Originally published at Stream blog by Jaewoong. Since the pandemic started, it has had a huge impact on the entertainment industry especially in-home entertainment, such as streaming services, games, and social media communication. …

Tooltips are one of the most commonly used features in modern mobile development to improve user experience. It can be a good strategy to increase user engagement by pointing out specific areas, guiding screen flows, and giving useful information to application users. This post will show you how to implement…

To be a great developer, you must keep up to date with the latest technologies and continuously learn new skills. In this article, you’ll explore seven materials to level up your Android skills. The development ecosystem is changing so fast. Every day, new tech stacks and solutions are introduced to…

To build successful open-source software, you must first plan a solid strategy. In this post, Jaewoong (a.k.a skydoves) introduces his strategies for how he built and maintains successful open-source software. The open-source software ecosystem is in a constant state of growth. Every day, new libraries and solutions are introduced on…

As the Android ecosystem grows, Android platform solutions and libraries have evolved with it. In this post, you’ll learn about design patterns, architecture, and essential solutions for Android and how they have evolved over Android’s long history. We’ve broken down our 2022 Android developer roadmap into a multi-part series, each…

Since Google announced Jetpack Compose stable 1.0, many companies are getting started to adopt Jetpack Compose into their projects. According to Google’s What developers are saying, Jetpack Compose increases their productivity and code quality. Jetpack Compose has a dedicated optimization system but it’s essential to understand the rendering mechanism of…

In social messaging applications, the reliable and robust chat feature is the essential part. In this article, you will learn how to build your own real-time Android WhatsApp project with Jetpack Compose and Stream’s versatile Compose Chat SDK. Also, you will learn the overall architecture, each layer, and theming that…

Google has announced a new open-source project, Now in Android. In this article, you will cover the overall architecture, each layer, and tech stacks that are used in Now in Android project, such as Material3, Jetpack Compose, and app performance. Before you dive in, we recommend cloning the Now in…

We’ve broken down our 2022 Android developer roadmap into a multi-part series. Each section dives deep into important Android fundamentals and the current Android ecosystem. In the last post, we discussed important elements of Android’s primary components, including Intents and App Entry Points. In part three, we’ll cover the next…