Crafting Custom Lint Rules: Elevating Android Code Quality

We will explore the world of custom lint rules in Android development. Uncover the process of designing and implementing personalized lint rules that align with your project's standards. From enforcing naming conventions to addressing architecture concerns, discover how custom lint rules can enhance your codebase's integrity. Elevate your Android development skills by mastering the art of crafting custom lint rules for superior code quality.

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1. Crafting Custom Lint Rules: Elevating Android Code Quality @_kibetheophilus
2. Software Engineer @Kyosk Theophilus Kibet @_kibetheophilus
3. Lint @_kibetheophilus
4. a static code analysis tool used to flag programming errors, bugs, stylistic errors and suspicious constructs @_kibetheophilus
5. a static code analysis tool used to flag programming errors, bugs, stylistic errors and suspicious constructs @_kibetheophilus
6. @_kibetheophilus Examples
7. @_kibetheophilus ktLint detekt compose-rules android lint Examples
8. @_kibetheophilus ktLint detekt compose-rules android lint Examples
9. @_kibetheophilus Issue Detector Scanner Issue Registry Core Principles of lint
10. @_kibetheophilus Issue Detector Scanner Issue Registry Core Principles of lint
11. @_kibetheophilus Is a type of problem that you want to find and show the user(dev) Issue
12. @_kibetheophilus registered in an IssueRegistry reported by a detector has certain attributes: id, briefDescription, explanation, category, priority, implementation,severity Issue
13. @_kibetheophilus registered in an IssueRegistry reported by a detector has certain attributes: id, briefDescription, explanation, category, priority, implementation, severity Issue
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15. @_kibetheophilus Issue Detector Scanner Issue Registry Core Principles of lint
16. @_kibetheophilus Is responsible for scanning and analysing code, finding incidents and reporting them. Detector
17. @_kibetheophilus implementation of a lint rule reports issues implements scanner Detector
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19. @_kibetheophilus Issue Detector Scanner Issue Registry Core Principles of lint
20. @_kibetheophilus Specialized interfaces implemented by detectors to indicate that it supports specific set of callbacks. Scanner
21. @_kibetheophilus SourceCodeScanner XmlScanner GradleScanner ResourceFolderScanner BinaryResourceScanner OtherFileScanner Scanner
22. @_kibetheophilus Issue Detector Scanner Issue Registry Core Principles of lint
23. @_kibetheophilus provides a list of issues to lint. points to IssueRegistry using the META- INF service loader mechanism. IssueRegistry
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26. @_kibetheophilus Demo https://bit.ly/dcke-demo or
27. @_kibetheophilus You can write custom rules for detekt and ktlint with almost the same steps, just use apis provided by respective library. N/B:
28. @_kibetheophilus Questions?
29. @_kibetheophilus https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules/api- guide.html - Official Documentation https://github.com/android/nowinandroid/tree/main/lint - Custom rules using android lint https://github.com/mrmans0n/compose-rules - Custom rules using ktlint and detekt https://github.com/droidconKE/chai/tree/main/chailinter - Custom rules using android lint https://www.kodeco.com/24470020-integrating-detekt-in-the- workflow?page=3#toc-anchor-012 - Article by Harun Wangereka on writing custom rules for detekt Resources
30. Thank You! @_kibetheophilus Theophilus Kibet kibettheophilus