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@kbin.socialhttps://medium.com/@anemomylos/this-post-follows-my-latest-experience-with-play-store-59c3efffb78a
https://www.theverge.com/23994177/google-states-ag-google-play-antitrust-settlement
This won’t be nearly enough for Epic Games.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/20/23969690/google-spotify-android-billing-commission-secret-deal
Spotify’s “unprecedented” popularity justified the deal.
https://commonsware.com/blog/2023/11/11/testing-limits-anti-competition.html
Google keeps piling on restrictions for distributing apps via the Play Store, which is an issue when they have an effective monopoly
Hey fellow android devs, here is a plugin that I developed for invoking adb commands through the IDE. It was always a pain to copy all the cli shortcuts when i change machines. So, I thought why not make it a plugin. Hope you find it useful
https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/22935-adbxpert
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/after-chatgpt-disruption-stack-overflow-lays-off-28-percent-of-staff/
The popular developer forum is still hunting for a "path to profitability."
Survey on Android App Testing Practices
Dear Android Developers and Testers,
We cordially invite you to a brief 8-minute survey focusing on Android App testing practices. Your insights will greatly enhance our understanding of industry standards and help highlight areas of challenge and opportunity. Rest assured, your responses will be kept confidential and anonymous. Your expertise is invaluable, and we deeply appreciate your contribution to our research. Thank you for your time and participation.
https://commonsware.com/blog/2023/08/27/summer-silence-commonsware-part-five.html
In this fifth part of the Origins of CommonsWare series, I look at how I started getting attention for helping people learn Android app development.
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Home of the jetc.dev Jetpack Compose newsletter! In the latest issue: Compose Compiler 1.4.8! Compose 1.5.0-beta03! Recomposition, and avoiding it! Floating bubbles! Action menu animations! @cb@androiddev.social with window sizes for Compose Multiplatform! And, our rounded rectangles get... smoother?!?