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@magicMirror I've been doing Android device for almost 8 years now. This is the first time that I'm getting such strong push-back from a designer 😥
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@eygraber 😱! I'm not the only Android dev with 8 years experience! how was it, working on android 1.1 emulators, and the G1, with the sliding keyboard?
Designer based UI was always a pain for me. the only way to avoid it was to sit down with the designer and see whats up before it was presented and final. -
@magicMirror I never used the emulators back then; too slow (and now I have trouble using them because...first impressions 😂).
I used the g1 for a bit, but when I switched to the Moto Droid it was like night and day.
This does happen to be the first time where the designer and I are on different continents... -
@magicMirror wow you have been developing for Android since it's inception! I was just curious, on which platform do you use Android Studio? Mac, PC or Linux?
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@ravitripathi I'm platform agnostic. Currently I use windows, but I used mac and linux in the past.
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Designer: in an effort to create our brand identity we've come up with a design pattern to use across Android, iOS, and web.
Me: this design goes against material design principles which we agreed we'd use. Also it looks like a mashup of iOS and Windows 10
Designer: just because it looks like an iOS/Windows 10 mashup doesn't mean it was designed for those platforms; it was designed as our brand for all platforms. We feel very strongly about keeping it, specifically the pieces that make you feel uncomfortable as an Android developer
Me: 🙄😑😣😒
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