Ben B

Android Dev since 2014, Pedant for Life

[Ben B @TMSBen]

@romainguy Cool, thanks. Wasn’t aware of the new version. Glad to hear dev-usable XML is on your radar. I’ll take a look.

[Ben B @TMSBen]

@TMSBen Tiny boxes w/o handles to move/resize. Unpredictable behavior. Overly ornate, non-functional animations. Incomprehensible XML. (2/2)

[Ben B @TMSBen]

Disclaimer: I am inclined to dislike ConstraintLayout because it’s WYSIWYG. That said, I spent about 30 minutes trying to use it. (1/2)

[Ben B @TMSBen]

In N: exit multiwindow. Activity recreated. Query isInMultiWindowMode(). Returns true. Google: “Working as intended” https://t.co/ORCBd0qtQX

[Ben B @TMSBen]

@connerk Nice. Docs make the world go round. Don’t tell @SquareEng though.

[ToastDroid @ToastDroid]

This month, @TMSBen talks more NFC and gives the nitty-gritty on implementing it in your #Android app: https://t.co/lyYkKWthnj

[Ben B @TMSBen]

Buddy just lost 1hr of productivity because a tab snuck in to his Python script and generated a spurious error. #JustSayNoToWhitespace #Ruby

[Ben B @TMSBen]

If you look hard enough for evidence to support your point of view, eventually you’ll find it.

[Ben B @TMSBen]

“[With] constraint layouts & recycler views, do we really need any other container anymore?” https://t.co/BzbSxHZNMe https://t.co/NfokoqQr9K

[Ben B @TMSBen]

@CurtinMartis @Get_Soundcheck is at IO? Noice.

[Ben B @TMSBen]

Talking to @Hay: "I’m still suspicious. Things that mysteriously start working have a tendency to mysteriously stop working again too."

[Ben B @TMSBen]

I was hoping this was the error you threw when the developer made a boneheaded error. Alas. https://t.co/Trk7JRaKoQ

[Ben B @TMSBen]

Thinking about overkill in software architecture. Physical architecture exceeds bare min. & follows code to withstand disaster. Makes sense.

[Ben B @TMSBen]

@romannurik Any tips on using GMS FaceDetector? Getting SIGSEVS running too many at once. Have pool of them and queue images to be detected?

[Ben B @TMSBen]

https://t.co/T1DYKEP6BB

[Ben B @TMSBen]

YouTube live streaming support for going back in time and watching at 1.5x to catch up to real time is very cool.

[Adam Powell @adamwp]

@chiuki bah, this is going to be like when @romainguy got quoted saying always/never use RelativeLayout 😁

[Ben B @TMSBen]

Wisdom from Android Dev Summit: “A lot of people write Fragments when they really meant to write a custom View.”

[Ben B @TMSBen]

MRW Chromecasting this Android Dev Summit in the living room
https://t.co/0kCaJQPWML

[Ticketmaster @Ticketmaster]

Explore concerts in your area w/ Soundcheck for #Android coming 12/15. Sign up & get it 1st https://t.co/8hMb4CwUWy