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Alex Forrester
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Alex Forrester

Alex Forrester is an experienced software developer with more than 20 years of experience in mobile, web development, and content management systems. He has been working with Android for over 8 years, creating flagship apps for blue-chip companies across a broad range of industries at Sky, The Automobile Association, HSBC, The Discovery Channel, and O2. Alex lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and daughter. When he's not developing, he likes rugby and running in the Chiltern hills.
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Eran Boudjnah
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Eran Boudjnah

Eran Boudjnah is a developer with over 20 years of experience in developing desktop applications, websites, interactive attractions, and mobile applications. He has been working with Android for about 7 years, developing apps and leading mobile teams for a wide range of clients, from start-ups (JustEat) to large-scale companies (Sky) and conglomerates. He is passionate about board games (with a modest collection of a few hundred games) and has a Transformers collection he's quite proud of. Eran lives in North London with Lea, his wife.
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Alexandru Dumbravan
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Alexandru Dumbravan

Alexandru Dumbravan has been an Android Developer since 2011 and worked across a variety of Android applications which contained features such as messaging, voice calls, file management, and location. He continues to broaden his development skills while working in London for a popular fintech company.
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Jomar Tigcal
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Jomar Tigcal

Jomar Tigcal is an Android developer with over 10 years of experience in mobile and software development. He worked on various stages of app development for small startups to large companies. Jomar has also given talks and conducted training and workshops on Android. In his free time, he likes running and reading. He lives in Vancouver, Canada with his wife Celine.
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Part 2: Displaying Network Calls

In this part, we will look at how we can integrate popular libraries and frameworks used for building Android apps. We will start with libraries used to fetch and process data from the internet, then continue with the RecyclerView library used for rendering lists.

Next, we will look at how we can handle permissions and use Google Maps, followed by performing tasks in the background with Services and WorkManager, and then displaying notifications to the user. Finally, we will look at Jetpack Compose and how we can use it to simplify the creation of user interfaces.

We will cover the following chapters in this section:

  • Chapter 5, Essential Libraries: Retrofit, Moshi, and Glide
  • Chapter 6, Adding and Interacting with RecyclerView
  • Chapter 7, Android Permissions and Google Maps
  • Chapter 8, Services, WorkManager, and Notifications
  • Chapter 9, Building User Interfaces Using Jetpack Compose
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Authors (4)

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Alex Forrester

Alex Forrester is an experienced software developer with more than 20 years of experience in mobile, web development, and content management systems. He has been working with Android for over 8 years, creating flagship apps for blue-chip companies across a broad range of industries at Sky, The Automobile Association, HSBC, The Discovery Channel, and O2. Alex lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and daughter. When he's not developing, he likes rugby and running in the Chiltern hills.
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Eran Boudjnah

Eran Boudjnah is a developer with over 20 years of experience in developing desktop applications, websites, interactive attractions, and mobile applications. He has been working with Android for about 7 years, developing apps and leading mobile teams for a wide range of clients, from start-ups (JustEat) to large-scale companies (Sky) and conglomerates. He is passionate about board games (with a modest collection of a few hundred games) and has a Transformers collection he's quite proud of. Eran lives in North London with Lea, his wife.
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Alexandru Dumbravan

Alexandru Dumbravan has been an Android Developer since 2011 and worked across a variety of Android applications which contained features such as messaging, voice calls, file management, and location. He continues to broaden his development skills while working in London for a popular fintech company.
Read more about Alexandru Dumbravan

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Jomar Tigcal

Jomar Tigcal is an Android developer with over 10 years of experience in mobile and software development. He worked on various stages of app development for small startups to large companies. Jomar has also given talks and conducted training and workshops on Android. In his free time, he likes running and reading. He lives in Vancouver, Canada with his wife Celine.
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