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    Android Dev - Weekly Who's Hiring Thread - January 11, 2021


    Weekly Who's Hiring Thread - January 11, 2021

    Posted: 11 Jan 2021 06:00 AM PST

    Looking for Android developers? Heard about a cool job posting? Let people know!

    Here is a suggested posting template:

    Company: <Best Company Ever>
    Job: [<Title>](https://example.com/job)
    Location: <City, State, Country>
    Allows remote: <Yes/No>
    Visa: <Yes/No>

    Feel free to include any other information about the job.

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    [Library] Swipe to dismiss image layout

    Posted: 11 Jan 2021 02:55 AM PST

    I made a custom layout that will display images with features like swipe to dismiss, zooming, pinning, etc. See demo on Github.

    The idea is not unique but just wanted to learn how such gestures are implemented. The library is small & is under-development if you've any suggestion let me know :)

    https://github.com/KaustubhPatange/SwipeDismissImage

    submitted by /u/KP_2016
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    I just uploaded my app and it is a paid app, but i accidentally put it up for open testing, what is open testing? and since my app is paid, can people download it for free because of this open testing? if so how do i stop the open testing? and how do people sign up to be a tester for apps?

    Posted: 11 Jan 2021 04:05 AM PST

    Resources about Building UI

    Posted: 11 Jan 2021 03:04 AM PST

    Hi all!
    Do you know any good resource, blog, tutorial, video, etc. about how to build correctly UI in Android Studio?

    For them to be responsive, when to do or not constraints and chain constrains, when could or should use hardcoded sizes. etc.

    Any resource would be helpful, thank you

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    [Share Your Metric] Day 1 Retention

    Posted: 10 Jan 2021 04:13 PM PST

    From what I've seen, many of us here are building without knowing what a good Day 1 Retention is for our apps. This post is an experiment to crowdsource retention numbers from developers of r/androiddev.

    • "Day 1 Retention is the fraction of people that return to your app one day after install. If you don't get Day 1 retention right, the rest really doesn't matter."
    • Retention is more important than growth. Having a low retention is akin to pouring water into a bucket that has a hole in the bottom.

    Share your metric in the comments with this template:
    [App Name] - [Day 1 Retention]
    [1 sentence pitch for what your app does]

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    In-App Purchase refunds

    Posted: 11 Jan 2021 07:38 AM PST

    Hello all,

    I recently introduced an in-app purchase on my app.

    However, it appears that users are abusing the refund feature by making an in-app purchase and requesting a refund immediately thereby getting the benefits of the in-app purchase without paying for it (despite the purchase costing barely anything).

    Is there a way to circumvent or prevent this? Because of this, I am seriously considering removing the in-app purchase product from the app.

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    ADV install location Android Studio

    Posted: 11 Jan 2021 07:37 AM PST

    How can I change the location Android Studio installs the AVDs? I tried to add ANDROID_AVD_HOME and ANDROID_SDK_HOME variables but that didn't help. Please help me it's pretty urgent.

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    App Name Ideas for Fitness/Gym Finder app?

    Posted: 11 Jan 2021 07:08 AM PST

    Hi Redditors

    I'm in the process of rebranding my fitness app that I created. Reason for change was simply because wanted something more of a tongue and cheek app name relating to fitness. Using keywords either Coach, Fitness or Gym or Buddy. Just want something fitting.

    Small details matter for me and I kindly appreciate if anyone can give an example of a suitable name convention one that is not too serious but is just right.

    To give you guys a better overview and idea so the app I made is like a gym finder (which I created for personal)

    Ive already brainstormed few name conventions and browsed app store and several online websites. Now just want your suggestions my fellow redditors!

    Thanks Again

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    Lawsuit threatening from company, using their official public data, making a client. How did Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter clients dealt with them?

    Posted: 11 Jan 2021 03:18 AM PST

    Hello

    I have currently an app in the Play Store that is called "X" and is made using public data from public transportation in my country (I am going to call it PTC - Public Transport Company).

    The app is called "X" and no reference is made to PTC in the app itself, but on the Play Store, I called it "X (a PTC open data client)"

    Disclaimer: X has 100k+ downloads and has better rating than official PTC app.

    I received an email from PTC company, threatening to sue me if I don't remove PTC from the name. I am arguing that this official name and branding is X and not PTC, and this is just a Play Store entry.

    I have seen similar issues with Facebook, Twitter and Reddit, where third party clients where OK with using "Blahblah for Twitter", "Blahblah for Facebook", "Blahblah for Reddit" and this was OK.

    I remember that back in time, a lot of blogs talked about that and I am ready to rename my app "X for PTC", but I feel I am in my rights to use PTC name for descriptive purpose

    Where can I find all law ideas/blog post regarding the "for twitter", "for Facebook",.. history and how these developers were able to find agreement with them?

    Thank a lot.

