Aug 11, 2018

Choosing the technology stack is one of the first and most important decisions when starting any project from scratch. At Playtomic, we knew that we wanted to pick a stack for the mobile apps that would allow us to deliver the best possible experience given our limited resources available.

Oct 18, 2016

Swift and Kotlin are two great languages for iOS and Android development respectively. They both have very modern features and syntax that can help enormously to build native apps. But, how do they both compare to each other? Are they similar? Can we reuse more code between platforms if we adopt them in our projects? 

Oct 12, 2016

Naming conventions are very important in software development for many reasons, but especially for readability. According to Wikipedia: 

Mar 6, 2016

With iOS9, Apple introduced a new container view called UIStackView. Stack views can be seen as the iOS equivalent for the LinearLayout in Android. Likewise, the usage is pretty straightforward, especially if you from Interface Builder, and when used properly can save the developers lots of time.

Nov 8, 2015

DataBindings is a concept that has been there for quite some time with great success in other technologies. However, the Android stack lacked them (at least in an formal way) until June 2015, when Google introduced them in beta during the Google/IO (still in beta version at the moment of writing this post). But, how does DataBinding work? why is DataBinding so important? can it actually help and improve the way we develop Android apps? will this be the new standard when developing Android apps? I really believe so, so let’s get started! there is a lot to cover!