We released a new app for scanning QR codes: QR Friend.
We recently had the opportunity to work with Flutter on a project. Here’s our honest opinion of the advantages of Flutter that we would like to see in Android development.
https://www.bloco.io/blog/what-the-android-ecosystem-could-learn-from-flutter
Joining a new team can be a thrilling and transformative experience. Recently, I joined a new team and I want to share my personal experience about how to connect with people working remotely.
https://www.bloco.io/blog/building-connections-when-joining-a-new-remote-team
We're looking for a developer to build Android apps with us. Want to join us? Take a look at our offer.
Another year went by, one marked by many challenges and great satisfactions. This is our annual transparency report from the 1st of April’22 to the 31st of March’23. We believe companies shou...
The design clubs are promoted to bridge the gap between schools and the industry and develop digital literacy. The workshops offer a glimpse of what is working in the design industry and aim to a...
https://www.bloco.io/blog/a-bridge-between-the-schools-and-the-industry-design-club
We take part in a retreat to reconnect with nature, recharge, and set our goals for 2023.
Rare is the software project that does not have external dependencies. But dependencies need to be maintained. We go through 6 different strategies for checking and updating your dependencies.
https://www.bloco.io/blog/6-strategies-for-updating-software-dependencies
Presenting Cabinet, Bloco’s new app! Cabinet helps you discover amazing new apps and alternatives to the ones you use every day.
Bloco is looking for an operations manager. This is an ideal position for someone who loves working with teams, driven to increment and improve the company’s operations. As operations manager, ...
Welcoming Liliana, our new Android development intern. Learn more about her likes and dislikes.
https://www.bloco.io/blog/welcome-liliana-new-android-developer
Another year races by and it’s already time for our annual report. We’re celebrating our seventh year, seven years of work in progress.
The story behind our 4 day work week. How did we do it and the Pros and Cons of it? We’re investing in spending more time with our families, catching up on a project and connecting with the cit...
https://www.bloco.io/blog/the-story-behind-our-4-days-work-week
A ritual we do every year is to write our annual highlights. We always start with the feeling “we haven't done much” but then we realise it’s not true.
WE ARE HIRING! We're looking for a developer to build Android apps with us. Want to join us? Take a look at our offer
Android users now expect their apps to look good fullscreen. No more black bars below the notch and the navigation. But the official documentation does not cover everything. Learn how you can bec...
Are you looking for information on the latest UI Toolking for modern Android Development by Google? Here are seven things you probably should know before using or migrating to Jetpack Compose
Let us tell you how we've worked with OONI to improve the quality of their Probe Android app.
https://www.bloco.io/blog/building-test-suite-ooni-probe-android
If your app integrates with a server API, mocking server responses is important for tests. In unit tests it's easy to mock the object doing the API calls, but on a UI test it's harder. We're goin...
https://www.bloco.io/blog/mocking-retrofit-api-responses-with-mockwebserver-hilt
Our annual report is here! A wrap-up of the sixth year of Bloco: client's work, internal projects, finances, and intentions