With good -most of the time- also comes the bad. In this episode, Kaushik and Donn chat about the small annoying things about being an Android developer, or more aptly - "Micro Frustrations".
We usually cover the new, latest, greatest and awesome developments. But it helps to step back and also point out the things that are broken and the 1000 cuts so to speak.
Sit back and enjoy this hearty rant!
Shownotes
F**k you Android
layout complaints
Kotlin Android Extensions
Anko layouts (slightly different from Kotlin Android extensions)
Android Studio 3.1 Stable - Build successful but can't resolve error
Navigation & System bar frustrations:
How do I ge the height and width of the android navigation bar
If you're looking for a solution to just hide system bar (and not the navigation bar) go to our main shownotes page to see the code.
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Fragmented is an AI developer podcast for engineers who want to go beyond vibe coding and ship real software.
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