Jessica Thornsby
Jessica Thornsby is a part-time contributor to Android Authority with a specialization in dev-related content.
Display YouTube, Vimeo, and Dailymotion videos in your Android apps
Deliver a richer, multimedia experience, by embedding videos in your application's "res" directory, or streaming them directly from YouTube, Video, Dailymotion and more.
by Jessica ThornsbyFebruary 9, 2019
Android Architecture Components: Creating an app using Room, LiveData, and ViewModel
In this post we'll focus on what Android Architecture Components are, and how to use them.
by Jessica ThornsbyFebruary 6, 2019
Master Android’s sensors: hardware, software and multidimensional
Today, most modern Android devices are kitted out with a bunch of sensors. We build three apps that retrieve information from the device's environmental, motion and position sensors, ...
by Jessica ThornsbyJanuary 29, 2019
Add fingerprint authentication to your app, using BiometricPrompt
In this article, we’ll show you how to add single-touch identification to your app, using Android Pie’s new BiometricPrompt API.
by Jessica ThornsbyJanuary 21, 2019
ML Kit: Extracting text from images with Google’s Machine Learning SDK
Learn to use ML Kit’s Text Recognition API to create an Android app that can intelligently gather, process and analyze the information it’s been given.
by Jessica ThornsbyJanuary 16, 2019
Hassle-free fragments: Using Android’s Navigation Architecture Component
Find out how to migrate your projects to this single-Activity structure using JetPack’s Navigation Architecture Component.
by Jessica ThornsbyJanuary 15, 2019
ML Kit Image Labeling: Determine an image’s content with machine learning
Learn how to build an Android app that can automatically process an image using on-device and in-the-cloud machine learning.
by Jessica ThornsbyDecember 11, 2018
App development: How to make calls, send SMS, and retrieve the user’s contacts
Making calls and sending SMS are some of the most versatile features that you can add to your Android applications.
by Jessica ThornsbyDecember 2, 2018
Sending Android push notifications with Firebase Cloud Messaging
In this article, we'll show you how to quickly and easily send notifications from an external server, using Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM).
by Jessica ThornsbyNovember 22, 2018
Reduce your APK size with Android App Bundles and Dynamic Feature
Creating an app that can run across the full range of Android devices, is one of the biggest challenges facing Android developers - but Google's new publishing format promises to make ...
by Jessica ThornsbyNovember 21, 2018
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