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    So, Google relax their privacy policy rules, when comes to apps from giant firms? Android Dev

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    So, Google relax their privacy policy rules, when comes to apps from giant firms? Android Dev


    So, Google relax their privacy policy rules, when comes to apps from giant firms?

    Posted: 28 Nov 2018 08:40 AM PST

    Just read an interesting article https://medium.com/melon-pancakes/cheetah-mobile-a-web-of-trash-2f2ee875f6e5

    Google is very proactive, to take down apps from small development firms/ solo developers, for privacy violation.

    But, they allow this to happen for apps from giant firms?

    Any thoughts?

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    Shadows in Android

    Posted: 28 Nov 2018 04:59 AM PST

    I remember being excited when Material Design was released. Light and Shadows are supposed to be an important part in Material Design. I then tried to use shadows in my apps, but the api was only available to a few devices and it was still buggy, so I mostly used the default values of the Material Theme and didn't customise much.

    Today I tried to customise the shadows casted by a button in a ConstraintLayout. I thought it should be pretty straight forward. It was not. You have to mess around with OutlineProviders, backgrounds, clipToPadding, clipChildren...

    The preview does not work properly and it still does not look consistent on different Devices (all API 21+). Documentation is pretty bad, on Stackoverflow there are Codesnippets how to make it work but many of them involve hacks. Is the Elevation API really so bad or am I using it wrong?

    In CSS I can add some rules to an element and it works, it seems on Android I have to restructure the whole layout...

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    I have 10k active users a month , how do I get the best of them

    Posted: 28 Nov 2018 10:50 AM PST

    so I have an app with 10k active users every month , I use google ads and I earn around 50$ a month

    and that's not enough

    what should I do to get the best of that

    what do you guys recommend ?

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    My app got suspended twice but I don't know why

    Posted: 28 Nov 2018 04:11 AM PST

    I made my own WhatsApp Stickers app, which is a fork of the original WhatsApp Stickers app. I made a couple of changes to the code to implement a small banner ad and created my own sticker packs. These stickers do not contain any brand specific of inappropriate text.

    The first time the app got suspended I received the following reason:

    Issue: Violation of Google Play policy

    Google reserves the discretion to include or remove apps from Google Play. We may take action based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, a pattern of harmful behavior or high risk of abuse. We identify risk of abuse using various items such as previous violation history, user feedback, and use of popular brands, characters, and other assets.

    I double checked the images but honestly did not agree with this so I tried to appeal the suspension. Google responded with the following reason why I got suspended:

    We've determined your app to be a high risk profile. Google Play identifies high risk profiles by using signals such as:

    apps that contain assets prone to abuse

    previous app enforcements

    relations to other previously suspended apps or accounts

    user rating and uninstall data

    I responded with the following, explaining point by point why I got wrongly suspended:

    Apps that contain assets prone to abuse

    My app contains a specific way to communicate to each other. This specific way of communicating can be abused, but not more than any other form of communication. There are no instances in my app where I believe that it can be abused more in comparison to other big communication apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook messenger or other popular WhatsApp sticker apps.

    Previous app enforcements

    This is the very first and only app I published in the Play Store (using this account or any other account), so this point is negligible.

    Relations to other previously suspended apps or accounts

    This is the very first and only app I published in the Play Store (using this account or any other account), so this point is negligible.

    User rating and uninstall data

    While I do know that some of the reviews on the app seem strange, those reviews can be from friends who are still honest about their opinion. Their reviews are in no way forced or written by me or any other person that benefits from positive reviews.

    Google told me that this is all of the info they can give me and I was allowed to make changes and reupload the app. I removed some stickers which are debatable and reuploaded the app but I got suspended for exactly the same reason!

    I don't know what I did wrong because Google is not being specific at all. How do I know what to change about the app if Google doesn't give me a full explanation? How do I handle this situation?

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    Paging library - what were they thinking?

    Posted: 27 Nov 2018 10:41 PM PST

    This is their idea of simplifying scrolling lists? Implementing numerous callbacks and using 4 other classes in the process? How did they think this is a good idea?

    Not to mention the mess you run into when you try to use a remote data source AND a local data source at once.

    How are you implementing endless lists?

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    When using Kotlin, when should `val`, `var` and `lateinit var` be used in Activity/Fragments/Services?

