7 posts tagged with "Best Practices"

If you've worked on a Flutter app for more than a few weeks, you've probably had this moment: the app works, the UI looks fine… but the code? It's slowly getting messy. A few unused variables here, a couple of print statements there, inconsistent styles everywhere. Nothing is broken yet, but you can feel future bugs lining up.

This is exactly where the Dart Analyzer quietly saves you.

Flutter ships with a static code analysis tool that watches your code while you write it and points out problems before they turn into crashes, performance issues, or painful refactors. The best part? Most teams barely scratch the surface of what it can do.

Let's walk through how the Dart Analyzer works, how you can customize it, and how a few small lint tweaks can make your Flutter app noticeably cleaner and easier to maintain.

You know that feeling when your Flutter app works perfectly in testing… but starts lagging, stuttering, or crashing after users spend some time in it? That's often not a "Flutter problem." It's a memory problem.

Memory leaks are sneaky. They don't always break your app immediately. Instead, they quietly pile up - using more RAM, slowing things down, and eventually pushing your app to a crash. The good news? Most memory leaks in Flutter are avoidable once you know where to look.

Let's walk through some practical, real-world ways to prevent memory leaks in Flutter - no fluff, just things you can actually apply.

If you've ever integrated a third-party iOS framework, you already know this truth: great code means nothing if the documentation is confusing.

An iOS framework exists to make another developer's life easier. But without clear documentation, even the most powerful framework feels hard to adopt, risky to use, and easy to abandon. Documentation isn't an afterthought - it's the bridge between your framework and its users.

Think of your documentation as a guided walkthrough. When done right, it answers questions before they're asked and removes friction at every step. Let's walk through how to build documentation that developers trust, understand, and keep coming back to.

You know that moment when you're rushing to book a cab, the payment is about to go through, and suddenly the app freezes? For a few seconds, you're stuck - did the payment go through or not? Do you retry? Do you close the app? That tiny moment of uncertainty is enough to frustrate most users. And more often than not, they don't come back.

That's exactly how silent damage begins in mobile apps. Not with big disasters—but with small, unexpected failures in moments that matter most. On Android, even one crash in a critical flow like login, checkout, or onboarding can quietly push users away, hurt your ratings, and impact revenue. While no app can ever be completely crash-proof, Kotlin gives you a strong safety net to reduce these risks long before users feel them.

Imagine building a house with your bare hands. Then, someone hands you a toolbox that automates half the work, ensures structural safety, and even paints the walls. That's what the right Android libraries feel like.

You don't just want to write code. You want to write clean, efficient, testable code that doesn't give you a migraine three months later. These 10 libraries? They're your survival kit.

Let's break them down together. I'll show you real examples, sprinkle in some numbers, and tell you exactly why each one deserves a spot in your next Android project. No fluff - just the stuff that actually helps.

Ever tapped a button in your app and waited... and waited... until you started questioning your life choices?

Yeah, that's an app hang.

It's not a crash. It's worse. Your app doesn't explode, it just freezes. Quietly. Awkwardly. Like someone forgot their lines on stage and now the whole audience is staring.

App hangs are sneaky. They don't always show up in crash reports. But your users feel them. In the lags, the unresponsive screens, the moments when they swipe but nothing moves. And if it happens too often? That uninstall button starts looking real attractive.

But it doesn't have to be that way.

Let's fix the freeze before the curtain falls.

Have you ever dated someone who just… wouldn't let go?

You break up, move on, start fresh - and boom - they're still texting, still showing up in your life, refusing to be deleted.

That's your app with a memory leak.

It's holding on to screens, data, and objects long after it should've moved on. You've moved past the Activity, but it's still lingering in memory like a clingy ex who didn't get the memo.

The worst part? You might not even know it's happening.

But users will. They will feel it in the slowdowns, the crashes, the app that once felt smooth now feeling… emotionally unavailable.

And in Android, they're not just annoying. They're dangerous. They can slow down your app, cause freezes, and eventually - boom! A crash.

Let's dive into the most common memory leak scenarios in Android. I'll walk you through real-world examples, show you how to spot them, and most importantly, how to fix them.