The personal blog of Atanas Dimitrov a.k.a Seishin - an enthusiastic software developer with interests in many fields.

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Interesting case with URL query params

Interesting case with URL query params

Strange Xcode and autocomplete issue

Strange Xcode and autocomplete issue

Google detected that I have multiple AdSense accounts

Google detected that I have multiple AdSense accounts

GraphQL: What is it and why you should consider it over REST?

GraphQL: What is it and why you should consider it over REST?

Xcode: The folder “disabled.plist” doesn’t exist.

Xcode: The folder “disabled.plist” doesn’t exist.

The useState() Hook: Practical Guide

The useState() Hook: Practical Guide

Dynamic switching of themes in React Native App: The funky way with hooks! 👌

Dynamic switching of themes in React Native App: The funky way with hooks! 👌

React Hooks: Gentle Introduction! 🚀

React Hooks: Gentle Introduction! 🚀

🖊️ Let's add custom fonts to a React Native App!

🖊️ Let's add custom fonts to a React Native App!

Unrecognized font family 'FontAwesome'

Unrecognized font family 'FontAwesome'

MacOS Catalina Beta installation issue

MacOS Catalina Beta installation issue

Xiaomi Mi Band 4 and DST (Daylight Saving Time) Issue

Xiaomi Mi Band 4 and DST (Daylight Saving Time) Issue

How to add a StatusBar in your React Native application

How to add a StatusBar in your React Native application

IOS pod install error. Module glog cannot be installed

How to access Firestore subcollections with react-redux-firebase

How to access Firestore subcollections with react-redux-firebase

Thoughts about our ability to focus on things

Thoughts about our ability to focus on things

How to avoid the virtual keyboard when entering text in React Native

How to avoid the virtual keyboard when entering text in React Native

Формулата 20/20/20 или как да извисим живота си!

Формулата 20/20/20 или как да извисим живота си!

Xcode 10 and... Bridging Headers Issue

Xcode 10 and... Bridging Headers Issue

Dynamic switching of themes in React Native App

Dynamic switching of themes in React Native App

[Част 2] Проект Умен Дом: Флашване и конфигуриране на Sonoff устройствата с Tasmota

[Част 2] Проект Умен Дом: Флашване и конфигуриране на Sonoff устройствата с Tasmota

[Part 2] Smart Home Project: Flashing and configuring Sonoff Devices with Tasmota

[Part 2] Smart Home Project: Flashing and configuring Sonoff Devices with Tasmota

[Част 1] Проект Умен Дом: Въведение

[Част 1] Проект Умен Дом: Въведение

[Part 1] Smart Home Project: Overview

[Part 1] Smart Home Project: Overview

Android Studio and files with size larger than 2.44MB

Android Studio and files with size larger than 2.44MB

Multiple domains pointing to a single IP running Nginx

Multiple domains pointing to a single IP running Nginx

Upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04 and Android Studio 3.2

Upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04 and Android Studio 3.2

Troubles when trying to mock the Bundle class with Mockito

Easy way to detect when your app is going to be killed

Android Studio Update and missing classes issue

Mockito and testing Kotlin classes

Mockito and testing Kotlin classes

Detecting when the soft keyboard is present

Deep Linking with Branch, Rails server and Android client

Rails, PostgreSQL and... an empty array!

Rails, PostgreSQL and... an empty array!

Latest

Aug
19
Interesting case with URL query params

Interesting case with URL query params

Last week, I encountered another interesting case of something I didn't know. I worked on the implementation of one API
1 min read
Aug
14
Strange Xcode and autocomplete issue

Strange Xcode and autocomplete issue

A few days ago I experienced a strange issue with the Xcode and its autocomplete functionality that ate some 2-3
1 min read
Feb
08
GraphQL: What is it and why you should consider it over REST?

GraphQL: What is it and why you should consider it over REST?

I think that GraphQL is not that different from REST but dramatically improves the developer experience of building and consuming
7 min read
Jan
24
Xcode: The folder “disabled.plist” doesn’t exist.

Xcode: The folder “disabled.plist” doesn’t exist.

Today I decided to experiment a bit with the new SwiftUI and after the Xcode updated, it gave me this
1 min read
Nov
14
Just published my first React Native package to NPM

Just published my first React Native package to NPM

For a few weeks now I'm working on a small React Native app. After trying to find a package that
1 min read
Nov
13
The useState() Hook: Practical Guide

The useState() Hook: Practical Guide

Do you know what is the difference between a class component and a function component in React? In this practical
5 min read
Nov
11
Dynamic switching of themes in React Native App: The funky way with hooks! 👌

Dynamic switching of themes in React Native App: The funky way with hooks! 👌

In February I posted an article with example of how to switch React Native Paper themes dynamically via the recently
1 min read
Nov
11
React Hooks: Gentle Introduction! 🚀

React Hooks: Gentle Introduction! 🚀

In this article I'll try to explain in a simple way what are the React Hooks and why it's good
3 min read
Nov
02
🖊️ Let's add custom fonts to a React Native App!

🖊️ Let's add custom fonts to a React Native App!

It's fairy simple... :) STEP 1: Create a new file in your RN project's root dir with name react-native.config.js
1 min read