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Pluralistic: Google's new remote attestation scheme is every bit as terrible as its old remote attestation scheme (12 Jun 2026)

Android Gets Fake Call Detection That Uses RCS

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 05-27-26

I have a busy day ahead of me, but not too busy for Pook-Emu Bee links. Before getting to links from around the web, I note that I just published the sixth and final part of my New Leaf Journal sixth …

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 05-27-26

I have a busy day ahead of me, but not too busy for Pook-Emu Bee links. Before getting to links from around the web, I note that I just published the sixth and final part of my New Leaf Journal sixth …

Google's AI Studio Now Lets Anyone Build Android Apps In Minutes

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 05-15-26

After two missed days due to having many work assignments, I return with a new edition of my Pook-Emu Bee links. Of course, there are no Pook-Emu Bee links tomorrow because of the newsletter and Sunda…

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 05-15-26

After two missed days due to having many work assignments, I return with a new edition of my Pook-Emu Bee links. Of course, there are no Pook-Emu Bee links tomorrow because of the newsletter and Sunda…

Installing Android and Linux on Switch

I had seen on the LineageOS website that the LineageOS project supports a couple of different Nintendo Switch models. While I have run LineageOS on phones and tablets, I will stick to Nintendo's stock…

Into the Mic

Dev Log 49: 2026-04-14

Install Syncthing 2.x for continuous file synchronisation on Debian or Ubuntu or Raspberry Pi OS

edafe.de/syncthing Syncthing is an open source tool that synchronises files continuously across multiple devices. It transfers data between two or more of your computers, without uploading any informa…

Exploring Custom Text Rendering with Jetpack Compose

Notes from exploring custom text rendering in Jetpack Compose

Darth Android

"Tech bosses are fundamentally at war with the idea that our digital devices contain general purpose computers. The general-purposeness of computers – the fact that they are all Turing-complete, unive…

Live Templates in Android Studio

Notes about my favourite Android Studio live template

Selectively running Android UI tests

Notes about selectively running instrumentation tests on Android

Custom Fonts on Android with Android Support Library

Exploring how to implement custom fonts on Android by backporting fonts in XML using the support library

Implementing Bottom Navigation View in your app

Tutorial on how to implement the new bottom navigation view with the support library

Improved notifications with Direct reply in Android N

Tutorial on how to implement notifications with direct reply in Android N

Android studio layout preview with tools designtime attributes

Android Studio tip on using designtime attributes to preview layout designs

Manage Android dependencies versions using gradle extra properties.

Android tip on how to use gradle extra properties to manage dependency versioning

Remote config with Firebase

Update your app without updating your app

Chrome Custom Tabs in Android

Tutorial on how to use chrome custom tabs in Android.

Intro to the new ConstraintLayout in Android

Quick intro to the new layout editor and ConstraintLayout in Android

Crash reporting in Firebase

Exploring the new crash reporting feature of Firebase

May I have some Marshmallows, please?

Quick update on using the new runtime permissions on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)