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Google Play new warnings are a very bad addition to the store
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My recent experience of publishing to Android Play Store, step by step guide.
# My recent experience of publishing to Android Play Store, step by step guide.
An important step that is missing from all instructions: Before everything else: let's make sure, that app is *releasable*. At first I didn't do it myself, which I later regret more than once.
# Step 0. Release build.
If you have working *release build* already, then just skip this step. Otherwise I assume, that everything you've done in Android Studio before, was in default *debug* mode. Time to switch to *releas...
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Why is Google tolerating apps having their own built in browser that doesn't let you open any links externally, or even copy them?
Reddit app being the best example, no matter which link you try to open it will open it in a built-in browser with no option to open link in external browser or even copy the link. Seems awfully bad for user experience and makes urls useless....
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What’s your biggest pain point when debugging or monitoring apps?/ feedback
Hey devs 👋,
We’re running a short, anonymous survey to understand the real-world challenges developers face when it comes to app performance, debugging, and monitoring — especially across mobile and web apps.
The goal is to collect raw, no-fluff feedback directly from the developer community so we can explore solutions that actually help.
👉 It takes under 2 minutes to complete, and we’re not collecting any personal data or pitching anything. Just trying to get a pulse ...
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Does stateflow resend old value when you return from backround?
LiveData used to resend the old even when you return to the app. Does stateflow do the same thing?...
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Can I not have the top fixed when the keyboard comes up? I want to see the top result
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A beginners' Guide to Understanding Notifications in Android
https://itnext.io/understanding-notifications-in-android-a-developers-guide-fce100810f1c?source=friends_link&sk=d6a7f9fc294db805a769e5dbd271f013
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A guy is writing a same review to my apps
There is something that makes me nervous. It may sound funny and weird.
There is a guy, probably Albert, who is writing the exact same review to one of my apps since like August/September (I have only 2 screenshots from January and today). Now he started to comment my other apps. He is doing it minimum 3 times a week and his comments got deleted by Google automatically, so i don't know what is his nickname and i can't reply him to stop it.
My question is: Is there a possibility that Goo...
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Project idea
I’ve studied a lot of android topics like compose, components, room, preferences datastore, nav, networking, coroutines(still don’t fully it much).
And i create some projects using this topics(except the components e.g. services, content providers and broadcast) but i don’t fell them.
I have like 2 or 3 free months and i want to seize this chance to make a robust project so i can put in my resume and apply these topic and more topics to learn in this project. So any ideas?...
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Having trouble when splitting two identical apps
It should work, but it doesn't. On all the other androids I have owned, I could run two chrome instances on the same screen (work profile), but on the new one I can't? Is there a specific flag that the OEM set that I can change through ADB?...
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Why do we need Composition Local Provider, when we can just declare everything inside a data class?
Am I misunderstanding how it is supposed to be used? Let's say I have a bunch of padding values. So, I create a data class for them:
@Immutable
data class TimerScreenConstants(
val padding1: Float = 1.dp,
val padding2: Float = 2.dp,
val padding3: Float = 3.dp,
val padding4: Float = 4.dp,
val padding5: Float = 5.dp
)
Then, I create a composition local provider:
val
LocalTimerScreenConstants
=
staticCompositionLocalOf
{...
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Layouttesting on Android
I am currently rebuilding my iOS app in Jetpack Compose.
It's going quite well. But I have a question regarding layout testing.
On iOS, I always look at my screens on a small and large iPhone simulator and an iPad simulator. I also test on my own real iPhone.
Is a similar approach valid for Android? So testing in the simulator for the three form factors and then on a real device? There is significantly more variety in end devices. Can I then assume that it will fit on all of them? And which i...
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What RTC platforms do you use for group audio chat?
I know platforms like Agora, Twilio, and Daily exist, but they're too expensive for my use case. I'm curious what cost-effective platform are you using? I've considered MediaSoup, but I'm unsure if it supports native development....
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Seeking Android Developer - Short term assistance
I built an Android app in native Java a few years ago. It used to target 31 and below. I am now revisiting it to make some simple updates. This app is still in the Play store. Its a B2B app and not consumer facing.
I need to make some updates to the app to bring it up to modern standards and requirements.
I deployed a local build to a device and noticed that there is some inset / full-screen behavior. Something about edge-to-edge?
https://developer.android.com/about/versions/15/behavior-cha...
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Compose preview collapses and disappears in interactive mode if it contains Scaffold
I use Scaffold in the root of all my Compose screens. I want to see toolbars and bottombars in preview. But whenever I turn on interactive mode, my Preview screen collapses to zero height, which doesn't happen if I remove Scaffold
Has anyone encountered the same problem?...
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Using google maps on android: Do we really need to have to insert the API key inside the android Manifest? Is that dangerous? How to protect yourself?
Hello, I am about to use for the first time the google map api for android,
And apparently in order to display the app in your app context, you need to have the API key defined in the android manifest like this:
<meta-data
android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY"
android:value="YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"/>
* Isn't there any other way?
* Isn't that dangerous? People can get your api key.
* I read about restricting the api to your app, but is that enough? Are there bad storie...
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How do I go around this?
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Database app creation framework?
Hi all
I've knocked together a basic hobby tracking app in Google Appsheets but I'm now interested in offering it out to other people in the my group. and Appsheet has limits when it comes to publishing. It also produces really ugly looking apps.
Is there a noob friendly app creation framework that allows me to create a basic database app (essentially a recipe tracker but with the requirement for daily measurements) that can be used on either Android (me) or iOS (basically everyone else) and ...
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StateFlow<Any?>(null).collectAsState()
SharedFlow<Any>.collectAsState(null)
Do these produce the same result in Compose?...
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Streamlining Navigation in Jetpack Compose with a Handy Extension Function
Hey fellow Android Devs!
I wanted to share a small but sweet extension function I put together for Compose navigation. You know the drill: navigating while ensuring the back stack is cleared properly can get verbose. So, I created a utility to simplify it.
Instead of writing this every time:
composable<Here> {
Screen(
onClick = {
navController.navigate(Destination) {
popUpTo(Here) {
inclusive = true
...
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Is there a way (or tool) to measure code coverage for Composables?
It seems like Jacoco is unable to do that. What about Kover? I just find it hard to believe we don't have any tool or method to do code coverage for Jetpack Compose. Or maybe there is and I can't find it?...
https://redd.it/1jcs214
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My first open-source handwriting project: Aiming to provide advanced drawing tools!
Hello, I have created my first open-source project related to handwriting tools. It is designed to be advanced and provide a variety of drawing tools. If you are interested, I would appreciate any feedback or advice!
https://i.redd.it/gb8711ayyzoe1.gif
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Cannot test Gemini Vertex API via emulator on mobile
Hello
I had created a Firebase project for my Android app last year. Last week, I enabled Firebase AppCheck to access the Vertex API for Gemini Multimodal API.
But, I am unable to get the debug token to test my app on my mobile. And it seems Gemini is not getting the input image as well due to this access issue.
Can someone please let me know where should I look for the solution?
Thanks...
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Understanding ViewModel Scoping in Jetpack Compose
codeint/understanding-viewmodel-scoping-in-jetpack-compose-7c838d84c376" rel="nofollow">https://medium.com/@codeint/understanding-viewmodel-scoping-in-jetpack-compose-7c838d84c376
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Is there still room for an indie developer to make money with a side project?
In an era where the Play Store is saturated with apps, does it still make sense to develop an app with the goal of generating a steady extra income?
Is anyone here successfully monetizing their projects? If so, how did you come up with an idea that works?
My concern is that with so much competition, there’s no real reason for users to choose my app over existing alternatives. How do you deal with this challenge?...
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Does anyone know (or know how I can find out for myself) whether or not there will be an ability to have Kotlin apps/widgets run bash scripts and get information from the new Linux containers they are rolling out?
IMO this has to be a question Android devs are either wondering or already know. So I thought I would ask here, figuring I wouldn't be the only one interested in the answer.
For an example, lets say I wanted to make a custom widget for Taskwarrior (a FOSS, command-line task manager available for Linux). In my use case, I want to create a custom widget that enters the proper bash command (e.g. task add priority:H Pay bills) based on my input. This is one of the most basic use cases I can co...
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Senior Android Developer with a family: how do you find time for open-source projects?
Hi everyone, I’m a senior Android developer with over 7 years of experience. I love my job and constantly try to improve by reading articles and watching videos.
For a while now, I’ve wanted to enhance my GitHub profile with open-source projects—both to contribute to the community and to improve my professional visibility. Over the years, I’ve had several ideas, but after the initial excitement, I always end up abandoning them.
Between work, family, and personal life, it feels almost impossibl...
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Compose Navigation
Ok, so I have a bottom bar in Compose with multiple tabs and two of them are "Today" and "History".
I can also open "Today" with a button click inside "History" , but in this case I don't want the selected tab to switch to "Today" ,but to remain on "History".
If I switch between tabs and select on "History" and I previously opened "Today" from "History", I want for "Today" to stay opened.
I have tried this in the NavHost:
NavHost(
navController = navController, startDestination =...
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Use of freelancers
Curious how many Android devs leverage freelancers for development help on their apps or use them for specific tasks/non-technical business work (SEO/Content Moderation).
Is this pretty common and where do people go to find freelancers?...
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Is it legal to use Wikipedia content in my AI-powered mobile app?
Hi everyone,
I'm developing a mobile app dai where users can query Wikipedia articles, and an AI model summarizes and reformulates the content locally on their device. The AI doesn't modify Wikipedia itself, but it processes the text dynamically for better readability and brevity.
I know Wikipedia content is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, which allows reuse with attribution and requires derivative works to be licensed under the same...
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