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    Android Dev - Fortnite for Android arrives on Play Store after Epic Games gives in to Google cut

    Android Dev - Fortnite for Android arrives on Play Store after Epic Games gives in to Google cut


    Fortnite for Android arrives on Play Store after Epic Games gives in to Google cut

    Posted: 22 Apr 2020 01:32 AM PDT

    "Epic Games provided the following statement on Fortnite's arrival on the Play Store to Polygon:

    After 18 months of operating Fortnite on Android outside of the Google Play Store, we've come to a basic realization:Google puts software downloadable outside of Google Play at a disadvantage, through technical and business measures such as scary, repetitive security pop-ups for downloaded and updated software, restrictive manufacturer and carrier agreements and dealings, Google public relations characterizing third party software sources as malware, and new efforts such as Google Play Protect to outright block software obtained outside the Google Play store.

    Because of this, we've launched Fortnite for Android on the Google Play Store. We'll continue to operate the Epic Games App and Fortnite outside of Google Play, too.

    We hope that Google will revise its policies and business dealings in the near future, so that all developers are free to reach and engage in commerce with customers on Android and in the Play Store through open services, including payment services, that can compete on a level playing field."

    https://9to5google.com/2020/04/21/fortnite-android-play-store/

    submitted by /u/anemomylos
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    Business owner removed my access to Developer console, refused to pay. can I report Google to unpublish the app at least?

    Posted: 21 Apr 2020 09:39 AM PDT

    I just finished an An Android app as a contractor developer, and as soon as I published the app in Google play and it gaind downloads and users, they removed me from console, refuse to pay and don't answer me anywhere. all I have is the source code, which they don't have access to.

    going through legal processes can be so long, and probably useless here in my country.

    I don't know, I'm so pissed off, just need to do something about it.

    I was wondering if there's a way to report this to Google, and they unpublish the app?

    submitted by /u/mamzix
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    Cancellation in coroutines

    Posted: 22 Apr 2020 07:11 AM PDT

    YouTube profile picture

    Posted: 22 Apr 2020 08:46 AM PDT

    I want to add YouTube channels profile pic in my application how can I do that. I am a beginner so explain me in deep

    submitted by /u/krushi_21
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    Dev team size

    Posted: 22 Apr 2020 12:02 AM PDT

    What is the Android/iOS dev team size at your company? How many apps does the team own? I feel like 5-7 are enough for an average app. Trying to understand what do bigger teams do?

    submitted by /u/mauryasamrat
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    Is the device art generator broken for anyone else?

    Posted: 22 Apr 2020 08:44 AM PDT

    TextViews getting cutted off.

    Posted: 22 Apr 2020 08:01 AM PDT

    I've trying to reproduce this issues by myself but I haven't been able to do it, it is still a common issue for some of my users.
    Take a look: https://imgur.com/gallery/f1N99xq

    This is how many of this views look like in code

     <androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatTextView android:id="@+id/title" android:singleLine="true" android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.MaterialComponents.Subtitle2" android:ellipsize="end" android:marqueeRepeatLimit="marquee_forever" android:scrollHorizontally="true" android:textColor="?android:textColorPrimary" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" tools:text="@string/song" /> 
    submitted by /u/paolovalerdi
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    Subscriptions bought outside the Play Store?

    Posted: 22 Apr 2020 07:54 AM PDT

    Hello. I am developing an application and I wanted to ask a question about whether extra features being unlocked outside the Play Store would be allowed.

    The app in question will be free to download and will have a basic version where the functionality is severely limited. However, I want to implement a limited subscription that can be purchased into the app where if you buy it, you will have full functionality of the app until the time you bought it for is over. The subscriptions will be verified with a token/key/serial number, similar to software you have to buy on PC.

    The question is whether I am allowed sell subscriptions through my own website/directly to specific organizations, and have the user enter the verification key and have the full functionality of the app, without having to go through the Play Store. I simply wish to know if this is possible according to the Play Store guidelines. This is an important functionality as I want to be able to sell lisences in bulk.

    submitted by /u/Mister_Red1
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    Early work on Desktop UI with Jetpack Compose.

    Posted: 21 Apr 2020 11:50 AM PDT

    Collapsingtoolbarlayout single activity

    Posted: 22 Apr 2020 07:11 AM PDT

    Quick question guys has anybody accomplished in a single activity many fragment scenario using one toolbar which is in the main activity layout to have a collapsingtoolbarlayout with appbar layout in different fragment, has anybody done this without the need to add a toolbar to each fragment just like the google docs says, I really dont like that approach. Most stackoverflow threads regarding this suggest to add a toolbar in each fragment what happens if you have an app with 20 fragments lol it seems crazy to maintain that .

    Thanks in advance

    submitted by /u/Thedarktangent1
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    Strange error when trying to read file from apk instead of androidstudio-emulator

    Posted: 22 Apr 2020 05:14 AM PDT

    I have an Android /Kotlin App that reads JSON from: https://www.androdocs.com/files/uploads/original/sample-json-data-1567767983.txt

    When I use the exact same app and read from: http://www.makumaku.de/test.txt

    it works from Android Studio Emulator. But if I test the apk from my mobile, I can read only from the first txt-file. The second -txt files results in a white screen.

    -> why is that/how can i make the second .txt-file be readable on mobile, too? thx

    submitted by /u/pangux
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    Intersted in learning Android Development

    Posted: 22 Apr 2020 04:43 AM PDT

    Im 22m and right now Im deciding what path to take. Theres a local site offering free course about android development but in Android 4.0. The pro is I might get a certificate. Con is why should I learn outdated version of Android? Can I ask you guys your opinion?

    submitted by /u/kiyarafrostlock
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    Coroutines flow with Kotlin

    Posted: 22 Apr 2020 04:34 AM PDT

    App update still processing, 14 days after submission. Anyone else facing this issue ?

