The Practices I've found 2 images that I think reflect how Extreme Programming approaches software development. These come from different perspectives; which drives their different layout. The first shows the interconnectedness of all of the XP practices. The interconnectedness means that utilizing "some" will not provide…
When doing TDD, or testing in general, on Android there's a lot of time you'll encounter an exception like the following java.lang.RuntimeException: Method {{METHOD}} in {{FQD.CLASS}} not mocked. See http://g.co/androidstudio/not-mocked for details. This is just saying that a call…
I assume the general attitude about what I think is, "Shut up already" but... I never listen. :-P I'm looking to do some more frequent small posts, that don't require the level of technical involvement as my a couple of series Android Logger [https:…
I've thought a bit about my TDD limitations on Android and my discovery of the GoLang-y nature of interfaces. For the TopStoriesAdapter.ViewHolder to be tested; we can create a wrapper for other controls... Now I understand why Android didn't do it originally; performance; TDD was…
Making the UI This is what we're starting with: and we'll be looking to improve this and effectively display the information from HackerNews. Let's start this with saying that UI; it's not my thing. I do my creativity in code. I don&…
I've been working very hard to not accept excuses for not having tests on something. I want to be able to TDD as close to 100% of an Android app as possible. I currently have a few areas I need to develop techniques to enable TDDing. One of…
OK - Looks like we've gotten to the point where building out a UI is gonna be a good next step. We need to know what we want to see to know what app innards to build up. Sure, sure "Top Stories"; but honestly, I have…
I've looked into the issue of building without a Custom Build Agent for an android app. I got it working. I want to say that early on I tried something almost identical to this; but it didn't work. Why it hated running batch commands and not…