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Finally understanding how references work in Android and Java
https://medium.com/google-developer-experts/finally-understanding-how-references-work-in-android-and-java-26a0d9c92f83#.655fpw4tr

Medium

Finally understanding how references work in Android and Java

A few weeks ago I attended Mobiconf, one of the best conferences for Mobile Developers I had the pleasure to attend in Poland. During his…

Understanding Test Rules
http://blog.egorand.me/understanding-test-rules/

Egor's Blog

Understanding Test Rules

If you've ever happened to write Espresso tests, you should be familiar with the following declaration: @Rule public ActivityTestRule activityRule = new ActivityTestRule<>(MainActivity.class); The addition of @Rules is a relatively new thing in…

Android Test tricks - Sharing code between UI & unit tests
http://trickyandroid.com/android-test-tricks-sharing-code-between-unit-ui-tests/

Tricky Android

Android Test tricks - Sharing code between UI & unit tests

In this series of posts I would like to share some useful tricks I learned over the last few years related to testing on Android. The first trick will be really short Sharing code between unit tests and integration tests At the moment the most common Android…

Introduction to Automated Android Testing – Part 6
https://riggaroo.co.za/introduction-automated-android-testing-part-6/

Rebecca Franks - @riggaroo

Introduction to Automated Android Testing - Part 6 – Rebecca Franks - @riggaroo

In the previous 5 blog posts, we covered different aspects of building an Android app from scratch. We focused on including tests in the process. Here are the links to the previous posts: Post #1 – Why should we write tests? Post #2 – Set up your app for…

The Hidden Cost Of Code Coverage
http://jeroenmols.com/blog/2016/09/01/coveragecost/

RecyclerView snapping with SnapHelper
https://rubensousa.github.io/2016/08/recyclerviewsnap

rubensousa.github.io

RecyclerView snapping with SnapHelper

The 24.2.0 version of the support library introduced two new classes (SnapHelper and LinearSnapHelper) that should be used to handle snapping in a RecyclerV...

Kotlin: val does not mean immutable, it just means readonly, yeah
https://artemzin.com/blog/kotlin-val-does-not-mean-immutable-it-just-means-readonly-yeah/

Approaching Outside-in TDD on Android (II)
http://panavtec.me/approaching-tdd-outside-android-2

Introduction to Automated Android Testing – Part 5
https://riggaroo.co.za/introduction-automated-android-testing-part-5/

Riggaroo - Android Dev

Introduction to Automated Android Testing - Part 5 – Riggaroo - Android Dev

In this series of blog posts, we are working through a sample app called Github User Search. Parts 1 – 4 covered why we should test, getting set up with testing, creating API calls and creating a presenter. Take a look at the previous posts as part 5 is a…