"Hello World!" app cannot have a bug^.^ ----- Original Message ----- From: "jim.renkel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Android Challenge" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 4:59 PM Subject: [android-challenge] Re: How many people submitted with known bugs?
> > Of course my application has bugs in it, every application ever > written does. I've been doing this going on 45 years now, and I still > can't seem to find the trick to writing the perfect application. > > I think I did manage to find and fix all the serious bugs, e.g., null > pointer exceptions, and things of that ilk. > > My concern is that there are serious bugs in the emulator / SDK that > my application seems to provoke: the default GTalk session can't be > reliably started because of timeouts; the default GTalk session > crashes, minutes and hours after my application is done with it; GPS > provider throwing intents after I tell it to stop; the default > instrumentation firing up for some reason and them complaining that it > can't find several dozen, sometimes hundreds of files that it wants to > delete; activity / server IPC connections that can't be consistently > closed; etc. All of this results in an incredible amount of syslog > "stuff" that seriously slows down my application until the stuff > completes, resulting in "application not responding" dialogs. > > I'd be interested in knowing how the judges will react to that. > > Jim Renkel > > On Apr 26, 1:48 pm, "Dan U." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have gotten a bit irritated a few times answering questions when > > people just won't listen, but most of the time I remain calm. > > > > On Apr 26, 11:43 am, Incognito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Sorry, typo on my part, I meant beard, although bear sounds cooler. > > > > > Is there a reason I give off the impression of being a 55 year > > > old bear owner with my writing? > > > > > You like to help everybody which reminds me of a guy I used to work > > > with, he was around 55 and had a big beard. Also, your writing sounds > > > very calm most of the times, unlike many of us that are very nutty, as > > > Shane pointed out. > > > > > On Apr 26, 2:31 pm, "Dan U." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I assume you mean me? Hahahaha. Yeah, my picture does kinda look > > > > Terminator-ish. > > > > > > And while I do live out in the sticks and double as a lumberjack > > > > depending on the day of the week, I don't own a bear. > > > > > > Hasta la Vista baby! > > > > > > P.S. Is there a reason I give off the impression of being a 55 year > > > > old bear owner with my writing? > > > > > > On Apr 25, 9:35 pm, Incognito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Yep, all recognizable names. It will be really interesting to see how > > > > > many of these people actually win. > > > > > I just checked Dan's profile and was surprised when I saw his > > > > > Terminator like picture. Somehow I thought he was a 55 year old guy > > > > > with a big bear. I guess writing can be deceiving. I also thought > > > > > Shane was a chick (LOL!). > > > > > > > On Apr 26, 12:25 am, "Muthu Ramadoss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > LOL! > > > > > > > > Ok.. here's the official list of fanatics in this group: > > > > > > > > *Top posters* > > > > > > *This month* 185 Muthu > > > > > > Ramadoss<http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=rbCW_BgAAADFl2eb7K RE...> > > > > > > 96 Incognito<http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=8s0nRxMAAABEc5RZ0 yPN...> > > > > > > 62 YA<http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=n8BPOBYAAACD0yp2_rrU...> > > > > > > 58 Shane Isbell<http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=3VbWkRYAAAB0OgHIONMT ...> > > > > > > 55 Peli<http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=Wog2hBcAAAA_Woc2Zx7w.. .> > > > > > > 43 Dan U.<http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=rtQq1BMAAADyFD0HjyV6...> > > > > > > 38 Cow Bay<http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=-hGjChEAAACMenbMqLgI... > > > > > > > 32 Hielko<http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=mDNB9xMAAAALmU1613fb ...> > > > > > > 31 Megha<http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=RE6yFxEAAACqSto1WHfG. ..> > > > > > > 27 Dan Morrill<http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=iEpWpxMAAADgPAf1PpC c...> > > > > > > *All time* 220 Muthu > > > > > > Ramadoss<http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=rbCW_BgAAADFl2eb7K RE...> > > > > > > 171 Dan U.<http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=rtQq1BMAAADyFD0HjyV6...> > > > > > > 141 Peli<http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=Wog2hBcAAAA_Woc2Zx7w.. .> > > > > > > 111 Incognito<http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=8s0nRxMAAABEc5RZ0 yPN...> > > > > > > 103 Shane Isbell<http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=3VbWkRYAAAB0OgHIONMT ...> > > > > > > 95 YA<http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=n8BPOBYAAACD0yp2_rrU...> > > > > > > 65 Dan Morrill<http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=iEpWpxMAAADgPAf1PpC c...> > > > > > > 52 Cow Bay<http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=-hGjChEAAACMenbMqLgI... > > > > > > > 50 Wesley Sagittarius<http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=vyzZJxIAAAAVXSr 5Mi3u...> > > > > > > 43 Megha<http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=RE6yFxEAAACqSto1WHfG. ..> > > > > > > > > On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Incognito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Go to his profile, he has a link to his website. I'm assuming that the > > > > > > > tool he has there, time management, is what he submitted to the > > > > > > > challenge. What I find interesting though, is that this is his first > > > > > > > post ever to the challenge forum. Just another example of contestants > > > > > > > that particiapted in the challenge but never posted in this forum. I > > > > > > > guess not everybody is as fanatic about the challenge as some of us. > > > > > > > I've noticed that Peli has cooled down though. Nothing important to > > > > > > > say I guess. Me, i'm happy to just say something. > > > > > > > > > On Apr 26, 12:10 am, "Muthu Ramadoss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Wow, you have written something that you are using everyday. Thats should > > > > > > > be > > > > > > > > really nice. What is it? ;) > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 9:09 AM, friendlyware <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 25, 2:06 am, "Cow Bay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > you just need a QA team, so hope google will help you on that. > > > > > > > > > > > Well a QA would certainly be of grate help. > > > > > > > > > > > I always have been using a kind of test driving development and my > > > > > > > > > application seems has no bugs in its features. > > > > > > > > > > > However the test driven development does not helps in the proof > > > > > > > > > reading. > > > > > > > > > > > I simply did not notice a bug in a text label probably because I > > > > > > > > > always read only important part of it (the day) and not the time. > > > > > > > > > > > It took me one minute to fix the bug but 10 days to notice it! > > > > > > > > > (My application is a kind of productivity tool and I use it myself > > > > > > > > > every day) > > > > > > > > > > > I understand that now the deadline for the round 1 has passed. > > > > > > > > > > > However, it would be grate if after round 1 Google provide an official > > > > > > > > > link to submit the bug fixes for those lucky who will be selected for > > > > > > > > > round 2. > > > > > > > > > > > Vadim Motorin > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > take care, > > > > > > > > Muthu Ramadoss. > > > > > > > > > >http://mobeegal.in > > > > > > > > find stuff closer.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > take care, > > > > > > Muthu Ramadoss. > > > > > > > >http://mobeegal.in > > > > > > find stuff closer.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. 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