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App Architecture Study: Instagram

App Architecture Study: Instagram

Instagram is one of the most used social media apps in Android and iOS. The core functionality of this app is around sharing photos instantly and it performs this function with a certain simplicity and elegance. We can learn a lot about design when we delve deeper into the design

How to remove padding around button widgets in Android?

When using the default button widget in Android, you can see that the button comes with its own preset padding. When trying to stylize the button with a custom background, it gets really annoying to have this fixed background. You can remove the padding around the button by using setting

How to get the time in Android relative to current time? - In number of seconds, minutes, hours or days ago

Many a time, we shall be dealing with time in a number of varied DateTime formats. We have discussed about some of the ways to standardize DateTime in a previous article. In this article, we shall learn how to get the time relative to current time. Without further adieu, lets

Stylizing buttons in Android

Buttons are very simple elements in Android which can perform certain actions on click. These actions can be defined by implementing an onClick Listener. The default buttons provided by Android have a grey color with ripple effect but many-a-time, this button does not go with your theme. You can set