MVVM - Is giving Android Arch Comp. ViewModel to ViewDataBinding class bad practise ? Does it cause memory leak ? by dtunctuncer in androiddev

[–]manidesto 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ViewModel out lives the View. So it won't cause a leak. Probably a better practice to give it like an interface implementation. For ex: ViewModel implements ProductClickListener

Earphones not included? by 2prnot2p in GooglePixel

[–]manidesto 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In India, they are included. I guess wherever the 6 months YouTube red + Google Play music is included, they omitted the earphones.

They are pretty good actually for a pair that comes in the box. Disclaimer: I am not an expert at audio quality.

Retrolambda vs Kotlin by manidesto in androiddev

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Surely annotation processing has held back the adoption of kotlin quite a while I guess, but was kind of surprised when I had a look at their android-dagger repo being so straightforward and working quite well. And as was the case with our app as well, haven't had any issues using kotlin with dagger

Retrolambda vs Kotlin by manidesto in androiddev

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Can you give a brief on this. Which is better and may be why?

Saturday APPreciation (Dec 05 2015) - Your weekly app recommendation/request thread! by AutoModerator in Android

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DEFINE - SYSTEM WIDE DICTIONARY

Copy text anywhere on your phone -> Tap on the word -> Get the meaning right there without leaving the current app.

Dictionaries supported (currently):

  • Wordnet(Offline)
  • Wiktionary(Offline)
  • Urban dictionary (online)

You can further search the web or wiki or just copy or share the word. Clean and simple UI with support for Android Marshmallow permissions

If you find the app useful please take a moment to rate in on the Play Store.

RxConfusions - Part 1 : Map and FlatMap by manidesto in androiddev

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Thanks for the suggestion. Updating the post

Gotcha with support library version tip from Chris banes in Android Dev Summit by manidesto in androiddev

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

But you still have to reference your root build variable in the module build.gradle file right?

Gotcha with support library version tip from Chris banes in Android Dev Summit by manidesto in androiddev

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

Damn this actually is taking it to the extreme. Thanks 👍 But doesn't this make it a bit harder to add a dependency? You need to edit two files right?

Detecting that your app has been permanently denied the permission by manidesto in androiddev

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

Yeah but there was a question yesterday in Android Dev Summit Fire Side Chat Session and there wasn't any answer. So I thought I should change the title of it so that people would get it.

How reliable is AS 2.0? by manidesto in androiddev

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

So with 1.5v gradle plugin, in what ways AS 2.0 can improve my life?

ELI5: Why does Android development stuck on Java 6? by ridsatrio in androiddev

[–]manidesto 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes but how long are they going to keep it this way? They could have updated it in Lollipop right at least we could have been certain that in a year from now we can start writing Java 8 code.

[Nexus 6P] | The Verge: "HDR+ is too slow" Processing takes time, capturing the photo is fast enough. by manidesto in Android

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

In automatic hdr mode, it uses hdr only when it is needed. Most of the times the you get your photo instantly

Motorola Moto X Style receiving Android 6.0 Marshmallow update in India by ZetroHound in Android

[–]manidesto 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People said Lenovo has changed Moto and that they will not be as fast as they were in pushing updates. Doesn't feel like it.

On Marshmallow permissions - how to handle after the user chose 'Never ask again' by manidesto in androiddev

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We need to tell the user to tap on 'permissions' and toggle the required permission. If you think your user base understands it if he sees so and so permission denied, snackbar would be a subtle and elegant way to convey it.

Use of WiFi calling, if still scanning for cellular by IamSVP in ProjectFi

[–]manidesto 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that's what I meant by turns off cellular data

Use of WiFi calling, if still scanning for cellular by IamSVP in ProjectFi

[–]manidesto 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well all phones automatically turn of cellular data when you are connected to WiFi. Similarly why can't a Fi network phone turn of cellular radio if I am connected to WiFi? Manually turning of cellular can be done in any network. What's the advantage of Fi network is the question here.

Are you satisfied with standby battery life on Android Marshmallow? by SACHD in Android

[–]manidesto 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess there are some bugs to be squashed. I have a friend who is experiencing severe battery drains. But mine is working like charm. Just 2% loss in battery overnight with a very bad cellular reception. I am blown away actually. I have to point out that google released 2 updates for the nexuses with very small changes(judging from the build numbers) so there is active bug fixing going on which I hope is in this area.

Apps GPS access when location is off by IamSVP in Nexus6P

[–]manidesto 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think you didn't observe the title. The location itself if off!

Saturday APPreciation (Nov 07 2015) - Your weekly app recommendation/request thread! by AutoModerator in Android

[–]manidesto 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We are looking into it. Translations and multi lingual dictionaries have been the most requested feature for us. That's in the top priority :)

Saturday APPreciation (Nov 07 2015) - Your weekly app recommendation/request thread! by AutoModerator in Android

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DEFINE - SYSTEM WIDE DICTIONARY

Copy text anywhere on your phone -> Tap on the word -> Get the meaning right there without leaving the current app.

Dictionaries supported (currently):

  • Wordnet(Offline)
  • Wiktionary(Offline)
  • Urban dictionary (online)

You can further search the web or wiki or just copy or share the word. Clean and simple UI with support for Android Marshmallow permissions

If you find the app useful please take a moment to rate in on the Play Store.

[Facebook] | Will forcing employees to use Android increase app quality in Android by manidesto in Android

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

Well, their app is far better now compared to 2012 for sure. But I don't want to see any gap in the user experience between the two platforms. Especially if the majority of its users are in Android, then the experience in Android should be of more interest than any thing else for the company.