Posts tagged with Android:


Tuesday, 11 August 2020

Welcome to the dark side: deploying ‘dark mode’ on the Guardian live app
Gwyn Lockett

Do you like to read the headlines at night? QA/test analyst Gwyn Lockett discusses the introduction of dark mode on the Guardian’s main news app

Android   Apple   iOS  

‘Dark mode’ screens from the Guardian live app

Friday, 12 June 2020

The Guardian’s experience implementing Sign in with Apple on Android
Amina Adewusi, Jordan Terry

Here we outline some of the technical options available to Android developers.

Android   Apple   Computing   Mobile phones  

Offering increased privacy, developers have until 30 June 2020 to implement Apple’s new sign-in solution. Photograph: gilaxia/Getty Images

Wednesday, 18 December 2019

Shrinking the download size of the Guardian’s Live app on Android
Jordan Terry

How we shrunk the size of the Android app by 30% using the Android app bundle

Android  

Bundles of envelopes

Tuesday, 6 December 2016

How to publish an Android library: a mysterious conversation
Max Spencer

I recently met a rather mysterious Android developer called Nick and helped him to publish his first library on Bintray.

Android  

John Payne, Maureen O’Hara, Edmund Gwenn and Natalie Wood in Miracle On 34th Street (1947)

Friday, 6 March 2015

Android Subtle Prompt library
Jesús Gumiel

How to create a Guardian style subtle prompt to highlight your new features

Android   Software  

Subtle prompt on the Guardian’s Android app.

Thursday, 11 December 2014

Functional Android
Rupert Bates

Android’s support for functional programming is usually limited, but in this blogpost the Guardian shares techniques to bring the benefits of functional code to Java

Android   Computing   Programming   Software  

Functional Android

Friday, 16 September 2011

Guardian Android app now lets you save to SD card - an explainer
Rupert Bates

We've listened to your requests and added 'move to SD' functionality – useful for devices with limited memory

Android   Guardian app for Android  

Guardian android app

Wednesday, 27 July 2011

Agit – a Git client for Android
Roberto Tyley

Roberto Tyley describes the process of writing Agit, a new kind of Android app for developers

Android   Git   Open source   Smartphones   Software  

Agit  - Android Git Client