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Android Studio 3.2

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Re: Android Studio 3.2

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Post by speeq »

waivek wrote: post #18
TekMol wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a user, I totally prefer a web app over a native app. Man .. don't even get me started .. ok, here we go: I can use it instantly. I can remove it instantly. The sandboxing is much better. The privacy is much better. I can link to it from wherever I like. I can use it on all my devices. I can copy text and images. I can change the style (I often enlarge the font for example). It can not use my battery / camera / ph…

Do you use a web app or a native app for YouTube?

I've started using the YouTube website on iOS because it uses the native video player and is ad-free then (some people put an ad-break every few minutes on documentaries for example which is super annoying)

Re: Android Studio 3.2

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Post by taeric »

waivek wrote: post #18
TekMol wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a user, I totally prefer a web app over a native app. Man .. don't even get me started .. ok, here we go: I can use it instantly. I can remove it instantly. The sandboxing is much better. The privacy is much better. I can link to it from wherever I like. I can use it on all my devices. I can copy text and images. I can change the style (I often enlarge the font for example). It can not use my battery / camera / ph…

Do you use a web app or a native app for YouTube?

I switched to firefox on my android for both Facebook and Twitter. So far, I've had very little downside to this.

Re: Android Studio 3.2

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Post by lgleason »

foobaw wrote: post #5

Do the emulator and compiler still require SSDs and 16GB+ RAM to be usable? I love Android Studio but it used to always feel very heavy-weight.

16GB is the bare minimum, but with some thrashing. 32 to really be usable, especially when running emulators.

Re: Android Studio 3.2

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Post by chocolatebunny »

TekMol wrote: post #6

I try Android Studio for a bit every now and then. I have to say it's such a giant bloated thing that it really does not make me want to write native code. Fortunately, there is a lot of great stuff going on with Progressive Web Apps now. I hope that they will be the future. Developing for the browser is so much leaner.

So is your development plans going forward to not develop native apps? Or use a wrapper like electron?

Re: Android Studio 3.2

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Post by ivankolev »

mkhalil wrote: post #15

Most exciting feature: App Bundles! At last, users with an Galaxy S5 won't have to install the same APK as a Note S9. This will especially helpful to users in countries where data is expensive, phones are old, and storage is low. Also, I can see this ensuring users download through the app store, since app pirates (most of the time, injecting trojans into free programs), will have to upload many different APKs in ord…

181 is actually 20(18)1st release, following the underlying IDEA version. They lag behind one version, IDEA now is 182 and 183 is in early release program(eap)

Re: Android Studio 3.2

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Post by gascan »

TekMol wrote: post #10
watty wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Developing for the browser is leaner but it's the opposite for end-users. I hope PWAs are the future as well but native is still king for the time being.

As a user, I totally prefer a web app over a native app. Man .. don't even get me started .. ok, here we go: I can use it instantly. I can remove it instantly. The sandboxing is much better. The privacy is much better. I can link to it from wherever I like. I can use it on all my devices. I can copy text and images. I can change the style (I often enlarge the font for example). It can not use my battery / camera / ph…

Do they work offline?

Re: Android Studio 3.2

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Post by ivankolev »

jontro wrote: post #7
dafrankenstein2 wrote: post #3

well can anyone clarify what's the difference/relation between intel haxm and microsoft hyper-v

Looks like haxm has the best performance, however you might want to use hyper-v if you're running other hyper-v containers since it clashes... https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32226559/making-hyper-v-...

Newest windows versions allow running docker and the android emulator side by side,through windows container platform

Re: Android Studio 3.2

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Post by specializeded »

watty wrote: post #8
TekMol wrote: post #6

I try Android Studio for a bit every now and then. I have to say it's such a giant bloated thing that it really does not make me want to write native code. Fortunately, there is a lot of great stuff going on with Progressive Web Apps now. I hope that they will be the future. Developing for the browser is so much leaner.

Developing for the browser is leaner but it's the opposite for end-users. I hope PWAs are the future as well but native is still king for the time being.

As a hypothetical user who doesn’t post on niche tech forums, I totally prefer a native app over a web app

It’s pretty

It’s fast

It’s not stuttery-stoppy

I can swipe back and forth between pages without waiting 4 seconds for everything to display, and then inevitably move around right before I fucking tap

It’s on the app store

I can use it instantly.

I can remove it instantly.

I don’t know what sandboxing is

I don’t care about privacy

There are convenient share buttons

I can use it on the single device I use regularly

I can screenshot it

I can unfortunately change the style by updating

It can use my battery when it’s closed? Wait wha-

ooh notification

...

I’m gonna go use facebook now like a normal person, later nerds

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