Alas, it is time for more uncomfortable questions, in this case regarding the announced Android developer verification program: https://commonsware.com/blog/2025/08/26/uncomfortable-questions-android-developer-verification.html #AndroidDev
I uploaded jetc.dev Newsletter Issue #278! Compose 1.9.0! Wear Compose RC! Compose Multiplatform beta! Kobweb! Modifier order! String and icon wrappers! And... why is it tough to remember when and how to remember()?!? https://jetc.dev/issues/278 #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev
And here I thought Google couldn't possibly make me dislike it any further.
"Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year"
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/google-will-block-sideloading-of-unverified-android-apps-starting-next-year/
Android will begin verifying everyone's identity, regardless if they're distributing on or off Google Play.
https://androidauthority.com/android-developer-verification-requirements-3590911/
I LOVE GOOGLE, I LOVE GIVING GOOGLE MY ADDRESS so that I can publish an app outside of Google Play!!
Of course, they claim that there's malware outside of the Google Play, so pretty please, give us your full name, address, email and phone number, and we'll claim to verify your identity, because surely a scammer or a malware developer will not slip through these crac!-- cough Google Play has malware cough
These data collecting mercenaries, these gormless half-wits and their stupid excuse that it's "malware", it's "in the name of protecting our users", it's this or that, "trust us"!
Fuck you, I hope the EU steps in, puts their foot down and forbids this shit from ever seeing the light of day.
Android is NOT open when Google has a fucking chokehold of the entire distribution of apps, both in and outside of Google Play.
I'm so perplexed by the indies who have 5-10 apps at once. Releasing is so exhausting: writing copy, framing screenshots, re-uploading for review because of tiny bugs.
It took me a week to polish the iOS release. The Android one is already out, getting thousands of installs 
Also, here is the webapp with all the android device catalog
Managed to decouple `"@github/spark": "^0.0.1"` module from the prototype app and launch it! 
This was one of my shelved idea to analyze Android Device catalog available from Google Play console.
Very happy with the outcome, specially stats page with data insights 
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Think I'm done at 3,776 photos uploaded. Two decades of building communities around really awesome tech.
Those events let me meet so many incredible people. While I won't shed a tear for Elon's Nazi bar, I'll miss how easy it was for us all to be connected back then. Hopefully folks find these pics, save the ones of them and the friends they made.
What are your recommendations for developing an app for iOS and Android with as little double development as possible?
welp I've started to make my own paging library again. It's still rough around the edges but this time I think I have a core design and api I'm happy with.
#AndroidDev
I'm always suspicious of any tooling that modifies an APK/AAB in release builds (before it gets onto a user's device) because the user will not be running the same code as I am during development in debug builds.
When the Play Store turns a full blown AAB into an APK optimized for a specific device, and that causes a crash at runtime because something is missing (e.g. libsqliteJni.so) you've basically stuck: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/341639198#comment22
If you are using Android, please consider taking a look at this.
I've had a lot of fun playtesting the game.
In my efforts to move conference photos to Flickr, I've finally moved my #android conference pics!
Chicago Roboto and 360|AnDev are now all in this album!
Feel free to boost and share with folks not on Mastodon. Want folks to find and keep any pics of themselves that they want.
New interview from #droidconNYC 2025!
We sat down with Huyen "Pixel Pushing" Tue Dao to talk Jetpack Compose, the future of Android UI, and her favorite moments from the conference.
Watch here: https://youtu.be/HaZxITk86PY
Looking for a new work place starting in 2026Q1.
Remote and/or near #Hannover / #Braunschweig
Senior Software Developer, primarily in #Java / #Kotlin but I know a few other langs from #CPP, #Batch, #AndroidDev to #CSharp and I'm experienced enough to know programming is about communcating with fellow humans and every other computer thing can be learned shortly.
I can't stress how unimportant the lang is.
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Lineage re-partitioned flo to flox to bring it from Android 7 to Android 11 which is more of a PItA than just flashing an update. I need to see if I can even find a flox zip of Lineage 18 and then try to update the recovery via adb.
This makes me tired just thinking about it right now 
Cowboy patrons voted 
here is a deep dive on coroutine cancellation and exception mechanisms available for all on Medium:
@LeonOmelan Thanks! That may be an option. It's been 2 years since I actually touched this code. :-D
I do think I have the layout mostly fixed by adjusting views based on the window Insets. Another thing coming up in 36 is I won't be able to force portrait. I guess I need to stop being lazy and get a landscape orientation in there.
I haven't tested this on a foldable yet either. 
#Android #AndroidDev #GameDev #IndieDev
