Mahendran articles - 39 total
Using ViewModel-LiveData with Jetpack Compose
Where and how to make API calls from composable function
Android Utility belt — Collection of dependencies for a greenfield project
Starting an android project will bring in a new set of challenges 👀 aka adding tons of Gradle...
Android — Instrumentation test with hilt & espresso
Testing in Android has been a pain from the beginning and there is no standard architecture setup to...
How HiltViewModel is generated without a factory?
This is the second installment in the three-part series. To understand better, you can read part1 or...
How viewmodel survives configuration change?
Android ViewModel is one of the most helpful APIs exist in the ecosystem. It's a major release which...
Android — Basic Hilt setup with viewmodel + fragment
Hilt is a modern android DI framework for dependency injection. It is merely a wrapper around...
Designing a bottom navigation bar with Jetpack compose
Intro This article covers the design aspect of the bottom navigation bar using Jetpack...
I created few shapes in Jetpack compose / Gist included
Sharing few of my jetpack-compose shapes here. Did path tracing and formed outline path. ...
Jetpack compose - shape your views
Jetpack compose has an elegant way to cut out a Compose view into the desired shape. I'm covering few...
Android — Implementing LifecycleAwareTimer
Android CountDownTimer is good, but it can be better. This article covers few tweaks to the timer and...
Flow is non-blocking but the collector is not
Flow is an idiomatic way in kotlin to publish stream of values. While the flow itself suspendable,...
GraphQL backend — token expiry
GraphQL authorization — token expiry
GraphQL backend — authorization & authentication
GraphQL authorization & authentication using Aspectj and Filters
LeetCode — Median of Two Sorted Arrays
Leetcode#4 — Median of Two Sorted Arrays Kotlin solution
Leetcode - Kotlin solution for the longest substring without repeating characters
Solution for leetcode /#3 — the Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters
GraphQL backend — pagination & filters
GraphQL pagination and filter setup
GraphQL backend — data loaders
How to make use of GraphQL data loaders to write declarative data fetchers?
Write less with Intellij Live Templates
LiveTemplate is a feature in Intellij based IDEs where you can expand a code snippet by typing an...
GraphQL backend — nested objects
A nested object is like a Matryoshka doll where one object placed inside another, and you can choose...
VSCode - A perfect setup for Github pages project
I hosted my blog in github pages and one thing was constantly bugging me. How can I efficiently get...
GraphQL backend — update & delete
In the first installment, I covered create and read operations to the Expense entity. Now let’s add...
GraphQL - simple backend - SpringBoot application
A simple SpringBoot application using in memory data source
Get productive with GraphQL - Type Adapters
Cross-posting from my blog Get productive with GraphQL - Type Adapters One of the demandi...
Weather forecast card design using Jetpack Compose
Cross posting from my blog Weather forecast card design using Jetpack Compose Horizontal...
Android - API calls to Graphql server
This is the final article in the series. In the previous ones I covered backend setup for GraphQL an...
Why should I go for compose?
Way less boilerplate and better tooling. That's why. What's wrong with the old...
Adding LinkedList elements Kotlin solution- LeetCode #1
Problem definition is also available here. Problem summary: We have two linked lists as input each...
Android - GraphQL code generation
This is the fourth installment in [Android app with Hasura backend - #4] series. In the previous arti...
Preparing your IDE for GraphQL
This is a third installment in [Android app with Hasura backend - #3] series. With GraphQL engine and...
Exploring Hasura - Schema setup and queries
This is second article in the series: [Android app with Hasura backend - #2] Now we have a database...