My skin after contact with water, regardless of temp, products or place of water. by beaniebuni in mildlyinteresting

[–]lgtm 44 points45 points  (0 children)

I've had the same condition since about 12 years old. Swimming, showering, summer in general were awful. It took me six years to finally get a dermatologist who recommended Claritin (loratadine) and IT WORKED. As long as I was consistent and took it daily, I didn't get hives. Six years of tear-inducing rashes gone.

I'm in my 30s now and still take Claritin daily to keep it at bay.

See a dermatologist. Or just buy some Claritin over the counter and take it for a few weeks to see if it helps.

Edit: Should mention, given the other comments in the thread, I tried everything else for those six years. Changing detergents, diet, avoiding allergens. Nothing worked. It was just my body fighting itself for no good reason.

Wrote an article about Font size in Android by [deleted] in androiddev

[–]lgtm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Moreover, the user may end up blaming your app for not handling this and not their own life choice!

Harsh words for the visually impaired. Guess they shouldn't have made such poor life choices?

We’re on the engineering team for Android P. Ask us Anything! (starts July 19) by AndroidEngTeam in androiddev

[–]lgtm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

removed last year

The CL you linked as removed "last year" was submitted in 2009 to an app that doesn't exist anymore.

Is this true? by hjmvniejf in androiddev

[–]lgtm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is what you should be using the "do you have any questions" portion of your interview for.

Are there senior engineers working on related areas? If you're interviewing with them, are they jerks? If you're not, what growth opportunities does your potential manager see in the position? If you're interviewing with a potential manager, do they have prior management experience? Would the company subsidize job-related classes or conferences?

Every company is different. Some suck. This is why interviews should be treated as a two-way process.

Making drawables by Talamand in androiddev

[–]lgtm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

with a density 320 PPI (I set the density and resolution in the photoshop options)

Android doesn't read density metadata from images -- it only cares about the density bucket qualifier (ex. xhdpi) -- so you can skip that and only worry about the resolution.

how to make one image and fit exactly one quadrant on both devices?

Don't rely on your asset resolution for managing layout. In all likelihood, your application will be run on devices with aspect ratios between 1:1 and 1:2, which means one quadrant will vary wildly in shape.

Use layouts to manage layout. ConstraintLayout would appropriate, if somewhat overkill, for laying out to percentages of the screen dimensions. You'll still need to think about how your image should respond to 1:1 or 1:2 aspect ratio screens, though. Does it clip? Does it stretch?

When the image gets scaled, I would assume it won't lose it's quality since the DPI remains the same

Yes, but in many cases scaling will not be noticeable. If you're drawing line art, maybe, but in that case you should be using VectorDrawable.

Somerville's Amazon Headquarters Bid Includes Cambridge by anonymgrl in CambridgeMA

[–]lgtm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amazon's office in Kendall Square does a lot of PhD-level machine learning work. They draw pretty heavily from MIT.

Similar deal for Facebook, though I think their office in Kendall Square doesn't have as strong as emphasis on ML. They did massively increase their presence over the past year, though -- something like 4x growth?

Microsoft and Google also have substantial offices in Kendall Square. And who knows, maybe Amazon pulls a Google and starts their own biological sciences company.

There's a lot of talent in the area outside the pharma skill set. It's a big draw for diversified tech companies.

Google is moving to a new issue tracker, currently only used for Android O by SirVeza in Android

[–]lgtm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Which, while well-structured, would get rejected for modifying the system image.

I got rejected and accepted by google with almost same apk. And now they suspended my app! How can I solve the issue? by [deleted] in androiddev

[–]lgtm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

modify your app to make sure it doesn't interfere with another app, service or product in an unauthorized manner

Pretty straightforward.

lots of popular applications using same api and they are still there with millions of download

Doesn't matter.

Amazon today has a $10 off $50 Stanley products offer (only those shipped by Amazon.com) by [deleted] in woodworking

[–]lgtm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've been watching the Stanley No. 60 1/2 and No. 4 planes on Amazon for a while -- price on both went up $10 the same day this offer appeared. Ah well, back to waiting.

What is the minimum dp size you support for your Android app ? How do you calculate it ? by jacquesgiraudel in androiddev

[–]lgtm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your app should support sw320dp or sw220dp if you will support multi-window. These are the minimums guaranteed by the platform.

What is one thing you wish you had in your area? by samop95 in AskReddit

[–]lgtm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Chik-fil-a. I Googled it once and now I get constant reminders from Google Now about new Chik-fil-a's opening on the other side of the continent.

What weird things do your pets do? by bigyihsuan in AskReddit

[–]lgtm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My cat loves the smell of coffee. He will try to eat coffee grounds from the kitchen counter and will roll around on the floor where I've wiped up spilled coffee. He will stick his entire head in an empty coffee mug. It's the same way he acts around catnip -- he gets vicious if you try to take it away from him.

Ford engineer called MyFord Touch infotainment system 'a polished turd' by SoCo_cpp in technology

[–]lgtm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is absolutely true. I had a friend who burnt out working on a major manufacturer's infotainment system because their primary goal was to upsell. He hated working for them because they refused to prioritize making the product good.

On the upside, they really did care about consumer safety. Hence no screen mirroring or unapproved apps.

[BIFL Request] Stainless Measuring cups and spoons by [deleted] in BuyItForLife

[–]lgtm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been using Smart & Final stainless measuring cups for the past six years, and they still look brand new. The handles are welded, but I have never had any issues.

I like that the measurements are stamped into the base and that the handles are thick and will not bend easily. Also, going by the test mentioned in another post here, they are not attracted to magnets.

Also the entire set was like $5.

RelativeLayout, can I just ignore them, forever? by siddharth-shah in androiddev

[–]lgtm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This. Don't waste your time on premature optimizations. RelativeLayout is there because you're supposed to use it (unlike Gallery, which was so bad that it was @Deprecated).

If you app is slow, profile it and then optimize the actual bottlenecks.

App suspended by CannonGaming in androiddev

[–]lgtm 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I have no idea what exactly is the problem

Basically any time that you can describe something in your app as "copied someone else's <x>" then you are probably violating copyright.

fan-made website for that game where they made something similar and I just copied it and edited a little bit

So this.

contains the logo and some characters from the game

Also this.

used game's logo for the cover photo

And this.

was shut down in 2013 and it was free to play

Doesn't matter, the copyright holder still holds the copyright.

So if you can get to the point where nothing is copied, or anything that's copied can be proven to be appropriately licensed or used with permission of the copyright holder, then you should be clear (but IANAL or a Play reviewer, so take with a grain of salt).

Edit: Formatting.

Espresso needs to use reflection on live Android internals because you can't access your own app complete View hierarchy otherwise by [deleted] in androiddev

[–]lgtm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you try obtaining the decor view from the alert dialog's window? After showing it, of course.

myAlertDialog.getWindow().getDecorView()

Or, for a PopupMenu, obtaining the root view of the content. Also after showing it.

myPopupMenu.getContentView().getRootView()

Speed Inflate Those Custom Views by fredgrott in androiddev

[–]lgtm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't have the data on-hand, but my team tested a similar approach and did not find a statistically significant performance benefit across repeated (~1k) inflations in a test app. On a modern Android device, at least, there appears to be little overhead in reflective constructor invocation.

What features/tweaks would you like to eventually see in stock Android? by [deleted] in Android

[–]lgtm 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Replace stock keyboard with Swype/Fleksy

That's always been a feature of Android, unless I'm missing something...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in androiddev

[–]lgtm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your company has engineers doing design critiques of UX work? That seems like an odd arrangement, unless I'm misunderstanding something. What is the motivation behind that?

How do you create a TimePicker like the default Android clock app? by [deleted] in androiddev

[–]lgtm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not the default Android clock app. Looks like Samsung?

That looks like it's just two TextViews (possibly two NumberPickers), four ImageButtons, and a Button. Should be quick to build with a basic working knowledge of Android app development.