start writing a Controller, write one method that sets up your entire user interface to reflect the current state of your model objects.…
Author:
LeAnn Boucher
Special guest post by LeAnn Boucher, Ranch Public Relations.
We interrupt your regular Big Nerd Ranch Blog programming, stuffed with expert tips and teeming with hands-on advice, to bring you this behind the scenes interview with Big Nerd Ranch’s Most Bad-Ass Coders.…