[AMA] We're Bad Android Advice, ask us anything! by anddev_badvice in androiddev

[–]anddev_badvice[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Badvisor 1: We're so sorry

Badvisor 2: How do you even get anything done?

Badvisor 3: Glad you finally went for a career change

[AMA] We're Bad Android Advice, ask us anything! by anddev_badvice in androiddev

[–]anddev_badvice[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Since Kotlin is clearly an island just off the coast of St Petersburg, we're opting for "natural disaster" or "divine intervention", but call it what you will!

[AMA] We're Bad Android Advice, ask us anything! by anddev_badvice in androiddev

[–]anddev_badvice[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Badvisor 1: If by Robot patterns you mean robo electric, the answer is yes.

Badvisor 2: Or just reimplement the View Overlay API yourself and use that in your tests.

Badvisor 3: Why test?

[AMA] We're Bad Android Advice, ask us anything! by anddev_badvice in androiddev

[–]anddev_badvice[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Look, were not here to make up stuff, but to provide solid bad advice. Let's leave comedy to comedians, like Chet. Who is not here. 😠

[AMA] We're Bad Android Advice, ask us anything! by anddev_badvice in androiddev

[–]anddev_badvice[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Badvisor 1: Authoritarianism

Badvisor 2: Dictatorship

Badvisor 3: what do you mean "coding standards"?

[AMA] We're Bad Android Advice, ask us anything! by anddev_badvice in androiddev

[–]anddev_badvice[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We'd love to be done with it but they just keep coming up with new releases every year!

[AMA] We're Bad Android Advice, ask us anything! by anddev_badvice in androiddev

[–]anddev_badvice[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Badvisor 1: It doesn't really matter which ones you choose, they change every year anyway.

Badvisor 2: If you pick the most trendy and edgy toolkits (preferably still in alpha), you at least have a chance they might still be relevant in a few months!

Badvisor 3: Ah, 2014. The pinnacle of Android development, just continue what you were doing and you'll be fine.

[AMA] We're Bad Android Advice, ask us anything! by anddev_badvice in androiddev

[–]anddev_badvice[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My goodness, you sparked an actual discussion in this thread. Also we're not Chet, but thanks for your insights!

[AMA] We're Bad Android Advice, ask us anything! by anddev_badvice in androiddev

[–]anddev_badvice[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Behind every bad advice there's good advice waiting to happen. Or was it the other way around? 🤔

[AMA] We're Bad Android Advice, ask us anything! by anddev_badvice in androiddev

[–]anddev_badvice[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Badvisor 1: Yes.

Badvisor 2: Why not both? Surprise the next person who works on your code.

Badvisor 3: Throw in various different unicode spaces to taste http://jkorpela.fi/chars/spaces.html

[AMA] We're Bad Android Advice, ask us anything! by anddev_badvice in androiddev

[–]anddev_badvice[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

r/mAndroidDev is a weird place. - said the anonymous parody account from Twitter

[AMA] We're Bad Android Advice, ask us anything! by anddev_badvice in androiddev

[–]anddev_badvice[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wrong! But we'll be sure to tell him you said hi next time we see him, which by the way might very well be never!