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> Having tooling, samples, and documentation that don't go out of date every 6 months This is exactly why I didn't stick with Android for too long. Everything
by sk0g 8y ago
> Having tooling, samples, and documentation that don't go out of date every 6 months
This is exactly why I didn't stick with Android for too long. Everything's too... in flux, but in a weird way.
"YAY, Google released this feature I've been dying for! Can't wait to use it in 4 years, when enough phones actually support it :)". It's either that or have API level dependent code.
Maybe Dart will fix some of these pains, by abandoning all they have built up? It is Google, so I'd say it's unlikely, but still.
Hell, I was trying to build an analog clock widget as a tribute to a certain sports team, and Google had deprecated the AnalogClock class. Its successor was, well, nothing. So a few community efforts took its place, and the fragmentation only got worse. Thanks, but no thanks!
- bsder 8y agoDart? All the cool kids use Kotlin, now, dontchaknow. The only good part about Kotlin getting entrenched is that JetBrains is MASSIVELY invested in not letting Google switch to something else--so we may finally get some stability for a change.
- pjmlp 8y agoThat depends pretty much on internal politics from other OS groups.