In the previous article we looked at the theory behind weak references. In this article we’ll look at one use-case where a simple memory cache may speed things up.
Month: March 2012
Memory Cache – Part 1
Previously on Styling Android we have discussed how important it is to make your app as fast as possible because making your user wait for things to happen is a sure way to drive them away from your app. Also, you have to be quite careful when it comes to using images within your app…
Background Tasks – Part 6
In the previous article we discussed the Android Service architecture and looked at how to properly implement your Service to both behave well and avoid being killed by the OS or a TaskKiller. In this concluding article in this series well look at IntentService and look at ways that we can trigger UI updates from…
Background Tasks – Part 5
Previously in this series we have looked at various ways of moving slow, intensive, or blocking tasks off of the UI thread in order to keep our app responsive. The final mechanism that we’ll look at is Android services.
Background Tasks – Part 4
In the previous article we had a look at AsyncTask as saw how it simplified the process of performing background tasks, but saw some potential pitfalls to the newbie, and also saw how it leaves the potential to leak a Context. In Honeycomb Loader was introduced and in this article we’ll have a look at…