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Back in 2012, during the early days of KeepSafe, we sought to implement an encryption scheme for our Android App. Through many iterations and prototypes, we found a sweet spot of sorts by leveraging the power of the JNI (Java Native Interface.) We decided to write our interface into the encryption library we utilized in Java, calling into the library via the JNI solely for the purpose of encryption and decryption. We opted for an on-the-fly solution, minimizing the impact on user experience as much as possible. Once we were happy with our solution, we decided to deploy it into our production app. We rigorously tested our code and were confident that everything would go smoothly; that is, until things beyond our control broke.
As we anxiously refreshed our crash reports following our release, we started to notice a recurring error. Users were running into an “UnsatisfiedLinkError”, which means that either A) the native library we were calling into did not exist or B) the native method we were calling did not exist. Since B) would almost always be caught via compiling and basic testing, we were immediately perplexed at the fact that users’ installations did not have the native libraries we shipped within the APK.
That's the agony and ecstasy of software development right there, pal.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 09 2015, @01:05PM
someone saying that when a commenter says a forum has failed then it has failed.
Technical opinions are impersonal and objective. It hasn't got to do with politics or "my IDE is better than yours" nonsense.
How would you keep bad programmers out from a popular public platform
We have to have a minimum level for developers, otherwise Javascript Experts and Gurus will invade the thing and they will be the ones making judgements and setting the future direction of the platform.
Ever used VB 6? Or worked with VB 6 Gurus?
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 10 2015, @09:22AM
I didn't see any technical opinions from the AC proving that "Android isn't a flawed system, it is a flaw." Android is a flawed system like many real world systems in use, but I see zero evidence that it is a failed project whether commercially or technically.
In your reply you have provided zero viable or plausible methods for keeping out bad programmers from a popular public platform.
All I've seen so far is worse than:
"my IDE is better than yours" nonsense.
Because in some of those there are usually a few decent points and arguments (though most of us have probably heard them more than 100 times). Not that I care so much about those points.