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    How to Build a Fitness App? UI-UX Design Case Study

    Posted: 11 Jan 2021 06:49 AM PST

    Hey everyone! Our recent post is about how to create a fitness mobile app. We focused on the main stages of developing a user-friendly mobile app following UI-UX best practices. You might find it worth sharing.

    https://2muchcoffee.com/blog/how-to-build-a-fitness-app-ui-ux-design-case-study/

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    New year, faster builds

    Posted: 11 Jan 2021 05:23 AM PST

    Great article by Haris Houlis showing how to speed up Gradle builds.

    https://houlisha.medium.com/new-year-faster-builds-dc555f75f2fc

    via https://androidboss.com

    submitted by /u/PiotrWilczek
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    Help to resolve error

    Posted: 11 Jan 2021 04:18 AM PST

    Hello everyone, can you help me to resolve this error? Globals.java contains all global variables.

    java.lang.NullPointerException: at com.test.app.Globals.a (Globals.java:81) at com.test.app.ui.ra.RaFragment$1$1.run (RaFragment.java:153) at android.os.Handler.handleCallback (Handler.java:883) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:100) at android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:237) at android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:8167) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java) at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (RuntimeInit.java:496) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:1100)

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    Updates on Flutter Testing

    Posted: 11 Jan 2021 04:02 AM PST

    Anybody know how to make an Accessibility service run in a separate process?

    Posted: 11 Jan 2021 03:33 AM PST

    I tried just adding the "process" tag to it in manifest but it doesn't work like with regular services.

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    What is the difference between "Settings Preference" and "Data Store Preferences"?

    Posted: 10 Jan 2021 11:41 AM PST

    Hello there. I don't get it.
    What is the difference between "Settings Preference" and "Data Store Preferences"? What I does understand is that with Preferences Data Store I can store a lot of data and Preferences Settings is only for the settings.

    So, if I will store only app settings like color, fontsize etc should I use Preference Settings or the Data Store Preference? Why have two ways to storing settings and not use jut one solution for all?

    Maybe someone of you can explain me the difference or maybe has an link for me, in english, italian or german?

    submitted by /u/KrabZka
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    Which is best, Voltbuilder or Monaca?

    Posted: 11 Jan 2021 02:32 AM PST

    I make Android apps using HTML, JS & CSS. Previously I've been using Phonegap Build, to build my apps. But this has since gone away.

    I want to continue using an online builder instead of building locally. It looks like my options are Monaca or Voltbuilder.

    Anyone know what the advantages/use cases are of each? Or if there's a better solution?

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    Android Dagger Setup with MVVM (Video) | Eric Decanini

    Posted: 11 Jan 2021 02:17 AM PST

    Xamarin.Forms: Accessing external storage on Android 11 (target sdk version is 29)

    Posted: 11 Jan 2021 02:14 AM PST

    I have an App that has to access external storage (logs, etc), and it stopped working since I updated it to Android 10. I found a workaround to set android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true" and it works fine on Android 10 now, but not on Android 11. I heard that this should still work on Android 11 if my app is targeting android 10 (sdk 29), which in my case should work. But it doesnt, and i still get access denied.. any idea?

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    Working application in background

    Posted: 10 Jan 2021 10:27 PM PST

    Hi, i have been trying to implement background services for my android application but many phones does now allow it to run in background... is there anyway to run your app continuously in the background without closing it...also is there any other concept to record changes in folder apart from fileobserver as it takes aa lot of memory..

    I want my app to run in background and watch ovet files changes continuously is there any good way to got it...any help is appreciated

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    How to send information out two network interfaces?

    Posted: 10 Jan 2021 08:54 PM PST

    Hi everyone!

    I'm currently working on an application that needs to be able to send things out both the wireless interface, and cellular interface. I'm having trouble actually achieving this though, even if I request specific networks using ConnectivityManager or WifiManager, it still tries to send things out through the Wifi before it will with Cellular - So much so nothing goes through cellular. I can get it to work by turning the Wifi on and off rapidly using WifiManager, but this isn't ideal as you can imagine, and isn't supported by more modern API's.

    I've tested this on a few devices at varying API levels, and still have this issue. For extra clarity, I'm using SocketChannels to send information out as strings which contain HTTP requests. I'm at a loss, how would you approach this?

    submitted by /u/Far-Ad-409
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    Android app with Python as backend

    Posted: 11 Jan 2021 12:20 AM PST

    Hi. Anyone here whether a solo or a team developer decided to choose or migrated to Python(Django/Flask) as backend for an Android app? I have some questions.

    1. Why Python?
    2. If you migrated from PHP or other language, did the app perform better or just the same?
    3. If you are a solo developer, is it manageable programming both the app and backend considering that Python uses shorter codes?
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    How far can I use Product Sans for my personal use?

    Posted: 10 Jan 2021 09:13 AM PST

    Stupid question, but if I download Product Sans on my android, how far can I use it till it remains under personal use? I know I'm not supposed to use it for any kind of project or personal app, but say I post a screenshot of something on my phone and the text is in Product sans, is it ok or could I get into trouble?

    submitted by /u/raiti_ss
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    Adding Buttons within Fragment

    Posted: 10 Jan 2021 12:51 PM PST

    Hi, I am having trouble adding a functional button within a fragment, the button appears ok however when adding the java function onClick it doesn't seem to work. I use:

    Intent intent = new intent(FoodFragment.this, AddFood.class); startActivity(intent);

    Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

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