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0 pointsvasco8d ago0 comments

I once tried mobile development in semi early days android. At the time I made a free Hackaday reader app because I was a daily reader and loved it.

I remember spending 4 hours to make a scrollable element that wasn't jumpy or buggy. There were several stackoverflow answers full of gotchas explaining all you had to do. I finished and published the app but never again. Native stuff has terrible developer experience.

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MrDresden8d ago

> "I once tried mobile development in semi early days android."

Yeah those early days ~2010ish were very painful. Things got much better as early as 2016 and they have improved each subsequent year since.

I'd say there has never been a better time than now, in terms of tooling, to pick up native Android.

Plenty of rough edges still around though.

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MrDresden8d ago

> "I once tried mobile development in semi early days android."

Yeah those early days ~2010ish were very painful. Things got much better as early as 2016 and they have improved each subsequent year since.

I'd say there has never been a better time than now, in terms of tooling, to pick up native Android.

Plenty of rough edges still around though.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse