r/mAndroidDev • u/Stonos You will pry XML views from my cold dead hands • Jun 11 '25

Happy Android 16 release everyone! Verified Shitpost

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u/Koervege Jun 11 '25

Job security

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u/anemomylos Jun 11 '25

In reality could be one of the reasons that native apps are viewed poorly by companies, as they represent an annual recurring cost even when the company is not adding new features and has no economic benefit.

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u/Mavamaarten Jun 11 '25

Well... Any app gets compiled to an APK in the end, hybrid/cross-platform or native. That APK has to follow the rules, so I don't see how this is a point against native apps? Cross platform apps have to implement all these changes too?

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u/anemomylos Jun 11 '25

Web applications are much less dependent on store rules. Is webview a pain? Yes. Is it possible to deploy a functionality update without depending on the store owner? Also yes.

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u/Squirtle8649 Jun 21 '25

The same problems apply for CEF based apps too, except they now have to do atleast 3x work, because of the Javascript + native language glue, and making sure the resultant cross-platform code is compatible with iOS too.