It has been a while since I've worked on refactoring the FyzLog. I've been occupied with the VBM on Android [https://quinngil.com/2017/01/25/vbm-on-android/] series. The practices demonstrated in this series though; hugely important ones that will need to be applied once code…
I was looking at the code today to see if I could use the new Moshi 1.4 [https://github.com/square/moshi/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md] and thought I should poke about to see if there's any obvious changes out the network layer I could/should change.…
I'm working to build an Android App through Visual Studio Team Services [https://www.visualstudio.com/team-services/] with the code hosted on GitHub. Pain... I'm going to not write up the long, painful, and unsuccessful time spent trying to use a Windows and Hosted Agent. If…
Much like the post on Appium [https://quinngil.com/2017/02/12/vbm-on-android-initial-appium]; This Espresso post is tied to activities going on at work. This isn't published until long after a decision has been made; but it will serve as my learning so I can participate in the…
Stumbling around some old source code; I found a snippet that used StrictMode [https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/StrictMode.html] in the Application#onCreate. It's not anything revolutionary; but it helps in larger and more complex apps to catch simple mistakes. StrictMode never helped much at…
Pre-ramble Appium is an excellent tool for testing an app running "for reals". No faking talking to other systems - it has to hit the real stuff. I prefer Appium for this as it forces that separation. It requires the application to be treated as a black box.…
The first thing I'll do for this post is define my use of Functional Tests. This is something I feel needs to be done because the related type of testing, Integration Tests can easily be swapped for each other. In fact I work with people who use them…
Set Up I'm using Android Studio to do the development. At home, where I'm doing this development, I like to run the Canary branch. I've run Canary at work before; and it's helped in a number of situations to know what'…