If you're angry now, just wait until they start changing public APIs and pulling stuff from under you, breaking your app freely in the process. ;-)
On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 6:30 PM, bergstr <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a rather complex app that runs on tablets only. The complexity > stems from the fact that the app allows navigation in a tree to an > arbitrary depth, where each node in the tree may have a different > appearance (depending on the node type). In addition, I have 3 tabs, that > allow changing between the navigation view, and 2 other views. On the left, > I have a list. This scenario forces me to dynamically create and replace > fragments all the time. > > First, let me say that I started this project expecting that programming a > UI like the one described above would be about as demanding as on a desktop > platform. I have 20 years of experience in creating desktop or web apps on > different OS's using 3 different programming languages, so I thought I had > seen it all. Little did I know. I can now say that the Android UI framework > is the worst I have ever seen. In my opinion, it is absolutely unfit for > fairly complex applications. It is a phone OS, period. Dont even think of > using it as an "enterprise programming platform". > > I have spent almost one year now creating my app, and I am still > encountering random misbehavior from fragment management (fragments > re-appearing from nowhere, duplicate action bar entries). When I hear the > name "FragmentManager" I shudder. I must say that for the first time in my > professional life I am at the point where I consider to simply give up an > effort that has already cost me an arm and a leg. > > My suggestion to Google, if you ever want to see good tablet apps appear > (no wonder there arent any), is this: get some good, experienced designers > on this project - not the teenagers that appear on the android developer > feed in youtube, let them gather requirements and design and implement > something that really makes sense and works. Its not that difficult - it > has been done many times before. > > thanks, > chris > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
