JUnit 5 was formally released in July 2016 and is quite a major evolution to JUnit 4 which has been the standard unit testing framework since Android first appeared on the scene. There are some quite significant changes and getting things set up, and then getting the best out of JUnit 5 can require a…
JUnit 5: Dynamic Tests
JUnit 5 was formally released in July 2016 and is quite a major evolution to JUnit 4 which has been the standard unit testing framework since Android first appeared on the scene. There are some quite significant changes and getting things set up, and then getting the best out of JUnit 5 can require a…
JUnit 5: Nested Tests
JUnit 5 was formally released in July 2016 and is quite a major evolution to JUnit 4 which has been the standard unit testing framework since Android first appeared on the scene. There are some quite significant changes and getting things set up, and then getting the best out of JUnit 5 can require a…
JUnit 5: DisplayName
JUnit 5 was formally released in July 2016 and is quite a major evolution to JUnit 4 which has been the standard unit testing framework since Android first appeared on the scene. There are some quite significant changes and getting things set up, and then getting the best out of JUnit 5 can require a…
JUnit 5: Getting Started
JUnit 5 was formally released in July 2016 and is quite a major evolution to JUnit 4 which has been the standard unit testing framework since Android first appeared on the scene. There are some quite significant changes and getting things set up, and then getting the best out of JUnit 5 can require a…
Wear 2.0: Match Timer – Part 2
At the time of writing (February 2017) the Android Wear 2.0 consumer release has been announced and Wear 2.0 devices are about to start shipping. There are some significant changes which may affect existing Wear apps in different ways. Regular readers of Styling Android will know that I have two Android Wear apps published Something…
Wear 2.0: Match Timer – Part 1
At the time of writing (February 2017) the Android Wear 2.0 consumer release has been announced and Wear 2.0 devices are about to start shipping. There are some significant changes which may affect existing Wear apps in different ways. Regular readers of Styling Android will know that I have two Android Wear apps published Something…
Package Name vs. Application ID
All Android developers should understand that the Package Name that we choose for our app is very important. I’m referring to the Package Name of the application itself (which gets declared in the Manifest) rather than the Java package name (although often they will be identical. It was only recently, when I was tackling a…
Wear 2.0: Something O’Clock
At the time of writing (January 2017) the Android Wear 2.0 consumer release is approaching. There are some significant changes which may affect existing Wear apps in different ways. Regular readers of Styling Android will know that I have two Android Wear apps published Something O’Clock (which I blogged about here) and Match Timer (which…
Simple Things – Part 4
In December 2016 Google released the first developer preview of Android Things and Android-based operating system designed for IoT devices, formerly known as Brillo. In this series we’ll take a look at some of the basics of Android Things and create a simple weather station.