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Briana Nzivu

Briana is an undergraduate student pursuing an undergraduate degree in Software Engineering at United States International University - Africa. Briana loves developing mobile applications, technical writing, and following up on UI/UX trends. She enjoys traveling and gardening.

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Implementing Fingerprint Authentication in Android Applications

May 31, 2021

Biometrics are calculations and body measurements that are related to human characteristics. Biometrics are categorized into: Physical and behavioral. Physical biometrics is our humanly features such as our...

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Implementing a Splash screen and Introduction Sliders in Android

Feb 15, 2021

A splash screen is an introduction screen in an application once it is launched. Splash screens are vital since they are the first interaction a user has with an application. Most splash screens either contain...

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Getting Started With UI Layouts in Android

Jan 21, 2021

The basic building block in the User Interface (UI) of an application is called a View. A view occupies a rectangular area in a mobile screen. An Android UI contains a layout, a view group, and views such as a...

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Simple GET request using Retrofit in Android

Jan 5, 2021

Networking is a crucial factor in mobile development. Most, if not all mobile applications incorporate networking on some level. Applications are either sending or receiving information. Initially, developers...

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Using Picasso in Android

Jan 5, 2021

Visual representation in mobile application development is a growing UI/UX trend. In this current era, most of our minds seem to understand either graphics in motion or pictures rather than words. With time,...

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Making API Requests using Volley Android

Nov 16, 2020

Networking in mobile applications has been around since its inception. In the early days, applications made network calls on the main thread. Making network requests on the main thread stopped when Google...

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Bottom Navigation Bar in Android Applications

Oct 28, 2020

A Bottom Navigation View navigation tool enables users to explore and change to different views in an application. A Navigation Component is a set of libraries developed by Google to manage complex navigation...

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Google Authentication in Android Applications

Oct 16, 2020

Authentication enables organizations to keep their networks secure by permitting only authenticated users (or processes) to access its protected resources. This shows how important it is to authenticate users....

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