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Torkel Velure
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Published in ProAndroidDev

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Android + Firestore + Flow + Pagination = ❤

I’ve been working on this app recently: Fjelltoppjakten In Fjelltoppjakten we use Firebase/Firestore for everything! The app is simple; you can view all the mountains in Bergen(Norway), and if you reach the summit, you can check in and gain points! After gaining hundreds of users and 50+ check-ins daily, it…

Flow

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Android + Firestore + Pagination + Flow = ❤
Android + Firestore + Pagination + Flow = ❤
Flow

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Published in Firebase Developers

·Jan 3, 2022

Using Firebase and Email to Send a Custom Diploma to Our Top Performing Users

Fjelltoppjakten(the peak hunt) is an app where you collect peaks. The app includes a map of peaks in Norway, and when you are on the top of a mountain you can check-in, collect points and take a picture. In less than 10 months, some users have already visited more than…

Firebase

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Using Firebase and Email to Send a Custom Diploma to Our Top Performing Users
Using Firebase and Email to Send a Custom Diploma to Our Top Performing Users
Firebase

5 min read


Published in Firebase Developers

·Aug 25, 2021

Firestore Full Text Search with Meili

Fjelltoppjakten now has over 16 000 users, and a highly requested feature has been to search for users by name. We have a users collection in Firestore with the following data structure: users/$userId { name: String imgUrl: String, location: String } We wanted to implement a search field in the…

Firestore

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Firestore Full Text Search with Meili
Firestore Full Text Search with Meili
Firestore

4 min read


Published in ProAndroidDev

·Aug 11, 2021

Duplicate Android Navigation — Bug or Feature?

I recently found a bug that would cause a crash in all the apps I ever made. In some apps the crash had never happened, even though the bug was there, and in others the crash would happen 1 in every 1 million sessions or so, which made it a…

Android

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Duplicate Android Navigation — Bug or Feature?
Duplicate Android Navigation — Bug or Feature?
Android

4 min read


Nov 2, 2020

The Worst Programming Language Ever

After trying out more than 40 different languages with varying results, I wanted to share the absolute worst language designs I have seen. Just my opinion though, don’t be mad 😄 I don’t want to judge a language based on what it is missing, rather on what it has, but…

Programming Languages

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The Worst Programming Language Ever
The Worst Programming Language Ever
Programming Languages

8 min read


Oct 26, 2020

Top CodeWars solutions

I have been active on various competitive coding sites for over 4 years, and have solved over a thousand different problems, using 40+ different languages. If you attempt that many problems, you will eventually stumble upon a few where you just find the perfect solution. …

Programming

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The Most Beautiful Code I Ever Wrote
The Most Beautiful Code I Ever Wrote
Programming

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Published in The Startup

·Oct 22, 2020

Android Data-Binding — Creating a Reusable Onboarding

If you have started many android projects, you have probably experienced having to re-invent the wheel multiple times. Or perhaps you copy-pasted some code from an old project and spent some time refactoring it to fit your new design. I bet you have made or at least seen an onboarding…

Android

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Android Data-Binding — Creating a Reusable Onboarding
Android Data-Binding — Creating a Reusable Onboarding
Android

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Published in The Startup

·Oct 20, 2020

Reactive, Functional Programming in Android Apps with DataBinding and Flow

Is it possible to write pure functional android apps? Many argue for flutter, react native, and lately jetpack compose due to their declarative style, but are they really necessary, or can we do the same by utilising the full power of the android ecosystem? I will not go much into…

Functional Programming

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Functional Programming

5 min read

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