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Chromeos-apk – Run Android APKs on Chrome OS, OS X, Linux and Windows
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Re: Chromeos-apk – Run Android APKs on Chrome OS, OS X, Linux and Windows
#92We worked with the ARC team at Vine as a launch partner, there were 0 modifications that we had to do to get it working on ARC. The only difference was that the "bugs" we had to fix were all reproducible on Nexus devices as well BUT the threading model had to be more strict on ARC in terms accessing system resources.
Re: Chromeos-apk – Run Android APKs on Chrome OS, OS X, Linux and Windows
#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
I experience the same thing with devs and 'done' all the time. "It's done ; it just has some bugs that need fixing." To be fair, I've said this sentence myself in earnest several times.
OTOH, software that has no bugs in need of fixing is usually not a realistic goal. You can say it will probably never be done, or you update your definition of "done" to "it has no bugs stopping a release". Personally I prefer the latter.
From my experience the problem isn't the existence of bugs (like the existence of gravity), but the widespread occurrence of the cowboy programmer with very limited attention span.
Often there are tons of TODO comments left in the code (including TODO comment this class), unit tests are non-existent, a simple smoke test will cause a null pointer exception or not even deploy, or they committed schema migration SQL scripts but did not change the entities/data objects corresponding to those tables so the - now mandatory - new columns cannot even be FILLED by the app.
Stuff like that, that isn't DONE, it's deserving a punch in the face. OTOH, it may be symptomatic of our don't-blame culture that the consulting firm in question isn't fired on the spot or the much needed punch in the face isn't delivered. Those are days I wish we had US-American at-will employment and hire/fire culture.
Re: Chromeos-apk – Run Android APKs on Chrome OS, OS X, Linux and Windows
#94I will absolutely go nuts if this thing manages to run OneNote on my Debian desktop.
Follow up: Of course it doesn't work. It contains some native code. I don't think I'm that adventurous that I'll try it with a arm multiarch Chrome.
Re: Chromeos-apk – Run Android APKs on Chrome OS, OS X, Linux and Windows
#95Earlier quoted context omitted.
I experience the same thing with devs and 'done' all the time. "It's done ; it just has some bugs that need fixing." To be fair, I've said this sentence myself in earnest several times.
OTOH, software that has no bugs in need of fixing is usually not a realistic goal. You can say it will probably never be done, or you update your definition of "done" to "it has no bugs stopping a release". Personally I prefer the latter.
It almost always means "bugs blocking release" in my experience. Usually the sentence I quoted is developer speak for "it's framed out, and the core functionality has been shown to work under this scheme," or "all of the known-to-be-risky stuff is done and all that's left is tedium," or perhaps some cross between the two.
It's not malicious. You could argue it's negligent, but I would only agree with that assessment if the Dev in question doesn't include the "it just has some bugs that need fixing" bit and is attempting to see what he/she can squeak by QA because he/she doesn't want to work on that thing anymore.
Otherwise it just reflects the difference in focus between writing code and building a product.
Re: Chromeos-apk – Run Android APKs on Chrome OS, OS X, Linux and Windows
#96could you use this to run ChromiumTestShell.apk on windows for testing android chrome rendering?
[1] http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-con...
Re: Chromeos-apk – Run Android APKs on Chrome OS, OS X, Linux and Windows
#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
If Chromebooks can't be used to develop Android apps, then Google developers aren't using Chromebooks. Eating your own dogfood is important.
Developing Android apps isn't an intended use case of the Chromebook. As such, Chrome OS devs can still "eat their own dogfood" without developing Android apps on a Chromebook. I work for a navigation company. We deploy navigation software on 3rd party, purpose built hardware following model analagous to Chrome OS and the "Chromebook" moniker. Even though I use our devices in my car, would you say that I'm not "eatin…
only if the device in your car is supposed to be usable as a general purpose computer