Nick Holcombe

Nick

Holcombe

Senior Developer

Nick graduated from the University of Brighton with a degree in Computer Science and Biology. With over 25 years’ experience as a developer, Nick is also an Android enthusiast who is passionate about continuously learning and developing best practices.

Blog Posts

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Culture

How to connect with your team in a remote setting

The events of 2020 gave most of us cause to rethink the ways we work.

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Podcasting to those without Internet access

Android

Podcasting to those without Internet access

Creating a phone number which plays podcasts over the phone from an RSS feed or JSON object

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Android

Firebase App Distribution: Improving our sharing process

We wanted to make sharing our apps with testers easier, Nick explains how we went about it

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Android

HowTo: Creating a Barcode in Kotlin Android

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Nick at Brightec

In Depth

Building a Fibonacci Watch Face for Wear OS

We've been exploring golden spirals and wearable devices.

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In Depth

How to finish an Open Source project (gracefully)

Rate the app: our fourth and final instalment in a series about creating an Open Source library.

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Coding Ideas Featured

Android

Extending the ListAdapter with a header view

For all Android app developers tackling the issue of scrolling, read on...

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Android

Android

Android O brings new features to Notifications

Notifications pose a tricky challenge for developers. Discover the extra tools Android O gives us to help.

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Android

Android

Why you should care whether your app was built using Google Firebase

Are you looking for a Rolls-Royce, tried and tested solution for your app? Does Google Firebase provide that and, if so, should you care?

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Android library

Android

Distributing your Library using JCenter

Rate The App - Part Three: Distributing your Library using JCenter

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How much does an app cost

Android

Android Pay arrives in the UK

Android Pay is finally here in the UK. Here's what we make of it.

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Android library

Android

Open source your Android Library

Rate The App - Part Two: Making your Android Library Open Source

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Android library

Android

Creating an Android Library

Rate The App - Part One: The story of creating an Android Library.

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Android ideas main

Android

Android Marshmallow and SimpleDateFormat

Android Marshmallow and a breaking change with SimpleDateFormat

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Android TV Dev ideas main

Android

Building Apps for Android TV

Our advice on designing and building apps for Android TV.

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Google 5

Reviews

Google Developer Day for Agencies

We attended an invite-only Developers Day hosted by Google.

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Reviews

Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide

We reviewed the Android programming guide from The Big Nerd Ranch

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Android

Calling RESTful APIs with Retrofit

How to call RESTful APIs with Retrofit (in just 3 steps)

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Reviews

A taste of the Brighton Digital Catapult

A testing facility for modern day trebuchets? No. Well, not that we know of.

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iOS

Best practice in app tracking

App tracking (analytics) holds obvious benefits to developers and their clients but it can be fraught with difficulty. How much and what tracking is needed? What is ‘best practice’ for tracking?

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