    Posted: 22 Apr 2020 04:18 AM PDT

    We submitted an update on 9th April and its still processing.

    Our app targets minors, so we expect a longer review time, but 14 days is still unacceptable.

    Before covid-19, our updates went live, as fast as 4 hours.

    Neither we changed anything related to app's target audience, nor did google update any policies in the meantime.

    Also according Google's policy, if we submit a new update, while an update is processing, they start the review process all over again.

    We are a fast growing startup, and such long review times, the hurt us, as we cannot quickly ship features that users ask for.

    Anyone else facing the same issue, or has any tips for us ?

    submitted by /u/android_dev90
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    How to play different audio files for different position in a RecyclerView, please help!

    Posted: 22 Apr 2020 02:48 AM PDT

    Hi, I've been struggling with one thing for too long that it's delaying my project. I'm fairly new so please be patient with me.

    I am making a phrasebook for a certain language and I use RecyclerView to show the list of phrases. Upon clicking every listitem, it should play a local audio recording of the same phrase.

    So how do I achieve that? How can I assign different audio files to different positions in a RecyclerView? I'm assuming after setting an OnClickListener to the CardView I'm using, I may have to link it with a folder or class that contains my audio files?

    Or please point me to some tutorials.

    submitted by /u/hussainoid
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    Is it worth it learning Java in 2020 for android development?

    Posted: 21 Apr 2020 10:56 AM PDT

    Hi guys I'm a 2020 passout and i was wondering if is still worth it learning Java or should i head straight to Kotlin any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.

    submitted by /u/Dayumnanon
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    Alternatives to Udacity Developing Android Apps

    Posted: 22 Apr 2020 01:11 AM PDT

    I have started the course (completed Lesson 1 & 2) and I have to admit I hate it. I am new to app development and I am not sure if its Android Development by itself, or just me, but I really struggle with the course.

    I have recently done the Odin Project RubyOnRails course and the Fullstackopen React course, and I have enjoyed them on a very different level, with a much higher (perceived) learning pace.

    Are there any good alternatives to start learning Android Development? I'd be grateful for any suggestions. Thx!

    Edit: included the course link

    submitted by /u/jnshntn
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    What's our workflow when choosing color for your app?

    Posted: 21 Apr 2020 02:54 PM PDT

    Hello everyone,
    I am researching to help my side project be more helpful for developers and digital designers.

    Let's see.

    I built it in may a side project and now I am redesigning the site and upgrading the features.

    I am not an Android developer, but thanks to android I started to enjoy tech.

    Now my question here:
    - How do you research for colours?
    - Do you make them yourself?
    - What is a typical snippet for colour?
    I have read that you do not use a CSS file but in line and within tags, right?

    That would be amazingly helpful.

    Thank you so much, stay safe and have a great day.

    /Mike

    submitted by /u/Michael_andreuzza
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    Compose Preview not showing preview on AndroidStudio 4.1 Preview Canary 6

    Posted: 21 Apr 2020 10:36 PM PDT

    Compose Preview not showing preview on AndroidStudio 4.1 Preview Canary 6

    Hi All,
    Compose Preview is not showing a preview, but showing an empty screen. Below is version details

    - Android Studio 4.1 Canary 6

    - Compose library

    implementation 'androidx.ui:ui-framework:0.1.0-dev09'
    implementation 'androidx.ui:ui-layout:0.1.0-dev09'
    implementation 'androidx.ui:ui-material:0.1.0-dev09'
    implementation 'androidx.ui:ui-tooling:0.1.0-dev09'

    - Gradle Version

    distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.3-all.zip

    Below is screenshot of what I am getting

    Current behavior (Note: Zoom level set to 400 automatically)

    submitted by /u/pankajchunchun
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    Dragging items with ItemTouchHelper is broken and jumpy if paddingTop is set on recyclerview

    Posted: 21 Apr 2020 11:57 AM PDT

    I've searched on issuetracker and I found a 5 year old report but it has never been fixed. How is it possible that this bug has been reported only once?

    submitted by /u/manueldidonna
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    Does anyone know the correct way to validate Firebase instance id token before sending out push notification?

    Posted: 21 Apr 2020 11:22 AM PDT

    We keep Firebase instance id token in our backend DB.

    Time to time, some Firebase instance id token will expire/ invalid.

    We wish to have a reliable way, to determine which Firebase instance id token is expire/ invalid, so that we can remove them from our DB.

    One of the features in our app is that, we need to inform his accounts is associate with how many devices (Each device should have only 1 valid Firebase instance id token). Due to our unreliable method of detecting expired/ invalid token, we report way more number of devices, than his actual device.

    Currently, we are using dry_run FCM send method, to determine the validity of a Firebase instance id token - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61337876/a-reliable-approach-to-validate-a-firebase-token-id-besides-performing-dry-run

    Although this seems like a common requirement, but there isn't a clear way how to do so, from official documentation.

    I was wondering, has anyone of you had such requirement too? Do you mind to share with me, on how do you do so?

    submitted by /u/yccheok
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    Other distribution channels?

    Posted: 21 Apr 2020 02:09 PM PDT

    Hey folks, other than the Google Play Store, where else can upload my game app to?

    Thanks all :)

    submitted by /u/Bootfit
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