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Alistair Sykes

Alistair
Sykes

Senior Engineer

Graduating from Birmingham University in 2014, Alistair has been part of the Brightec team for over five years. He’s primarily focused on the Android platform but is equally skilled working with iOS. He is driven to produce innovative Android products with a strong focus on best practices.

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Series

Writing An API

This in-depth blog series offers a step-by-step guide for mobile development teams.

Blog Posts

Our Code
How to trust all SSL certificates with KMM and Ktor

How to configure Ktor in a Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile project to trust all SSL certificates
Our Code
How Has ‘Tap to Focus’ Evolved Over the Years on Android?

There’s no denying how satisfying it is when your camera magically knows what you're pointing it at. But often it's not quite right. So, we need the ability to focus the camera ourselves.
Our Code
How to use JAXB bindings with WSDL to separate schemas into different packages

Multi Schema WSDL and separate packages
Our Code
Internationalise your multi-module Spring Boot Application

Alistair pinpoints how and where to define your user-facing strings.
Our Code
WSDL client generation with Kotlin and Gradle

How to use JAXWS to generate HTTP client code using the Gradle Kotlin DSL.
Android
Introducing Vectordrawable-Seekable

Using the new and improved AnimatedVectorDrawable to pause and seek your animations.

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