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TheWanderer

00:00

@KazWolfe halp

Kaz Wolfe

what did you break

TheWanderer

nothing yet

but I have no idea what I'm reading in Google's source

android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/master/cmds/…

particularly interested in mWm.setForcedDisplayDensityForUser

but mWm is an interface and idk what's going on

Android Dev

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Q: I can see this deleted question even though I don't have 10k?

Title pretty much sums it up. I am somehow able to view this question even though I don't have 10k reputation. Is this a bug?

Kaz Wolfe

ok, what are you trying to do?

TheWanderer

I want to see how wm density works

Kaz Wolfe

00:03

ok, so you need to find a class that implements IWindowManager.

TheWanderer

android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/5d9f547/…

but

@Override
    public void setForcedDisplaySize(int displayId, int arg0, int arg1) throws RemoteException {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    }

Kaz Wolfe

one that actually has code.

If you're in Android Studio, Ctrl+Click on the method you want to inspect.

TheWanderer

well Google only returns two things

Kaz Wolfe

it'll show all implementations that it knows of.

TheWanderer

IWindowManager is an external lib

"implements iwindowmanager" site:android.googlesource.com

Kaz Wolfe

00:07

then this implementation will be somewhere else.

TheWanderer

where

Kaz Wolfe

Look at whatever provides Context.WINDOW_SERVICE

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Q: I can see this deleted question even though I don't have 10k?

Title pretty much sums it up. I am somehow able to view this question even though I don't have 10k reputation. Is this a bug?

discussion support bug

TheWanderer

I found this itsunshine.net/docs/android/android5.1/android/view/…

Kaz Wolfe

alright, and that takes an IBinder.

TheWanderer

00:10

ugh

it's a hidden API

Kaz Wolfe

ServiceManager.checkService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE)

check that --^

TheWanderer

grrrr

public void setForcedDisplayDensityForUser(int i, int i1, int i2) throws android.os.RemoteException { /* compiled code */ }

TheWanderer

00:56

@KazWolfe what's Class.VAR vs. Class#VAR?

Kaz Wolfe

@TheWanderer typically, class.VAR is static. class#var is per-instance.

but really, class#var is javadoc.

TheWanderer

uh

Android Dev

01:35

@terdon These comments need to be moved to chat: askubuntu.com/questions/910809/…

Android Dev

02:06

@NathanOsman Know of any FOSS Android text editors that I can just pop into my own code? Or do I need to modify the likes of Turbo Editor or simmilar to work within my app?

Android Dev

02:34

@TheWanderer What's the best way to report a plagiarized app on Google Play?

There's this one app that's literally just a build of a FOSS application

So much so that the namspace is the same

Nathan Osman

@AndroidDev Afraid not. Do you really need to include one?

Couldn't you just launch an intent for text/plain?

@AndroidDev If it's an open source app, then there really isn't an issue since anyone can redistribute it.

Android Dev

I could do that, but what if there isn't an app installed to handle that intent

Nathan Osman

Now, often times the name of an open source project is trademarked.

In that case, something most likely can be done.

@AndroidDev In that case, you are correct - you'll need to bundle something.

Android Dev

@NathanOsman They don't even mention that it's using the open source code at all

@NathanOsman The FOSS code is under GPL, which says that the notice has to be preserved, but it isn't

@NathanOsman Furthermore, the "developer's" website of this app doesn't even exist! (It just gives a DNS error) it's blatantly obvious that they just took this guy's github repo, changed the name and icon, and then uploaded it to the play store

Nathan Osman

@AndroidDev Yeah, that's probably grounds to report it then.

Although the only person that can realistically do anything is Google.

Dragging a GPL violation through the courts is an extremely cumbersome process.

The best thing would be for Google to just pull the app from the store.

Back to the text editor - Android doesn't bundle a file browser either so I had to write my own for NitroShare. Luckily, both are fairly easy to build. Maybe a page-full of Java code.

Android Dev

02:47

@NathanOsman That's actaully how I stumbled upon the plagiarized app. This is the github repo I was looking at: github.com/paulmach/Text-Edit-for-Android/blob/master/LICENSE

It looks pretty promising

@NathanOsman And here's the app in question: play.google.com/store/apps/…

Oh look, there's even two reviews stating it's just copied!

@NathanOsman Now, if I were to use some of that guy's code, what lisence/notice do I need to include in my app to comply with his GPL3 lisence?

Nathan Osman

Probably GPL3.

IIRC, the GPL means that any derived product must use the same license.

Android Dev

@NathanOsman But what if I also reuse some code that was originally under Apache or MIT or something else?

Nathan Osman

That's fine.

Those will work with GPL.

Nathan Osman

06:59

Can ffmpeg do anything fancy with 16-bit PNG images?

I went a bit overkill for my next render. 16-bit PNGs at 60fps - in DCI 4K.

Each frame is 50 MB :P

Byte Commander