Published in DevCNairobi·PinnedPaid Programs for Technical WritersTechnical writing is the process of documenting processes such as software documentation and instructional material for programming. It can be used as a method of writing about a particular subject related to technology as well. This field of writing has been steadily growing and is expected to grow further in…Technical Writing5 min read
Published in DevCNairobi·PinnedSet Up a Free VPN Server in AWSA Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a way to maintain online anonymity by masking your public IP address so your online activity is untraceable. There are a ton of VPN services and apps available out there, most of which have paid plans, but in this post I am going to…AWS4 min read
Jan 10Installing Apache APISIX on WindowsApache APISIX is a dynamic, real-time, high performance API gateway. It provides rich traffic management such features such as load balancing, dynamic upstream, canary release, circuit breaking, authentication, observability and more. What is an API gateway? For those that are new to this term, an API gateway is an API management tool that sits between…Apache Apisix2 min read
Published in DevCNairobi·Dec 27, 2020Add Text-to-Speech support for your appIn this post, we shall continue adding features to the app we created in this post. In the mentioned post, we used Firebase ML Kit to recognize text from images taken from our camera. …Android App Development2 min read
Published in DevCNairobi·Dec 15, 2020Stuck on Firebase? Here are some alternativesThe Backend-As-A-Service (BaaS) market is becoming increasingly popular for businesses that don’t have the funds to invest in backend infrastructure or maintain the costs of hiring backend engineers. These companies provide backend solutions to complex tasks that would otherwise take a developer a lot of time to implement by providing…Backend As A Service5 min read
Published in DevCNairobi·Dec 10, 2020Extract text from image in Android using Firebase ML KitFirebase ML Kit is a mobile SDK for Android and iOS that enables developers to build apps using machine learning with ease. It has various capabilities including text recognition, image labelling, on-device translation among others. In this post, we are going to create a simple Android app that recognizes text…Firebase2 min read
Published in DevCNairobi·Sep 13, 2020Multiple File Upload to Firebase — AndroidFirebase is a Backend-As-A-Service — BaaS — owned by Google for application development that frees developers of the hassle of integrating several backend services among others, leaving developers to worry about creating great user interfaces. …Firebase4 min read
Published in DevCNairobi·Jul 11, 2020Create Swipeable Videos like TiktokRecently I’ve been experimenting with ViewPager2 which is an improved version of the earlier ViewPager library for Android. ViewPager2 is built on top of RecyclerView and supports vertical orientation as well as right-to-left enabled automatically. It allows us to create beautiful user interfaces when we swipe between lists for example…Viewpager 22 min read
Published in DevCNairobi·May 10, 2020Mobile payments using Flutterwave Android SDKFlutterwave is a new startup that aggregates payment services for more than 60 gateways from around the globe. The startup provides an easy and reliable payment solution for businesses worldwide. …Mobile Payments4 min read
Published in DevCNairobi·May 9, 2020Create a simple Fingerprint Auth appFingerprint authentication has further enhanced the security of our phones and apps. As introduced in Android Marshmallow 6.0, fingerprint authentication offers a quick and convenient way of authenticating a user’s identity. In this post we will be building a simple fingerprint authentication app from scratch. Set up your project Create a new Android project…Fingerprint4 min read
