This artical is a quick introduction into setting up the Gemini API client SDK on Android to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on images. Let’s jump straight in: The Gemini API gives you access to…
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build.gradle.kts conversion for Android Studio Empty Activity
Quick blog posting showing you the build.gradle.kts version of the default build.gradle file from the “empty activity” Android Studio template. This post will go stale fast, get it whilst its hot. 🙂 The original templates…
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Android Job Interview – Take-Home Test Cheat Sheet
Learn the steps needed in a typical Android take home test. Giving you the tools and knowledge you need to ace this part of any Android interview process.
Proven Prepping for Easy Android Interviews in 2023
This post aims to demystify some of the steps in a typical Android interview process. We’ll discuss steps, strategies, targets and solutions. Getting you better prepared to get your next Android role. This blog is…
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Tame Your Gradle Dependencies just BECAUSE!
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)…
I/O 2019 Android Track Picks & Insights
Google I/O is a wrap. The conference celebrated product and platform innovations at Google. As part of the Google Developer Expert programme a group of us travelled to I/O and enjoyed learning together, here we…
[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…