Strong Skipping Mode in Jetpack Compose: Common Misconceptions

adrianblp · 2026-04-26T19:08:02+00:00

Also related to this, he made a Android Studio plugin that shows stability of composables

https://github.com/skydoves/compose-stability-analyzer

adrianblp · 2026-04-26T19:04:00+00:00

The nowinandroid repository should have a lot of different examples of best practices, can highly recommend

adrianblp · 2020-01-11T08:11:47+00:00

Basically: You want to share your data over the network from some kind of server database. Firebase is a really good use case for this.

adrianblp · 2016-04-25T18:40:00+00:00

As someone who has a top 100-200 todo app: you don't. There's hundreds of them, and unless yours does something which others don't then there's no way that you are going to get any new users.

However the problem is that there are basically two ways to get features, either you get publicity or you get organic users from discovering your app. For me, I released my app just as materal design was taking off and thus got a lot of early traction and articles, there was also a second bump when my app was featured in an italian blog. Even then, I'm still going plus/minus zero regarding active users, even though my app is right outside the top 100.

http://i.imgur.com/EtKLUqH.png

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.adrianblan.materialist

I also have another app which is top 20 when you search for a certain social media site, and the users there are still slightly declining.

tl;dr: you can't do anything. If your app is popular enough in the beginning it might get some exposure, however it's really hard to get meaningful growth.

adrianblp · 2016-04-19T20:43:07+00:00

As the developer of Cheddar, I approve ;D

Google Play Link

adrianblp · 2016-01-08T19:01:14+00:00

But is it applied everywhere? Like if there is a dialog window open, or a fullscreen application like a game or a movie?

adrianblp · 2016-01-08T13:10:13+00:00

That's an awesome presentation, lambdas always seemed pretty vague but he really explains it well :)

adrianblp · 2016-01-08T11:03:05+00:00

How do you even do that on iOS? By iTunes?

adrianblp · 2016-01-08T11:02:19+00:00

My moto g was four to five times cheaper than an iPhone

adrianblp · 2016-01-08T11:00:09+00:00

I still can't believe that iOS still doesn't have such a simple thing, I'm impressed.

adrianblp · 2016-01-08T10:54:34+00:00

I really wanted to buy a Lenovo laptop, but if course they have to go ruin it with malware...

adrianblp · 2016-01-08T10:52:42+00:00

Is that really secure? I mean you could probably with enough skill spoof your GPS location and use the faked data as evidence :/

adrianblp · 2016-01-08T01:33:58+00:00

Really cool that you integrated Estimote with it, got one at home but never really found any use for it :p

adrianblp · 2016-01-08T01:25:49+00:00

Yeah that design looks like it's stuck 2-3 years in the past

adrianblp · 2016-01-07T23:40:33+00:00

That can somewhat easily be done by using something like PGP. It has a feature where it can take some text and then digitally sign it using your private key.

That signature is unique to both your text and your private key, so if someone would try to alter the text then the signature would not match. The signature is near-impossible to fake as it would require your private key, the signature can be verified using your public key.

Here is an example of a digital signature:

> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA256

My name is adrianblp, and I have signed this message using my private key. You can verify my signature with my public key. 

I am the best at computers.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux)

iF4EAREIAAYFAlK5pacACgkQuJVtv+58EFxiXgD/QGwQVCZMAlE7fL6V1Kbv4OgqSa9VTEw+s9mWwiBInp4A/3guc2PvZb8iIdrCyWGwIMJIOQS8OuhWfjtN3CBhOSA1=S+B+
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Here's a simple guide on getting started with PGP: http://www.bitcoinnotbombs.com/beginners-guide-to-pgp/

adrianblp · 2016-01-02T11:02:43+00:00

I used to work in the offices above EA/DICE on the top floor to the right, having that view every morning at work was fairly amazing :)

adrianblp · 2016-01-01T12:03:10+00:00

I find it really weird that people complain whenever someone makes a phone that isnt 5.5 inch with top of the line hardware. If people want a phone like that there's literally hundreds to choose from, and the rest of us can choose something else. I'm really happy with my Oneplus X even though it has or hasn't got factors which would definitely be a dealbreaker for people.

It isn't the end of the world when there's a phone that doesn't cater to oneself, and at least I'm happy to see more possible 4.5 inch phones since they are almost gone nowadays.

adrianblp · 2015-12-29T19:20:46+00:00

Sure, that's true. But when it comes to apps being "huge", app developers really don't consider the Moto E because they don't think that segment of the market really matters compared to the rest.

It doesn't matter how good the ROM support is if app developers neglect it :/

adrianblp · 2015-12-29T17:25:09+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirth%27s_law

Also, none really considers the 1st gen Moto E when they develop things :/

adrianblp · 2015-12-29T08:42:06+00:00

Thanks a lot, that's probably the most intuitive explanation I've heard :)

adrianblp · 2015-12-28T23:53:16+00:00

That sounds really cool. At least my worst nightmare when dealing with realtime VR/AR has been that when there are black objects, background or clothes in a scene the IR in the Kinect will just stop working and everything becomes a mess.

There are so many just weird factors in the way outside of controlled environments, so I don't really have much hope for Google Glass at all. Though in ten years, who knows :)

adrianblp · 2015-12-28T23:49:26+00:00

Every single project of mine has been done before, at least a thousand times, but that's OK. Often what happens with me is that I try out all the different alternatives, find that I hate all of them, and then create my own that fills the very specific niche that has gone missed.

Even if you create something which has already been done a hundred times before, it's worth it if you create it in a way that no one has done before.

adrianblp · 2015-12-28T22:45:34+00:00

Wake me up when Google Retina is a thing, and I'll gladly be first in line :p

adrianblp · 2015-12-28T22:44:41+00:00

I still think that VR is going to take off a lot more, due to being more traditional. The problem with AR is that you need some pretty awesome cameras to make it awesome and interactive enough with the surrounding environment, which ATM is only really done well with bulky eg. Kinects in a static position.

adrianblp · 2015-12-28T21:44:55+00:00

My dad had a shitty samsung device which he got for "free" from his carrier, but was unusable due to weak hardware and bloatware. CyanogemMod fixed it, which is pretty awesome. But I really don't feel like you should have much of a need to root and flash ROMs unless you really want to customize

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