An intro to writing custom Android Lint rules: part 1 and part 2.

#java #kotlin #lint

A nice post on design issues of Gradle by Artem Zinnatullin.

#gradle #build

A post on mistakes made with Shared Element Transitions.

#animation #shared #transitions

A post (sent by @lounvh) on improving the performance of RecyclerView. The idea of using a scheduler for UI operations is nice.

#recycler #rendering #ui

@istima reminds us:
- From November 1, 2019, app updates must target at least Android 9.0. Until this date, app updates must target at least Android 8.0 (API level 26).
- Starting December 1, 2019, versions 1 and 2 of the Google Play Developer API will no longer be available so you need to update to version 3 ahead of this date.

#play #target #sdk

Yet another opinion on 5G :)

#humor #5g

Awesome list of broken vendor-specific battery saver, doze mode, etc. behaviours and hints on how to workaround them.

#doze #battery #optimize

A nice thread on the most beautiful piece of code you’ve ever read.

#code

A post on how and why the design of text fields in Material has changed.

#design #material #text

That’s funny. Looks like the whole SharedPreferences thing is being reinvented.

#preferences

A few Fragment updates.

#fragment

Stable ViewPager2 release (1.0.0 - nice try, Google) is out. Migration guide looks nice, by the way.

#viewpager #fragment #recycler

A short intro in storing passwords.

#password #cybersec

A short guide on naming your APKs and AABs.

#build #apk #aab

Google has released Android Code Search. It’s a tool for searching Android (and libraries) source code. It also knows how to navigate from one part of the code to another.

#aosp #code #search

Google introduced the Recorder app for Pixel devices. This post says that the app is capable of on-device text and music recognition. We’ll see if this app is really that good.

#google #speech #recognition

A nice post on Unicode related Github vulnerability. This thing allowed an attacker to receive a reset password link for a Github account. That’s kinda fun!

#cybersec #unicode #vulnerability

@Harmonizr recommended a great talk by Jonathan Blow - game designer of Braid and The Witness. The main point is that it’s easy to lose the knowledge, and it’s happening right now in the software industry.

#talk #language #gamedev

@etolstoy shared with us Kotlin Census 2019 survey. It’ll take ~20 minutes of your time. Good luck! :)

#survey #kotlin

A funny post appeared on Android Developers blog: they’ve launched a site that can flash certain devices with an AOSP build over WebUSB.

#aosp #usb

Nice! Dark mode support for WebView is coming. It’s still an alpha but good for them!

#webview #dark #theme