Replacing Otto with RxJava
I've recently replaced Otto with RxJava in the data layer of my current Android project. Otto allows us to perform asynchronous data requests outside »
Creating a Retrofit-like Database Client sans ORM
Retrofit [http://square.github.io/retrofit/] for Android allows us to define a REST client as an interface and create instances without having to provide an »
Unit Testing Non-Android Classes with Mock Objects
The Android Framework provides a slew of classes for us to use in a multitude of ways: inheritance (Activity, Fragment, or Service), delegation (Handler, Looper, or »
Android Can Have Delegates, Too
The Cocoa framework for iOS makes heavy use of Delegates: objects that implement a Protocol and can be used to receive, return, or manipulate information. While »
Decoupling the Presenter
The model-view-presenter design pattern for Android apps, or MVP, allows us to write testable POJOs that we call presenters containing code that isn’t tied to »