Things I’ve written: Android
Notes from shipping Android, iOS and web apps, plus the occasional security rabbit hole. Mostly the bits I wish someone had written down before me.
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WebFontKit: Google Fonts Any Google Font by name in SwiftUI - on iOS and macOS, nothing bundled. Recent posts
Coroutines, Reflection & R8R8 now compiles away the reflection tax hiding inside every coroutine launch.
Less Env, More ConfigEnv vars are easy - which is exactly how every product knob quietly becomes one.
Introducing - LedeAn in‑browser studio for blog covers, featured images, and OG cards.
FontsPack: 4.2MB → 749KBMonths of font compression experiments and the wall my greed ran into.
Appwrite: Rust RuntimeFunctions now supports Rust as a first‑class runtime.
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VitePot: Honeypot for ViteStatic‑first Vite and VitePress honeypot plugin for fake sensitive files.
Android
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- Coroutines, Reflection & R8R8 now compiles away the reflection tax hiding inside every coroutine launch.
- FontsPack: 4.2MB → 749KBMonths of font compression experiments and the wall my greed ran into.
- Huawei: HarmonyOS NEXTFrom sanctions to building a fully independent ecosystem.
- Link New Apps on AdMobMake AdMob instantly discover your app with this simple Google Ads trick.
- Security Review (Programming Hub)Exploited a Programming Hub flaw for 45 years of Pro - reported for a fix.
- First iOS AppPorted my Android app to iOS in just a week - same UI, new platform.
- Runtime Permission Fail (Vungle SDK)Fix Android 6+ permission issue caused by Vungle SDK.
- AssertionError: No NameTypeIndex match for SHORT_STANDARDFixing a date implementation issue on Android.
- VerifyError (TabLayout & AdMob SDK)Encountered crashes after dependency updates - fixed via ProGuard rules.
- PreferenceFragmentCompatFix Kotlin migration crash: Mark Bundle and rootKey as nullable.
- What is PUP.HighConfidence? (Solution)Encountered PUP.HighConfidence on VirusTotal? Here’s what I discovered.
- Why you should Notify a user to Update App?Notify users of updates - don’t force them unless necessary.