Good morning devs. New post on /r/androiddev subreddit:
Is Recent DataStore Library Update Breaking Apps?

Google released an update of 1.1.1 version for the Data Store library. Any version above the https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/datastore#1.1.0-alpha04 is breaking few aspects of the data fetching scenarios on the app. For example, we can’t reliably fetch the data store...


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Good morning devs. New post on /r/androiddev subreddit:
Developing a new app

I've been an android developer for more than 10 years. I published several apps since the play store had only a handful of them. I'm currently have 2 apps in production one with 1M+ downloads, 11k reviews and 4.1 stars, the other with 500k+ downloads 29k reviews and 4.7 stars, which I try to...


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Good morning devs. New post on /r/androiddev subreddit:
Paperize - Wallpaper Changer

Hi! I want to share my free and open-source wallpaper changer app that I created while learning Android development. There are no ads in the app, and I will never add ads to it as I created it solely to learn Android development. It's a completely offline (provide-your-own) wallpaper changer....


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Good morning devs. New post on /r/androiddev subreddit:
Update: Google was apparently withholding the real reason for my app rejections/suspension

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Good morning devs. New post on /r/androiddev subreddit:
Quick Guidesᵇᵉᵗᵃ Catalog | Android Developers

New section of the official documentations with quick guides to do things. Currently a lot of it are with Compose submitted by /u/borninbronx https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/1crk0j6/quickguides%E1%B5%87%E1%B5%89%E1%B5%97%E1%B5%83catalogandroiddevelopers/ comments


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Good morning devs. New post on /r/androiddev subreddit:
How do you learn client side networking without learning backend?

There are some free API for user, jwt, products, etc but other features like some pages public,private and admin only, web sockets aren't available. How do u learn them? I have seen some youtubers creating their own backend server and then creating client side. submitted by ...


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Good morning devs. New post on /r/androiddev subreddit:
I'm learning and have an idea for an app, but I'm not sure the best way to architect my idea. I would appreciate any guidance

My idea is very simple. A shopping list shared between my and my wife's phones, that sends us notifications when we go into/near a supermarket to remind us there is a shopping list. Maybe notifications in the morning or something to check if we need anything. I don't plan on releasing it on the...


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Good morning devs. New post on /r/androiddev subreddit:
Should a viewmodel be used for splitting UI and business logic or only for sharing data?

In other words, should variables and functions that are used by one composable be stored in that composable and only variables and functions that are used by more than one composable be put in a viewmodel? Or should every variable and function be stored in a viewmodel just for the sake of...


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Good morning devs. New post on /r/androiddev subreddit:
Lot of spam mails from users of my app

Lately my app got more popular and I because of questionable Google policy of mandatory email support being publicly available, I have been receiving hundreds of sketchy mails like you can see on screenshot.. It's already been months and months, and despite marking all of them as spam, they keep ...


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Good morning devs. New post on /r/androiddev subreddit:
How to Write Automated Tests for Google Password Manager in an Android App?

I am developing an Android app with a login feature that utilizes passkeys. I would like to write automated tests for this part of the app where the Google Password Manager shows up. Here is the flow I want to test: 1- Click on "Login with Passkeys". 2- The Google Password Manager shows up. ...


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Good morning devs. New post on /r/androiddev subreddit:
Need help - display a screen when a app is opened

I'm developing an app locker and have implemented all basic functionalities such as accepting and storing password, and loading all the apps installed on the user's device. however, I'm not sure how to make my lock screen to appear after the user opens a particular app. please guide me ...


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Good morning devs. New post on /r/androiddev subreddit:
Can anyone tell what I am doing wrong?

I have got my app rejected and suspended again I have uploaded new app with different package name and now again they have rejected it. "Your app doesn’t provide a clear source of government information or its description lacks an easy-to-see disclaimer stating that the app doesn’t represent ...


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Good morning devs. New post on /r/androiddev subreddit:
Understanding flatMapConcat, flatMapMerge, and flatMapLatest in Kotlin Flow

Hello guys, If you're diving into Kotlin Flow and want to grasp the differences between flatMapConcat, flatMapMerge, and flatMapLatest, check out this detailed Medium article. It explains the internal workings and practical applications of each operator, helping you choose the right one for your ...


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Good morning devs. New post on /r/androiddev subreddit:
Android-Document-QA: RAG pipeline for document QA from PDF/DOCX documents

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Good morning devs. New post on /r/androiddev subreddit:
Firebase Remote Config problems

Hello, has anyone experienced issues with Firebase Remote Config lately? Our feature flags that we're using for development that are supposed to be enabled/true are suddenly returning false. In Firebase, it shows that the default value (false) is being fetched >99% of the time, which is weird. ...


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Good morning devs. New post on /r/androiddev subreddit:
Embedding Gemini API Key In Android Application

I went through the tutorials for how to add generative AI to my application. https://developer.android.com/ai/generativeai After spending several hours developing something, I find out that Google strongly discourages me from embedding by Gemini API key directly into my app and would prefer that ...


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Good morning devs. New post on /r/androiddev subreddit:
I don't know if this is the right subreddit but I need help

I recently god a phone (pixel 8) running android 14 and I was wondering if I could bypass the parental controlsy parents use Microsoft family safety.On my PC I use task manager to stop the service and it is undetected. Can I do the same with android? Thanks to anyone helping. submitted by ...


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Good morning devs. New post on /r/androiddev subreddit:
Work manager, foreground service issue - Android

Using WorkManager to download a file from the network requires initiating the download inside the setForegroundAsync method to ensure it continues even if the app is removed from the recent screen. The setForegroundAsync method runs in a thread called WM.task-1. If setForegroundAsync is not...


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Good morning devs. New post on /r/androiddev subreddit:
Explaning the paradox of the "app popularity" on Google Play

Interesting fact. I have launchd a Norwgian4x4.com App (both for iOS and Android) and I can see that iOS downloads are outperforming Android by 10x! When iOS was downloaded 300 times, Android was like 25-30. I cannot believe all sport is happening on Apple iOS. Maybe both AppStore and Google...


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