GuNews uploaded to Google Play
GuNews app Finally I published my real first app, GuNews a news headlines app, in the Google Play. It was mainly an exercise in Android programming. And what an exercise! If you want to check it out, click here . I started my programming adventure by taking a nanodegree program in Android programming from Udacity+Google, which I finished in August 2019. When I finished that course I gained a bit self-confidence in Java for Android. However when I tried to rewrite the news app GuNews to follow the recommended Android Architecture Component (Android JetPack), simply AAC, I immediately faced challenges. First I realised that Google has moved on from Java to Kotlin when providing code examples for AAC. Grrrhhh.... I am a total beginner with only basic Java knowledge and must have to deal with a foreign language Kotlin. Second I found out that many solutions provided by diligent coders on stockoverflow are meant for the time before Android before AAC. So it was really a hu...