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    Android Dev - How Google Terminated my Play Store Developer Account. Seven years of rejected appeals.

    Android Dev - How Google Terminated my Play Store Developer Account. Seven years of rejected appeals.


    How Google Terminated my Play Store Developer Account. Seven years of rejected appeals.

    Posted: 01 Sep 2021 04:44 AM PDT

    How Google Terminated my Play Store Developer Account. Seven years of rejected appeals.

    After 7 (seven) years of appeals, I've decided to share my story.

    https://medium.com/@fragmenteddeveloper/%EF%B8%8F-google-terminated-your-play-store-developer-account-2e7dc828a8af

    People can change, and a company shouldn't have the right to say forever.

    Change my mind please.

    Change my mind please

    submitted by /u/TheS0rcerer
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    StateFlow as replacement for LiveData is not a perfect match.

    Posted: 01 Sep 2021 04:36 AM PDT

    I started to use StateFlow instead of LiveData in my ViewModels and every time I have a feeling that what I am doing is wrong. Mostly I did not like boilerplate I have to add in UI to consume SharedFlow and keep it lifecycle aware. Recently I read this - article

    Looks like boilerplate I added in UI was just tip of the iceberg. Great to hear your thoughts! Thank you.

    submitted by /u/Sensitive_Muffin_555
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    Undocumented change in Arctic Fox/AGP 7: src/*main*/kotlin now automatically detected, no need to modify build.gradle

    Posted: 31 Aug 2021 07:45 PM PDT

    Material Components 1.5.0-alpha03 · Early access preview of Material 3

    Posted: 31 Aug 2021 04:42 PM PDT

    Gradle build speed myth?

    Posted: 31 Aug 2021 09:49 PM PDT

    There is a general myth that Gradle builds are generally slow.

    For those of you who work on large apps that tens of millions of people uses, what's your opinion?

    1. Is android gradle build actually slow? Or is it mostly due to poor developer work/maintenance?

    2. In C++ world, where you make a small change like adding a semicolon in c++ implementation file, it typically builds only the cpp file that has changed which takes like less than a second. Then it goes to the linker phase which typically is slowest phase of all. Even then it tends to build really fast. In gradle, is it even possible say a semicolon change in implementation in a super large project takes less than 10 seconds? Why or why not?

    3. If #2 is false, you cannot make large project rebuild in less than 10 seconds in general for a semicolon change, why can we not make a compiler build tool smart enough to recognize it just needs to recompile something extreamly trivial?

    submitted by /u/ynkm1692
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    Play games icon for using in app

    Posted: 01 Sep 2021 08:04 AM PDT

    Wanna use play games icon for my app but i couldn't find any original releases about this. Do you know any resources for play games icon?

    submitted by /u/kaangocer
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    Is there a specific permission for "Allow App Installations from Unknown Sources"?

    Posted: 01 Sep 2021 04:07 AM PDT

    Permissions such as android.permissions.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, etc. I've tried looking through the permissions in adb before and after granting this permission through settings and can't seem to see a difference in the app's permissions.
    install_non_market_apps 1 in secure/global settings doesn't seem to work either (and I wasn't expecting this to work per app).

    Is there no way to grant this "Allow App Installations from Unknown Sources" permission without going to the device settings?

    submitted by /u/yesir360
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    Can't download Android Studio installer from official site.

    Posted: 01 Sep 2021 07:31 AM PDT

    Can't download Android Studio installer from official site.

    Simply trying to download Android Studio installer from https://developer.android.com/studio.

    Sending me to a google 404 error. (See video below)

    Tried on two different browser.

    Does anybody have the same problem?

    https://reddit.com/link/pfv3rb/video/78uddbu0kwk71/player

    submitted by /u/AliambaUno
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    Phone number OTP verification with Firebase

    Posted: 01 Sep 2021 05:53 AM PDT

    In this era of mobile application development, Authentication is a basic need of every application in the market, there are many types of authentication like Facebook login, email login, phone number OTP verification available using firebase in android. In this blog, we will learn phone numbers with OTP verification with firebase. With firebase phone, number authentication use will get OTP(one-time-password) through SMS to sign in.

    https://blog.yudiz.com/phone-number-otp-verification-with-firebase/

    submitted by /u/yudiz
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    Have anyone tried Yodo 1

    Posted: 01 Sep 2021 05:47 AM PDT

    I got an email from Yodo 1. They are telling me to work with them. So, my question is have anyone tried Yodo 1? Is it good?

    submitted by /u/EzioTheHunter
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    Can I make a living as a freelance android developer?

    Posted: 01 Sep 2021 05:31 AM PDT

    I want to start to learn mobile app development, so it means there are 2 options right? Android or ios, so freelance wise is android developer better?

    submitted by /u/xucai
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    Update Android app without user interaction

    Posted: 01 Sep 2021 05:28 AM PDT

    I have an android app running on multiple tablets enclosed in transparent cases and I'm using the app only for displaying some instructions to the user and don't expect any interaction from the user. Every time I change the code, I have to open the cases and push the update after connecting the tabs to my computer with a USB cable one by one. Is there any way I can push updates to the app without access to the tablet and no user interaction? All the tablets are on the same local network as my computer if that makes it easier.

    submitted by /u/yoloswag1024
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    Try the New Kotlin/Native Memory Manager Development Preview

    Posted: 31 Aug 2021 08:48 AM PDT

    Unique segmented arc view with rich customisation options!

