Mar 20, 2020

It is very common in mobile apps to need to update UI when keyboard is shown or dismissed. It might be to make some extra space in the screen, to scroll a list to a particular position or just to show some hints to the user while typing. Nevertheless, no matter what your reason is, there is no easy way to detect keyboard opening or closing in Android. Let’s explore some ideas:

Jun 19, 2019

A few weeks ago we posted a question in our Playtomic dev blog and our developer network asking for chat solutions. Comments were broad, and we finally opted for a combination of Firebase + MessageKit/ChatKit. But let me make a quick recap of the different solutions available for each of the components (backend + apps):

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: