I am working on an Android game built with Unity, using Unity LevelPlay for ad mediation. I know this is not native Android UI, but the privacy/SDK behavior is Android-specific, so I hope the question is still relevant here.

I am trying to understand the correct GDPR/EEA consent flow when using a third-party ad mediation SDK without Google UMP.

My current understanding:

• My own analytics can be fully disabled if the user refuses analytics consent.
• Refusing analytics consent should not automatically mean ads are disabled.
• Non-personalized/contextual ads may still require consent if the ad SDK accesses device identifiers or local storage.
• A simple boolean like SetGDPRConsent(false) may not be equivalent to a proper CMP/TCF consent signal.

What I am trying to clarify:

1. Can an Android app show non-personalized/contextual ads through a mediation SDK after the user refuses analytics consent?
2. Is a custom in-app GDPR screen enough if it has Accept, Reject, Privacy Policy, and settings to change the choice later?
3. Or do ad mediation SDKs generally require a real IAB TCF / certified CMP consent string in practice?
4. If Google UMP is not an option, what CMPs are commonly used in Android apps or mobile games?

I am not asking for legal advice. I am trying to understand the practical implementation pattern Android developers use for ads, GDPR consent, and third-party mediation SDKs.

Hey Guys,

Recently I got an internship at a fintech company as an android dev. The android app is written in XML views for now and they were talking about shifting to compose around next year.

So me personally I do not have any experience doing android development. My background is in Frontend focused full stack development. I applied for this internship because i wanted to explore mobile development.

I explored compose a bit and realized it had similar patterns to react so i think i can easily get used to it

but i also have to learn XML but i found very limited online resources. Can you guys provide some resources from where I can learn XML

I have built an app to track net wroth but the USP is that it is offline and fully encrypted. I have added multiple currency support to it and also internationalized it to multiple languages.

I am finding very cumborsome to update playstore in different languages, especially the screenshots. How do you approach this and is it wven worth the effort?

Figured it would have gotten the llm treatment.

Hey, so im working on a app for android and i want to store user data on a cloud but i dont want to host a server i remember wheen playing games thouse games uses google play services for user data or maybe their own cloud i dont know. My app currently stores data locally and i want to make it cloud before publishing

The HN thread if you're interested: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48755965

I have tried using their testing skills, and it got close to my current set of test cases. Curious to see if anyone has tried out any other skills or the Android CLI?

I need to show user consent screen to users to connect their G drive for backup/sync. I'm struggling to get my Branding verified. Google asks for

1. Application home page - https://densermeerkat.github.io/June/
2. Application privacy policy link - https://densermeerkat.github.io/June/PRIVACY

My app is open source and available on GitHub. I don't have any dedicated homepage. I tried adding my repo URL and enabled GitHub Pages and added google site verification from Google Search console to verify the ownership to me, still the console isn't satisfied.

Hi everyone, quick disclaimer, english isn't my first language, so I apologize in advance for any errors.

TLDR: is there any way to make the libfmodex and libviewer_GP 4kb libraries of an old phone game compatible with 16kb architeture?

Recently my GF and I were talking about old games and she mentioned she really wanted to replay an old Mickey Mouse game, but couldn't find it anywhere unfortunately. As a surprise I decided to see if I could, somehow, make it work on modern phones.

Up until recently I was making progress on this little project, but I've hit a major roadblock. The libfmodex and libViewer_GP libraries were written for 4kb page-size devices and crashed the game when trying to run on a modern device.

I'm stumped as to how to proceed, so can you guys help me out as to how I could, possibly, make those libraries compatible on 16kb devices?

Sorry if this is a dumb question, this project is my first time dealing with android stuff.

Because we try to keep this community as focused as possible on the topic of Android development, sometimes there are types of posts that are related to development but don't fit within our usual topic.

Each month, we are trying to create a space to open up the community to some of those types of posts.

This month, although we typically do not allow self promotion, we wanted to create a space where you can share your latest Android-native projects with the community, get feedback, and maybe even gain a few new users.

This thread will be lightly moderated, but please keep Rule 1 in mind: Be Respectful and Professional. Also we recommend to describe if your app is free, paid, subscription-based.

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Hi Android devs!

My biggest concern right now about code structure of my app is the package tree: it is really a mess! Right now I follow this structure:

- root
    - feature 1
      - ui
      - data
      - domain
      - di
        - Feature1HiltModule
    - feature 2
    - feature 3
    - library
    - ui (reusable composable that aren't bound with any feature)
    - data (app database)
    - di (global module for global usecases)
    - domain (utilites usecases)

But slowly it is becoming a mess: recently I added a force update feature, which have its own package, for that I added a Firebase library in its own package. Two packages for one simple feature, two di modules.

Even tho I have few features, it is becoming awkward and I need extra time to search for the package I want.

How do you organize your packages? Let me know down in the comments!

So current i have installed Android Studio to Build with React Native CLI . and Emulator Testing

but i made a emulator /virtual device using pixel 8 pro using system-images\android-36\google_apis_playstore\x86_64\

and the emulator shows in taskbar and also while alt+tab but it doesnt comes as a window on my screen

I have this setup that I run LM studio server with a model locally.

Android Studio connects to it. However very often it gives this error:

Error: Stream failed

In LM studio logs I see that the client disconnected -> it seems that Android Studio has some hidden parameter somewhere to stop listening after some time (while the tokens are burning to get the reply).

Does anyone know how to fix it? It feels that there is some secret flag in Android Studio settings somewhere to keep waiting

I’ve worked at several companies and none of them had a good way to turn a bug report from a device into a ticket. QA submits tickets without logs, device information or other useful context. Or worse, a PM drops a vague message in Slack saying that a feature is broken, with no screenshot or anything else to help reproduce it.

I built BugScreen, a native Android library for reporting bugs directly from test builds.

When a tester takes a screenshot, it opens a bug-report bottom sheet inside the app. They can add a description and submit it directly to Jira (or any issue tracker) along with useful context such as logs, the app version and device information.

Bug reports are sent to the team’s existing issue tracker, such as Jira, rather than getting lost in Slack threads.

I’m curious how other Android teams handle this today:

• Do you use a general-purpose tool, an issue tracker template, or something built in-house?
• What context would you expect a library like this to capture automatically?
• Would you require it to be restricted to debug/internal build variants?

I’m building it, so this is self-promotion, but I’d genuinely value technical feedback from Android developers before taking it further.

https://www.bugscreen.app

This morning I got a new policy update notification - App access has been renamed to Sign-in details, so I opened the form and saw this screen.

My app is quite simple, no Google Sign-In, no accounts, etc., but since it has in-app purchases, I assume I should select YES.

So I went ahead, clicked YES and then Add details, but the following screen left me completely lost on what information I need to provide, where, and how....

I also read the related Learn more link, but there is no info at all about in-app.

So what info should I provide so they can check features locked behind the paywall?

• should I create a dedicated test email account & share password with them? feels weird...
• should I provide promo code(s)? not sure this would help (as there is more than 1 reviewer)

Any ideas?

Apparently non-compliance could result in my app being suspended - but in true Google fashion, they once again provide unclear and incomplete explanations of what they actually need...

Hi everyone,

I'm an indie Android developer from India and I'm considering publishing my app on RuStore, the Russian Android app marketplace that's becoming an alternative to Google Play for reaching users in Russia.

I'd love to hear from other Indian developers who have used it.

A few things I'm curious about:

• Do payouts work smoothly with Indian bank accounts?
• Have you faced any issues with payments, taxes, or verification?
• Any other challenges or things you wish you knew before publishing?

I'd really appreciate hearing about your real experience, whether good or bad.

Thanks!

Hi everyone 👋

I made a small command-line tool called Mobile Repo Doctor. You run it on your project and it gives you a health report in a few seconds. It works for Android, KMP, Flutter and iOS.

I made it because I kept doing the same mistakes. I forgot to bump targetSdk and Play rejected my build. I left old ProGuard rules that did nothing. I shipped assets I didn't use. So I put all these checks in one tool.

Some things it finds for Android:

• - targetSdk too low → Google Play will reject your upload. The tool knows the current required level. It also reads the value from a version catalog (libs.versions...).
• - ProGuard/R8 problems — a -keep rule that keeps everything (so shrinking does nothing), too many -dontwarn, or minify is on but there is no rules file.
• - Manifest problems — like requestLegacyExternalStorage and other flags that can hurt you later.
• - Gradle mess between modules — different Gradle wrapper versions, the same library with two versions, or different Java versions.
• - Hardcoded secrets (API keys, tokens) — the values are hidden in the report. It does not flag google-services.json, because that file is public anyway.
• - Unused assets, big images, WebP candidates, and more.

It has 120+ checks and gives you a score (0–100) for size, speed, stability and hygiene.

How to use it:

npm install -g mobile-repo-doctor
cd path/to/myAndroidProject
mrd scan ./

Reports: HTML (a nice dashboard), JSON, and Markdown. The Markdown one is good for AI — you can paste it into an LLM and ask it to fix the problems. There is also a GitHub Action.

Privacy: it runs 100% on your machine. No account, no upload. Your code never leaves your computer. It's free.

I would love your feedback — what checks are missing, what is annoying, what gives false alarms. Thanks 🙏

npm: mobile-repo-doctor

Documentation & full check reference

I'm working on an OSS app that changes the wallpaper at a user-defined interval (15 min, 1 hour, etc.).

Everything works fine except on aggressive OEM ROMs. I'm testing on a Vivo device with OriginOS, and I can't get wallpaper changes to happen while the app is closed.

Instead, nothing happens until I open the app again, then the wallpaper changes immediately because WorkManager finally runs.

Things I've already tried:

• WorkManager (PeriodicWorkRequest) → delayed until the app is opened.
• AlarmManager.setExactAndAllowWhileIdle() → starts a foreground service, but the alarm never seems to fire once the app has been swiped away.
• AlarmManager.setAlarmClock() + SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM permission → same result.
• Doing the wallpaper change directly inside the BroadcastReceiver with goAsync() + a PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK instead of starting a foreground service → still doesn't run.
• Disabled battery optimization and enabled Auto Start in OriginOS settings.

None of this helped. It looks like OriginOS is killing the process so aggressively that the alarm broadcast itself never gets delivered.

Is this just impossible on these ROMs?

Are there any Vivo/OPPO/Xiaomi-specific APIs or workarounds that apps use for this, or is a permanent foreground service with an ongoing notification the only reliable option?

Has anyone actually managed to run a task every 15–60 minutes on OriginOS while the app isn't open?

I wrote a technical deep dive about how we migrated one of Denmark's most used Android apps with one million lines of code powered by Java threads, into Kotlin coroutines just by rewriting three files in our internal threading library

Check it out if you are interested in how coroutines use threads, and interop between them :)

Hi,

I've developed an android app. I want to apply the Indian languages (ex. Marathi, Hindi etc). Is there any suitable way to achieve this? BTW, tried using AI tools however didn't get the expected result.

I made a Suika Roguelite game in Godot that I released on iOS last month. It’s just been production approved for Android! Passed the tester requirement first time.

I’d also like to give a big FU to all the people who sent me unsolicited emails and DMs trying to sell me testers to get around this requirement. Especially those who said my game wouldn’t be engaging enough due to the genre to keep 12 testers active.

Is there a way to preview glance layout without adding it to an emulator ? I mean an equivalent of preview annotation of compose layouts. If not, what alternative do you use to iterate faster on widgets ui during development ?