David Mays

Software Engineer

David Mays is a Software Engineer and Atlanta transplant. Originally from nearby Alabama, he coded as a hobby for 20 years before acquiring a formal software engineering education and began building a career out of his hobby. The Auburn University alum enjoys competitive shooting and playing guitar for fun and is a father to two amazing girls.

Blog Articles

How to Use Regex Replace to Refactor Code in Android

I frequently encounter situations where I have a lot of code that needs to be refactored. The situation I'm talking…

How To Customize Logcat Appearance in Android Studio

logcat output can be difficult to read at times. If you are working with a device that has a large…

Choose Kotlin For Your Next Android Project

Android development continues to get more productive as we move forward and as some great software engineers step up to fill in the cracks that were left in the framework.…

Using Gradle Extra Properties Extension to Configure Git Submodules

Configuring git submodules on a Gradle Android project can be painful when shared dependencies need to be updated. I've lost count…

Creating Keystores and Signing Android Apps

As a security measure, Android requires that apps be signed in order to be installed. Signing an app first requires creating keystores. A keystore is a storage mechanism for security…

An Introduction To The okbuck Gradle Plugin For Android Builds

Gradle is an awesome build system which makes my life as a developer much easier. However, with large numbers of…

Backgrounding Instead Of Finishing The Root Activity on Android

In this post, we'll talk about backgrounding on Android. I’ve recently been faced with the challenge of detecting the login…