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Build on latest Java, test through lowest Java 17 May 2022 In the past, when a new version of Java was released, I would add that version to our open source project’s CI builds. strategy: matrix: java-version: – 8 – 9 ⋮ – 17 + – 18 This ensures that each project can be built […]
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We talked to Rares Vlasceanu and Catalin Costache from Adobe about how they handle 70 000 000 000 events per day with the help of Kotlin and Ktor. Source link
Android Backstage, a podcast by and for Android developers. Hosted by developers from the Android engineering team, this show covers topics of interest to Android programmers, with in-depth discussions and interviews with engineers on the Android team at Google. Subscribe to Android Developers YouTube → https://goo.gle/AndroidDevs Source link
Slope-intercept library design 05 April 2022 The equation y=mx+b defines a line in slope-intercept form. The line will intercept the y-axis at the value b and for each change in x its slope (the amount the line goes up or down) will change by m. Slope-intercept gives me a way to think about the design […]
It has been a hot minute since I posted about writing multi-module Lint rules so it’s time for a follow up. Today’s topic: suppressions! A quick recap of where we are: We have written a Lint rule that checks for usages of deprecated colours (including selectors) in XML files. The rule goes through all modules […]
I have been working with deeplinks lately and I noticed that quite a few things have changed since I last worked with them. The most important change is quoted in the list of Android 12 behaviour changes: Starting in Android 12 (API level 31), a generic web intent resolves to an activity in your app […]
One of the more famous crash reporting tools used in Android development is probably Crashlytics. It offers up a lot of insight into an app’s performance – from device characteristics to insights on issue commonalities. If, like my current project, obfuscation is enabled in an app, Crashlytics has a Gradle plugin that uploads the mapping […]
I continue to do less and less each year due to the dual woes of raising a toddler and navigating a pandemic. I also took three months off work this summer and I didn’t much feel like doing anything tech then! I suspect that 2022 won’t be much more productive, but maybe in 2023 (when […]
Another year over, a new one’s almost begun. Here’s a brief summary of what I’ve done in this one. Just like in previous years, this will be a personal ramble. You’ve been warned. For the usual technical content, please tune in next year. Jobby job I spent this calendar year working for Stream full-time. I […]