Android Engineering Articles · Page 16

How to Design Experiments: AABB Testing Explained

AABB testing extends A/B testing by comparing two control variants and two experimental variants, helping teams evaluate design and product changes with stronger guardrails.

Advanced Kotlin Coroutines and Flow: Applications and Internals

Async programming is unavoidable in Android development. This guide explains advanced Kotlin Coroutines and Flow usage, from structured concurrency to reactive streams.

Jetpack Compose Advanced Applications and Internals

Jetpack Compose points to the future of Android UI development with a declarative programming model that differs sharply from the traditional imperative View system.

Android Modular Scroll Containers: From ViewTypes to Section Engines

A section-based Android page container architecture using ConcatAdapter, lazy loading, and module-level paging to decouple complex ecommerce screens.

Advanced Android Network Programming and Optimization (1): Networking as the App's Lifeline

Part 1 of Advanced Android Network Programming and Optimization: protocol evolution from HTTP/1.1 to HTTP/2, QUIC, and HTTP/3.

Advanced Android Network Programming and Optimization (2): OkHttp Internals

Part 2 of Advanced Android Network Programming and Optimization: OkHttpClient, Dispatcher, ConnectionPool, interceptors, EventListener, DNS, and TLS.

Advanced Android Network Programming and Optimization (3): Advanced Retrofit Usage

Part 3 of Advanced Android Network Programming and Optimization: Retrofit extensions, gRPC, WebSocket, weak-network tuning, caching, retries, and monitoring.

Advanced Android Network Programming and Optimization

A deep dive into Android networking, covering HTTP/2, QUIC, OkHttp internals, Retrofit extensions, gRPC, WebSocket, weak-network tuning, and monitoring.

Advanced Data Persistence and Caching Strategies

Data powers modern apps. This guide covers advanced Android persistence, SQLite and Room optimization, key-value storage, caching, offline-first design, large files, and synchronization.

APK Decompilation and Recompilation: From Basics to Practical Workflows

A practical guide to Android APK decompilation, modification, recompilation, AAR dependency integration, and APK signing with apktool and related tools.

Android Native Crash Handling and Firebase Capture Guide

How to trigger Android native crashes, why Firebase Crashlytics misses them by default, and how to configure NDK symbol uploads.

Android App Security Hardening: Attack and Defense in Practice

A practical guide to Android app hardening, covering reverse engineering, code protection, RASP, network security, secure storage, and security coding practices.

7 ADB Commands Every Android Developer Should Know

ADB is an essential Android debugging tool. These 7 practical commands make app installation, logging, screenshots, file transfer, and device control faster.

A Complete SQL Guide: From Basics to Mastery

SQL, or Structured Query Language, is the standard language for interacting with databases. This guide walks through core SQL features from basic queries to advanced operations.

Android Hidden APIs: From @hide to Greylist and Blacklist

Android exposes a rich public SDK, but many framework methods and fields are hidden with @hide. This article explains hidden API categories, runtime enforcement, greylists, blacklists, source generation, and safer compatibility strategies.

Android System Services and the Framework Interaction Model

A deep dive into Android Framework system services, covering SystemServer startup, ServiceManager registration, AMS, WMS, PMS, getSystemService, Binder, and debugging.

ART Runtime and Advanced Memory Management (1): Foundations

Part 1 of ART Runtime and Advanced Memory Management: why ART, GC, and memory strategy are foundations for Android performance and stability.

ART Runtime and Advanced Memory Management (2): ART GC

Part 2 of ART Runtime and Advanced Memory Management: a deep look at ART heap structure, GC algorithms, pauses, barriers, and GC logs.

ART Runtime and Advanced Memory Management (3): Diagnosis

Part 3 of ART Runtime and Advanced Memory Management: diagnosing leaks, churn, fragmentation, Bitmap memory, OOM, and memory tools.

ART Runtime and Advanced Memory Management (4): Native Memory

Part 4 of ART Runtime and Advanced Memory Management: native memory sources, detection tools, optimization strategies, and memory discipline.