https://blog.yusufaw.me/Recent content in Home on Yusuf — Android EngineerHugoenSun, 28 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0300https://blog.yusufaw.me/posts/preparing-android-engineering-interviews/Sun, 28 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0300https://blog.yusufaw.me/posts/preparing-android-engineering-interviews/Android interviews test more than LeetCode. Here&rsquo;s a structured study plan covering platform fundamentals, mobile system design, coding, and behavioral rounds — with the topics interviewers actually probe.https://blog.yusufaw.me/posts/flutter-vs-native-android/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0300https://blog.yusufaw.me/posts/flutter-vs-native-android/Flutter or native Android? Instead of a holy war, here&rsquo;s a pragmatic look at how they differ in rendering, performance, ecosystem, and team economics — and a decision framework for choosing.https://blog.yusufaw.me/posts/looper-messagequeue-handler/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0300https://blog.yusufaw.me/posts/looper-messagequeue-handler/Android&rsquo;s main thread isn&rsquo;t magic — it&rsquo;s a loop pulling messages off a queue. Understanding Looper, MessageQueue, and Handler demystifies the UI thread, ANRs, and why you can post work back to it.https://blog.yusufaw.me/posts/context-vs-contextwrapper/Sun, 14 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0300https://blog.yusufaw.me/posts/context-vs-contextwrapper/Context is one of the most used — and most misunderstood — types in Android. This post breaks down the Context hierarchy, the role of ContextWrapper, and a simple rule for picking the right Context.https://blog.yusufaw.me/posts/understanding-android-processes/Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0300https://blog.yusufaw.me/posts/understanding-android-processes/Every Android app runs inside a Linux process managed by the system. Understanding when that process is created, when it&rsquo;s killed, and what survives is the foundation for reasoning about lifecycle, memory, and state restoration.https://blog.yusufaw.me/about/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.yusufaw.me/about/<h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2> <p>Hi, I&rsquo;m <strong>Yusuf</strong> — an Android Engineer who enjoys digging into how things work beneath the surface of the framework. I write here to turn the things I learn at work and in side projects into notes that my future self (and hopefully you) can come back to.</p> <p>This blog focuses on Android internals, Kotlin, Flutter, software architecture, and the day-to-day realities of growing as an engineer.</p> <h2 id="android-experience">Android experience</h2> <p>I build and maintain production Android applications with a focus on stability, performance, and a clean developer experience. My day-to-day work spans:</p>https://blog.yusufaw.me/search/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.yusufaw.me/search/