An Android Developer's Top 10 Gripes

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 12, 2010 @01:06AM from the praising-by-faint-damns dept.

gkunene writes in with the plaint of a veteran mobile application developer who vents his frustration with a list of 10 things he loves to hate about Android. "1. Open Source. Leave it to Google to place all the code for their handset platform in the hands of the masses. Not only does this mean anyone can download and roll a new version of their phone firmware, but it also means absolutely any maker can roll its own Android device. ... After all's said and done, I really must admit that Android, despite its relatively few flaws, is one of my favorite platforms to work with. Quite honestly, if my complaint about how the word 'Intent' makes for awkward grammatical constructions ranks in the top 10, I'd say the Android platform is doing pretty well for itself."

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Consider the source by Rogerborg · 2010-01-12 01:38 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Chris Haseman is an independent software engineer specializing in wireless development. He can be found riding his bike between coffee shops in San Francisco. He's the author of the book Android Essentials (published by Apress). In his spare time, he's a resident DJ at xtcradio.com and a martial arts instructor.
Also, I hear he's fluent in Sanskrit and can divide by zero.
A smug superficially supercilious fuck-knuckle hates Android? Well, I guess I'll give it a second look then! I know which 'essential' book about it to avoid, at least.

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Re:What? by Threni · 2010-01-12 01:54 · Score: 0, Flamebait

You must have missed the recent story about how they don't seem to be as accurate as the iPhone screen.