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Make sure your users have the latest app version installed

An Android and iOS open-source library dubbed Prince of Versions standardizes notifications about application updates.

Articles

Reactive Modelling on Android

By combining RxJava’s reactive paradigm and functional style operations, you can model a wide range of concurrency constructs in a reactive way, even in Android’s non-reactive world

Splash screen in Android: The right way

Pablo Pallocchi describes how to implement Splash screen without using Runnables

Android TensorFlow Machine Learning Example

Nice tutorial about integrating Tensorflow in Android apps.

Why your app should crash

Too many times I've seen developers trying to avoid crashes at all cost. But are unhandled exceptions really that bad? And are null checks really the answer?

Exploring Firebase on Android: Dynamic Links

Firebase is such an exciting new collection of services that Joe has been reading up on and experimenting with.

Libraries

Prince of Versions

Library checks for updates using
configuration from some resource.

Top 5 Android Libraries — March 2017

COBE's monthly list of top 5 Android libraries.

Videos/Podcasts

App Links Assistant in Android Studio 2.3

App Links, introduced in Android Marshmallow, is a great way to reduce friction for users launching HTTP links pointing to your app on Android by getting rid of the disambiguation dialog.