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  1. Announcing Purple Train

    We shipped a mobile app that efficiently shows MBTA Commuter Rail departure times.

    Ian C. Anderson
    January 9, 2017
    • News
    • iOS
    • Android
    • React Native
    • Elm
    • Mobile
  2. Avoiding Out of Memory Crashes on Mobile

    How to use Streams to more efficiently manage memory when downloading large files using Unity Engine.

    Steff Kelsey
    December 20, 2016
    • Android
    • iOS
    • Mobile
    • Unity
  3. Rapid cross-platform mobile development with React Native

    How React Native helped us ship a cross-platform mobile app in 8 weeks.

    Giles Van Gruisen
    December 1, 2016
    • React Native
    • Mobile
    • iOS
    • Android
  4. Introducing ExpandableRecyclerView

    Introducing Expandable RecyclerView: an open source library for expanding and collapsing groups using RecyclerView.Adapter.

    Amanda Hill
    August 31, 2016
    • Android
    • Design
    • News
  5. Android ImageView ScaleType: A Visual Guide

    A visual aid for all the options for scaling the bounds of an image to the bounds of an ImageView.

    Amanda Hill
    August 25, 2016
    • Android
    • Design
  6. Accessibility Testing on Android

    Four ways to test accessibility on Android.

    Kelly Shuster
    April 29, 2016
    • Accessibility
    • Android
  7. Observables, and Callbacks and Threading, Oh My!

    How to create an observable from a callback and what not to do.

    Amanda Hill
    April 19, 2016
    • Android
    • RxJava
  8. Android Developer Perf Matters

    Increase your efficiency in day-to-day Android development.

    Kelly Shuster
    January 14, 2016
    • Android
    • DevTools
  9. Rototo: Space Survival

    A behind-the-scenes look at thoughtbot’s first published mobile game.

    Jack Nutting
    April 9, 2015
    • News
    • iOS
    • Android
    • Game
    • Rototo
  10. Scala: A Better Java for Android

    Stop writing Java for your Android apps! There are a slew of ways to build...

    Mike Burns
    May 25, 2011
    • Android
    • Scala
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