In the previous two tutorials, you've learned how to set up custom fonts on Android the modern way. Either as fixed font style (such as Noto Serif bold) or as font family (such as Noto serif in several weights). However, so far you've only used XML designs to configure app …

In the last tutorial, we've explored the modern way of implementing custom fonts on Android. However, it broke the support for dynamically changing the font style and weights (for example, bold or italic). In this tutorial, we'll fix this drawback and configure a font family with different styles. {{outline}} {{video} …

Loading images from a server is an error-prone process. The server can be down, the user can be on a slow mobile connection, or completely lose Internet connection. By default, Glide has some timeouts set for you to balance between waiting long enough for the image to be loaded and …

Glide 4.x has introduced a new feature: the generated API. You've learned the basics of this new feature in our generated API tutorial. One upside of the generated API is that it's easy to extend. This allows you to centralize implementation patterns in your app. In this tutorial you'll …

In a previous tutorial, you've learned how to load images for a Grid- and ListView. You've upped the UI quality in the advanced ListView tutorial with the holder pattern and rounded images. Unfortunately, even with the holder pattern, a ListView can cause performance issues. Google's RecyclerView has the intention of …

Glide 4.x has introduced a new feature: the generated API. You've learned the basics of this new feature in our generated API tutorial. One upside of the generated API is that it's easy to extend. This allows you to centralize implementation patterns in your app. In this tutorial you'll …

In a previous tutorial, you've learned how to log image loading with the Android Studio Profiler. In this tutorial, you'll learn how you can analyze requests and responses using Facebook's Stetho debug tool. Stetho maps Glide's network activity to Chrome's developer tool. This offers the network information during the development …

In a previous tutorial, you've learned how to enable logging in Glide. Unfortunately, this logging option only gives you very limited information and nothing specific to CPU load, memory usage, or the network. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to use Android Studio's Profiler to really drill into details of …