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I am Arunkrishna v j . A Freelance android developer and blogger. When i first started developing android application i came across lot of issues . Many Blogs helped me  a lot in fixing those issues. Then i realized that there are many out there like me  who face same issues. So i decided to start a blog about things i learned in   android application development. My blog contains sample android application about different android features . I believe this small sample applications will help others to build there own bigger apps. 

"Everyone should know what i know..  Knowledge increases by sharing not by saving..  "

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Android List View using Custom Adapter and SQLite

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ViewModel with Jetpack Compose

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Simple Calculator in Android

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