In This Article I am Demonstrating how to Align a Widget or group of Components – to the Center of the parent View or the Screen. Probably more options exist, but – this is for now. The First Option is with parent Column: Column(modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize(), verticalArrangement = Arrangement.Center, horizontalAlignment = Alignment.CenterHorizontally) { Text(text =…
Author: Toma Velev
Failed to Rotate Android Activity in the Emulator
In this video/blog post/ I failed to record and Rotate properly one demonstration showing centered Text or some other mix of Widgets in Jetpack Compose. IMO – it is a good moment to point out the places where the rotation may be disabled. AndroidManifest.xml – flag in the Activity Tag. Set the flag SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT set…
Web Interceptors – Java | Android | Flutter
Web Interceptors are the way to implement aspect oriented programming above the HTTP protocol. They do all kinds of functionality: Track usage – auditing, statistics Logging events of special interest Performance monitoring Set custom headers, data encryption, other type of application and domain specific logic Security: On the Server the goal is to prevent unauthorized…
For whom is Flutter for? Why not Native?
Developers tend to attach themselves to frameworks. They see some magic tricks like the ones The Flutter Framework makes in its cross platform efforts. In the past, there were also several other wizardly-like technologies. An experienced software engineer with more than technical skills sees beyond the bytes, the shiny animations and drawings. Flutter Framework is…
Backend Developer into the Frontend World Madness
Being half-Backend (Full-stack) Developer I cannot stop myself from looking at the Frontend World as some kind of mindless madness. I’ve talked before how concepts are renamed and reimplemented. In this article I’m gonna include few more items. Back-end approach in the Front-End The backend developers often don’t care about the size of the systems…
Creating a Product or Service – Layers beyond Software
In the end of the day a piece of Software is just a tool and several more layers are required for it to be useful. Creating a Product or Service – choosing the technical library could be viewed as the most straightforward part – once you figured everything else out. Educating the market A Product…
Client State of an Authentication & Authorization App
Most Real World Internet Systems have Authentication and Authorization and currently the world is mind-blown by State focused Frameworks and Development Approaches. So I decided to describe what could be the mix of both areas. From an Authentication & Authorization point of view – the modern way to implement a backend is the Application Layer…
Utility Apps are Gone – Long Live the Social Ones
Utility Apps are gone – Long Live the Internet Social Platforms and Services. We are year 2021 and the technology sector has grown up and is here to stay. It doesn’t matter what are our feelings to the Gadgets, the Apps, the Companies and Corporations. There are apps for everything – even social. Whatever functionality…
GPS Location Explained – Android & Flutter point of view
In this article I’m gonna explain some details of GPS Location Access and architectural aspects in Android Native and the Flutter Framework. The Application Programming Interfaces by Google on these frameworks will probably use their private API. That’s why probably, I am expanding my learning and research beyond them. GPS Location Evolution In the beginning…
Process Video – on Device – with FFmpeg Flutter
In this article I’ll describe the how to Process Video on Device with FFmpeg and Flutter. The first part is some general thoughts and architectural aspects about doing so. Second is the Plugin, the Code Samples and references. Common Benefits Give more work to the client! It doesn’t matter what type of front-end technology you…