    Posted: 28 Nov 2018 06:47 AM PST

    The android lifecycle complicates how instances of those objects work and how they are disposed, so I'm asking you have you made up any rules for yourself about how to declare your fields?

    I've seen examples of lateinit var being used for LifecycleObservers in the architecture components tutorials, but that's about it.

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    What do a QA team do for Android?

    Posted: 28 Nov 2018 02:03 PM PST

    Never worked with one, just curious what they do and some common tools they use for Android QA purposes.

    Should I handoff writing all tests to this team? i.e. is it part of their job to write unit and UI tests? Or is their job something else?

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    Difference in Android Engineer vs Android Developer?

    Posted: 28 Nov 2018 06:55 AM PST

    In the weekly hire thread and job postings around the web, the titles as Android Engineer and Android Developer is used a lot.

    But do the have the same responsiblity and salary? and what qualifies one as an Android Engineer?

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    How do you debug/profile GPU usage when using NDK?

    Posted: 28 Nov 2018 02:53 PM PST

    I wanted to profile how good (or bad) was TensorFlow Lite performing on Android for a given model and sample, but I couldn't find a way. I was having some peaks on Energy usage but CPU and memory were constant, so I thought it could be the GPU doing some heavy calculations. The GPU overlay from the system, however, doesn't work when using NDK; Android Studio profiler only works for CPU; so how the heck am I supposed to profile it?

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    Has your App been uploaded to Aptoide without your permission?

    Posted: 28 Nov 2018 11:00 AM PST

    I didn't even know about Aptoide till the other day and I found out the free and paid version of one of my apps is uploaded by someone else. I sent a take down notice, to which they said they could not determine if it was my app. I followed this up with some evidence and open to giving any more information, but so far no reply.

    After searching I also found some people have had their apps uploaded which have been patched, which is probably malware or advertising.

    Anyone else had to deal with them before?

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    Udacity Nanodegree

    Posted: 28 Nov 2018 01:29 AM PST

    Hey guys I was just wondering how was Udacity's nano degree program had been treating you so far? I bought in on Black Friday discount and the program doesn't start for me for another 24 hours but I've heard that there are other groups who started earlier and are going through with it already? Is it solid and up to date? Really curious

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    How come my recyclerview only displays on the second load?

    Posted: 28 Nov 2018 01:26 PM PST

    https://pastebin.com/SYHh8qxi

    I am using my listadapter for other fragments that load on the first attempt. The data only appears if I load this fragment a second time. On my first load when I print out the events it has all the data but it isnt displaying. Any clue why this might be happening?

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    For all developers using Firebase ML Kit’s text recognition. Here is something for you to consider before making decisions. We have compared the performance of Text recognition on iOS and Android, here are amazing results. - Part 3 of comparison series.

    Posted: 28 Nov 2018 07:23 AM PST

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    Posted: 28 Nov 2018 08:57 AM PST

    10 Things every Android development beginner should know

    Posted: 28 Nov 2018 12:28 PM PST

    What is your "First-time installers" percentage ?

    Posted: 28 Nov 2018 06:26 AM PST

    Hi Androiddevs,

    I was wondering if i am loosing money on my paid app on play store. I have 25% FTI on my free app and 1.8% on paid app. Is that normal ?

    How much do you get ? From search acquisition only

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    Achieving higher interstital Admob CPM?

    Posted: 28 Nov 2018 12:21 PM PST

    Hey. I have a game app on Android which is getting around £0.55 CPM per day for interstital ads using Admob with around 6k impressions/day. Can anyone recommend any new networks to try?

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    What habits are good building blocks for long term open source developer?

    Posted: 28 Nov 2018 04:32 AM PST

    What practices would you recommend to someone looking to become better at contributing to open source.

    I don't know how to formulate this better.

    For example, couple months ago I set for myself that I will write at least 1 line of code each day. It doesn't sound like much, but over time I've built a habit of making at least 1 commit a day ( usually it doesn't stop there ).

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    Bèta Distribution

    Posted: 28 Nov 2018 12:02 PM PST

    We have been using HockeyApp to distribute our Alpha builds to our testers for years now.
    Recently we noticed the service will shutdown in favor of App Center.

    This made us wonder what other tools are available to distribute apps.

    Our ideal setup would be to use the Play Store somehow in conjunction with the internal track, but with an option to select previous APK's.
    I don't get why Google still doesn't provide such a feature after 10 years, but manages to overhaul the Play Console design every 2 months.

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