Did you know you can specify a reason for using a certain dependency or certain version of a dependency? Yep it’s in the API here and referenced in the DOCS here. void because?(@Nullable String reason)…
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[TUT] Kotlin Extension Functions by Example
Kotlin Extension functions allow you to add behaviour (think methods/functions) to any other type on the platform or in your codebase. The idea being to allow for greater flexibility and less boiler plate code. Let’s…
[TUT] Creating a ByteString in Android
The protobuf library has a construct called ByteString. This is a immutable sequence of bytes, usually used to serialise a file or other piece of data. Recently when using the Google Cloud Speech to Text…
[TUT] Android Things – Zx Gesture Sensor using UART
This blog post is going to show you how you can use the UART protocol to output from your AndroidThings application. We will attach a ZX Sensor and detect some movement hand gestures, minority report…
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