The latest articles on DEV Community by Design Rivers Studios (@designriversstudios). https://dev.to/designriversstudios https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4104481%2F03324eb9-6ca2-4b83-9f97-74ec4390a18b.png https://dev.to/designriversstudios en Design Rivers Studios Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:57:51 +0000 https://dev.to/designriversstudios/i-built-torchly-a-simple-modern-flashlight-app-for-android-17cp https://dev.to/designriversstudios/i-built-torchly-a-simple-modern-flashlight-app-for-android-17cp <p>Hey everyone! </p> <p>I'm excited to share my first app project from Design Rivers Studios: Torchly, a modern flashlight app for Android.</p> <p>The idea started with a pretty simple question:</p> <p>Why does a flashlight app need to be complicated?</p> <p>A flashlight should be fast, reliable, and easy to use. So I set out to build something focused on exactly that.</p> <p>Torchly is also the beginning of something bigger for me: Design Rivers Studios.</p> <p>I'm building Design Rivers Studios as an independent software studio focused on creating useful, thoughtfully designed applications.</p> <p>Torchly is my first release, but definitely not my last.</p> <p>One of the things I'm enjoying most about this process is seeing an idea go from:</p> <p>Idea → Design → Development → Testing → Launch</p> <p>There's a lot that happens behind the scenes that you don't see in the final app — from designing the interface and testing different devices to preparing store listings and getting real users to test the application.</p> <p>I'm currently working through the Android/Google Play testing process and getting Torchly ready for its public release.</p> <p>I'm planning to continue improving Torchly while working on additional projects through Design Rivers Studios.</p> <p>I'll be sharing some of that process here — including development lessons, design decisions, challenges, and hopefully a few things that can help other indie developers along the way.</p> <p>If you're interested in following the journey, follow me here on DEV.</p> <p>And if you're an Android developer, indie hacker, designer, or just someone who likes trying new apps, I'd love to connect.</p> <p>— Design Rivers Studios</p> <h1> Android #Kotlin #MobileDevelopment #IndieHackers #AppDevelopment #AndroidDev #BuildInPublic #DesignRiversStudios #Torchly </h1> productivity beginners showdev startup