Paul Franco

Paul Franco @paulfranco

About: I am an Android application developer based out of Seattle. I specialize in building Full Stack Mobile applications with NodeJS and Firebase back-ends.

Location:
Seattle, WA
Joined:
Sep 1, 2020

Paul Franco
articles - 9 total

How to Track Composable Visibility in Jetpack Compose — with a custom .trackVisibility Modifier

In Compose apps, it’s often necessary to know if a Composable is visible on screen and by how much....

Learn More 2 1May 3

Keep It Tight: Using Locally Scoped Helper Functions in Kotlin Use Cases

In modern Android and Kotlin development, especially when following clean architecture, we aim for...

Learn More 0 0Apr 25

Securing and Injecting Google Maps API Key in an Android App

When developing an Android application, securely managing sensitive API keys such as the Google Maps...

Learn More 2 0Mar 3

Android: Determine how many users are using DarkMode

On Android, determining how many users are using dark mode can be achieved through a few methods, but...

Learn More 0 0Jul 17 '24

Android Jetpack: Navigation Architecture Component

If you have been developing Android applications for some time you know that providing proper navigat...

Learn More 5 1Sep 27 '20

Kotlin - "Lazy" initialization

One of the most interesting features of the Kotlin syntax is Lazy initialization but it is also a con...

Learn More 6 0Sep 18 '20

Kotlin - Understanding the "open" keyword

Inheritance is the cornerstone of Object-Oriented Programming . OOP is the process of acquiring or us...

Learn More 2 2Sep 16 '20

Android Jetpack: DataBinding Library

Android Jetpack was introduced in 2018 by Google in order to help developers accelerate android devel...

Learn More 3 0Sep 4 '20

Android Jetpack: 2Way DataBinding

With the introduction of Android Jetpack’s ViewModel and Data Binding we are able to reduce the numbe...

Learn More 2 0Sep 1 '20