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New guidelines for accessing background location in Android

We’ve got 2021 and if you are an Android Developer you need to know a few things that are going to change really soon. There are new guidelines for using background location in Android apps. If you want to use this permission in your app you'll need to submit a...

Restrictions to background location and foreground services in Android 11

Android 11 is officially out! There are many changes related to privacy you should know about and it's good to check your apps for potential flaws. It's also good to know what are the current platform restrictions. I'd like to...

Android Dev Summit 2019 – my recap

I was attending Android Dev Summit 2019 in Sunnyvale and I'd like to share my thoughts after the event. It's my small recap of my experience. But let's start from the beginning. Android Dev Summit and Google I/O. Why do we need two Android events from Google? You...

Android Series #1: App quality, Vitals

I'm starting Android Series on my blog (yay!). Today I'd like to focus on a news that was announced by Google 2 weeks ago and I feel that this post from official Andoid Developers Blog didn't get much attention. I talked with many...

How to install WordPress on Google Cloud

You are reading this post thanks to Google Cloud. To be honest, I've installed this blog "unexpectedly" while testing some features of Google Cloud. Possibility to try Wordpress using Google Cloud pushed me finally to fill my empty domain with this blog. It took me...

How to get free SSL certificate (HTTPS) for free?

If you are setting up any website today SSL certificate (https://) is a must have. July 2018 will be a game changer and you should be prepared for this date. While I work in mobile right today I'm getting questions about this because I spent many years working with...