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  1. Jamie23

    Draw a shape in android studio

    The simplest way to do it right now, in a brand new project, would be to use Jetpack Compose to draw a box, clip it to the Rectangle Shape and set the color to your RGB color like so: val color = Color(0, 255, 0, 255) Box(modifier = Modifier.size(100.dp).clip(RectangleShape).background(color))...
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    What watch do you wear?

    Awesome that you post here! I got into your podcast a few months ago when I was wanting to learn a bit more about Irish watch brands and listened #434, been listening fairly religiously since then. I found myself loving the episodes where I go in knowing absolutely nothing about a brand and you...
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    What watch do you wear?

    Are you anywhere near London to call into their boutique and possibly try it on? If so, really recommend, I've called in once in the past to enquire about a model (which they didn't have in stock) but they let me try on models with the same thickness and weight to get a sense of the watch. Also...
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    What watch do you wear?

    Awesome pics! How are you liking it? I registered for one back in May so a bit of a wait for me if it took around a year for you. i've seen a couple pop up on preowned stores/chrono24 and happy to see they resell below retail so hopefully less incentive for flippers trying to get them. When I...
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    What program / site for android app development

    If you're delving into bluetooth stuff I'd say go native just for the native support and libraries, that is if you don't mind using Java or Kotlin and don't mind using Jetbrains IDEs. If you're not very familiar with Android dev, just start a new project in Android Studio and use the wizard for...
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    Cross-platform mobile development frameworks?

    Clearly been necrobumped by the spam above but out of interest, is anyone doing cross platform mobile dev on here? We've tried Kotlin multiplatform for sharing some busienss logic which we didn't want to recreate across iOS and Android, personally think that only sharing business logic is the...
  7. Jamie23

    Recommended Courses & Qualifications

    No harm in becoming familiar with AWS! Certainly is used industry wide. I see you listed Android in your skills at the top, if you change your focus into going down the mobile path I'd be happy to have a chat about that. I was working as a Java dev before but moved across into Android after I...
  8. Jamie23

    The UK isn't what it's made out to be

    You may not consider them a scientist but it's fairly normal for people working in developing models to be given the title 'Research Scientist'.
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    What game did you play last?

    Couple of updates from my last few sessions: Over Halloween, we played Horrified which is a cooperative game where you're chasing around classic movie monsters who are wreaking havoc across a town, it's got a bunch of household names like dracula, the wolf man, creature from the deep. I loved...
  10. Jamie23

    Learn to build Android/iOS apps

    If you have never built an android app: https://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp It's in Kotlin but don't get hung up on the language part. Ray Wenderlich is a decent website for tutorials too, this video series looks very thorough though might be boring if you're comfortable...
  11. Jamie23

    What game did you play last?

    Glad you enjoy Patchwork! Did you go for the christmas theme or the original? Sorry it's been quite a few months now since you wrote this, I have played about 5 round of Paris I'd say. It plays very differently to Patchwork, has a lot more room for strategy since there are different tiles with...
  12. Jamie23

    What game did you play last?

    My girlfriend has came to stay during lockdown so plenty of time for boardgames! Lately Lost Cities has become the mainstay, it's such a fun and quick game to play (rounds between 5-10 mins, 3 rounds per game), and momentum can be completely different between games that a large loss in the...
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    What game did you play last?

    Ran a little games night over the weekend for some friends of mine who don't know much about the hobby and I think it went really well. We played Skull, Codenames: Pictures and Sheriff Of Nottingham (2nd edition). Skull was fun, very short but after a few games I think we started to nail down...
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    Kotlin

    There is a large push from JetBrains to make Kotlin multiplatform, we have had some success in my work with sharing a small amount of Business logic between both our iOS and Android apps but it's still early days. I like the idea as long as it is restricted to business classes which is what...
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    Kotlin

    Yep! Use it both in the workplace and personal projects. Many reasons, at the start we saw the push Google was giving it, since it's not a large invesment to introduce it to a project with how it interfaces with Java files we gave it a try. There's been no looking back! It's clearly the future...
  16. Jamie23

    What game did you play last?

    Ah thats great to know. Yep, we have a sort of monthly games night where we get around 4-6 people. Do you feel 4 would be too little?
  17. Jamie23

    What game did you play last?

    Awesome to find this thread, I've recently started playing boardgames after someone in work organised a night. Over Christmas I picked up Rhino Hero to play on a weekend away with the girlfriend. It was very light and super quick, about 5-10 mins gameplay and worked well with just the 2 of us...
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    The thing like GPS that uses 4 words instead of lat / long?

    Yea I can see your point, how about where it's hard to describe somewhere like woodland/countryside where there maybe isn't a lot of landmarks? I really liked the idea from that point of view.
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    The thing like GPS that uses 4 words instead of lat / long?

    They address this in their about page: 3 word addresses are intentionally randomised and unrelated to the squares around them. To avoid confusion, similar sounding addresses are also placed as far from each other as possible. The app will account for spelling errors and other typing mistakes and...
  20. Jamie23

    Android Database Restore

    Is the code on github/bitbucket or anything? Happy to have a play when I get some free time though it's been years since I've used a database like you are. Feel free to message if you've got a private repo and need my username
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