Posts in 'Android'

Android Implementing Google Sign In

As you all are aware that Google Plus is shutting down in March 2019 and so are all its services. I have had a legacy android app on play store that was using the GoogleApiClient for authentication with Google Plus services, alas, I had to upgrade the application to use …

Migrating to Google Sign-In with Android

Google recently has deprecated the Google+ Sign in and process of obtaining oauth access tokens via GoogleAuthUtil.getToken API. Now, they reccomend a single entry point via new Google Sign-In API. The major reasons for doing so are 1. It enhances user experience and 2. It improves security, more here …

Analyzing memory leaks in Android

In this post I will share an example of analyzing memory leak in an Android application. I recently tried to integrate a popular android library ShowcaseView which can be used for first run demos in your android application. The thing is while testing the library, I noticed severe memory leaks …

ProGuard configuration for Retrofit

If you use ProGuard for obfuscating your code and happen to use Retrofit in your application, you will need to configure ProGuard to exclude certain Retrofit files from being obfuscated. Also you must note that if you are using GSON for conversion from JSON to POJO representation, you must ignore …

Book Review: Bulletproof Android: Practical Advice for Building Secure Apps

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I recently reviewed this title and found it short on a few important consideration such as cross client authorization. This is definitely a book for developers who are beginning android application development, but isn’t comprehensive.

I discuss about what each chapter covers and then offer suggestions later on how …