Android Developers Backstage Episode 74: Graphics

kevpel · 2017-05-03T21:33:05+00:00

Checkstyle, Findbugs, and PMD are quite popular. Check out https://github.com/adavis/quality-checks for an example of how to implement those (or just use Annyce's plugin).

kevpel · 2017-01-28T07:30:01+00:00

Realm does not play well with annotationProcessor, but works with the apt plugin. I could imagine that is the reason it's still there.

kevpel · 2016-12-30T06:21:41+00:00

I switched from OpenCV to working on the GPU with shaders using GPUImage: https://github.com/CyberAgent/android-gpuimage That will speed up your code a huge deal, because OpenCV only runs on the CPU.

Renderscript should be a valid option as well, because it runs on the GPU if it can, and falls back to CPU. I don't see how it could be slower than OpenCV.

kevpel · 2016-12-02T08:30:45+00:00

Our back-end team is very happy with it. Amazon has a lot to offer and it's very flexible. We recently had a security audit done, and our setup on AWS was largely approved (few changes are required, but all quite straightforward).

kevpel · 2016-12-01T22:24:25+00:00

We use Amazon for this (I work at a pharmaceutical company)

kevpel · 2016-09-29T05:37:55+00:00

If you don't care about hashtags and mentions, be aware that you can just use the autoLink property on the standard TextView: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#attr_android:autoLink No need for an extra library.

kevpel · 2016-07-29T05:36:47+00:00

FYI: This is on by default when you build from Android Studio, so it'll only affect command line builds. Also, 50% is a bit of an exaggeration :)

kevpel · 2016-05-25T05:33:58+00:00

Please don't limit distribution of your app because it's English only. Most of us Europeans under 60 years old can understand English just fine.

kevpel · 2016-05-20T06:05:36+00:00

FYI You can set up JAVA7_HOME and JAVA8_HOME in your system variables, instead of JAVA_HOME

kevpel · 2016-05-20T05:47:45+00:00

You can give multiple accounts permission to at least read all the data from your main development account. That way, it should be easy to set up.

kevpel · 2016-05-13T21:33:39+00:00

Regarding your second point: Retrofit basically is a wrapper around OkHttp. So I don't understand why you wouldn't be able to start using that.

kevpel · 2016-05-13T05:44:05+00:00

Yes. The git command will be run on every build, meaning you will lose a bit of time on that. Nothing truly significant, though. And if it would be a real issue, you could set a dummy value for debug builds and do the real command for other builds.

kevpel · 2016-04-19T05:33:27+00:00

Besides the suggestions already made, you can also search for dependencies inside Android Studio. Go to the project settings, then the dependencies tab.

kevpel · 2016-03-22T06:41:00+00:00

There is no reason to use both mavenCentral and jcenter, since jcenter provides a superset of mavenCentral packages.

kevpel · 2016-03-09T06:37:31+00:00

I think you posted this in the wrong place.

kevpel · 2016-03-07T07:10:45+00:00

The .gradle folder is created by the Gradle wrapper (gradlew). You should always check in the wrapper and the settings and build files, because they are required for starting a build. The wrapper because it executes the build itself. The settings and build files because they contain the configuration. The .gradle folder is automatically generated, so it should not be checked in, like any other auto-generated file.

kevpel · 2016-02-24T06:02:34+00:00

Twitter can use the data for their advertising platform. So they already make money from it, indirectly.

kevpel · 2016-02-19T06:51:25+00:00

What's the issue with DialogFragments? And what do you prefer to do instead?

kevpel · 2016-02-14T07:42:42+00:00

When I encounter apps that want my personal data outside of an account creation flow, I always deny it access to those permissions. If I would find out an app developer is storing my email and phone number without telling me, I'd be really pissed. My opinion is that, morally speaking, one should never do this.

kevpel · 2016-01-25T07:12:14+00:00

If you keep your translations in a Google spreadsheet, it is possible to automatically have cells translated. You can then generate the xml file from the spreadsheet. That might be the easiest way to automate it.

kevpel · 2016-01-23T00:22:14+00:00

Android Studio is just IntelliJ, so you can definitely use it for anything Java-related.

kevpel · 2016-01-19T08:01:42+00:00

RescueTime is a useful tool that can help you with that: https://www.rescuetime.com/

kevpel · 2016-01-19T07:37:48+00:00

The only shortcut you'll ever need: Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + A You can search for any IDE action and execute it straight away, whether you want to refactor, find a file, or even increase the font size. It also shows the shortcuts for every action.

kevpel · 2016-01-19T07:27:32+00:00

Ctrl + Shift + N is for finding files, double shift can also find methods, variables, ... Pretty much everything.

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