    Posted: 31 Aug 2021 11:16 AM PDT

    Unique segmented arc view with rich customisation options!

    Hello, I would like to share my open source library which I wrote during my free time!
    Stars would be appreciated, but only if you like it 😊

    https://github.com/edgar-zigis/SegmentedArcView

    https://preview.redd.it/b01hiy80jqk71.png?width=800&format=png&auto=webp&s=221cbb6ceea011de223fdb8d23b404902c3468ec

    Everything is highly customisable - amount of segments, individual gradients, separators, individual segments can be animated with custom alpha animation. Title can be set, value text can be set, custom text colors, fonts, vertical offsets etc. Sure there are custom settings for startAngle, sweepAngle.
    Hopefully it will be useful to you!

    submitted by /u/biomatic-1992
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    Anyone received mails like these after publishing your app/game on Google Play Store or any other market?

    Posted: 31 Aug 2021 11:58 AM PDT

    App Takedown – Trying to resolve inadequate prominent disclosure

    Posted: 31 Aug 2021 12:01 PM PDT

    I'm new here, so hopefully I'm providing all the information required in the rules.

    My company's app, Pinpoint (Play Store webcache), collects device information (phone number, SIM number, device ID, device make and model) and network information (service level, signal level, etc). We then process that data and map it for our customers to see how well their cell network performs. We use the device information to ensure that people only see maps of the data they collected. (Accounts are handled outside of the app, so there's no logging in or payment taking place inside the app. We have contracts with the people/agencies who are using the app and we don't collect data from anyone we don't have a contract with.)

    Anyway, the app's been in the Play Store for years, but recently got removed because: "APK HAS A PROMINENT DISCLOSURE BUT THE DISCLOSURE IS NOT ADEQUATE / Your app is uploading users' Phone Number information to [https dot app dot our-company's-site] without an adequate disclosure."

    Our permissions and disclosures go like this:

    1. Privacy Policy (clearly includes phone number under section titled "Types of Data collected")
    2. Pre-Phone Permission Disclosures:
      a. First Rejected Disclosure
      b. Most Recent Rejected Disclosure (Here, we tried to be more explicit about the uses of all data, and not just Phone data in case Google objected to accessing files.)
    3. Allow app to make and manage phone calls? (Deny/Allow)
    4. Allow app to access photos, media, and files on your device? (Deny/Allow)
    5. Depending on the Android version, we have one of two different permission notices for location (Note: these recently passed Google review and have not been modified):
      a. Android 10+: "Pinpoint needs permission to your location all the time to match network performance with where you are. Click on Permissions then Location, and select 'Allow all the time'. The app will not run properly unless you do so. For our privacy policy go to https://televate.com/pinpointprivacy/" (Cancel/Change Permissions)
      b. Android 9-: "Pinpoint app collects location data to identify where the wireless network coverage information is measured, even when the app is closed or not in use. The data is used to create network coverage maps." (Cancel/Agree)
    6. "Pinpoint will be able to run in the background. Its battery use won't be restricted." (Deny/Allow)

    We've read the User Data policy requirements and have rewritten the disclosure but keep getting rejected. Obviously, we're doing something wrong, but we can't figure out what. Any suggestions would be ENORMOUSLY appreciated!

    submitted by /u/hmm-okaaay
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    What's a reliable method to wake up the device from sleep and activate the display?

    Posted: 31 Aug 2021 11:58 AM PDT

    I built a timer app, that uses Alarm Manager to get the system to tell the app when the timer is finished. Since the screen might be off, I need the device screen to turn on and activate, so that I can display UI to the user telling them that the timer is up.

    Right now, I'm using

    wakelockFlags = PowerManager.SCREEN_DIM_WAKE_LOCK or PowerManager.ACQUIRE_CAUSES_WAKEUP

    which works. However, PowerManager.SCREEN_DIM_WAKE_LOCK is deprecated since API 17. It seems to work fine for now, but I'm concerned it could stop working.

    One other possibility seems to be:

    wakelockFlags = PowerManager.PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK or PowerManager.ACQUIRE_CAUSES_WAKEUP or PowerManager.ON_AFTER_RELEASE

    Does anyone know a better way of doing this?

    submitted by /u/sandeep_r_89
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    Getting started with android developmenz

    Posted: 31 Aug 2021 09:42 AM PDT

    Hi guys,

    do you have any recommendations on how to start with learning android development? I have BS in mechatronics and have some experience with software (C, C++, Qt) and have some basic knowledge in OS (Linux development). I work in an automotive company and wanted to learn something new as a hobby that is not related to cars .. :)

    I know that learning by doing with a real project would be the best thing but I would like to start with something guided. I thought about doing the udacity nanodegree Android with Kotlin. Anyone knows if the course is good?

    Thank you!!

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