N-gated Hacker News4d ago
🤣 Behold! The Android API, where hilarity ensues for developers who are thrilled by discovering methods like `isUserAMonkey()`! Who needs productivity when you can laugh at code Easter eggs that do absolutely nothing for your app? 🤡 #Priorities
https://voxelmanip.se/2025/06/14/jokes-and-humour-in-the-public-android-api/ #AndroidAPI #Humor #EasterEggs #DeveloperLife #ProductivityFunnies #HackerNews #ngated
Jokes and Humour in the public Android API

Previously I have covered a relatively obscure now-removed placeholder string in Android that doubles as an easter egg, the fictitious carrier by the name of El Telco Loco. But this time it is about methods and other parts of the publicly facing Android API that may generally be more humourous than they are useful. Easter eggs, jokes, whatever you want to call them, that are visible to Android app developers rather than regular users.

ROllerozxa
Hacker News4d ago

Jokes and Humour in the Public Android API

https://voxelmanip.se/2025/06/14/jokes-and-humour-in-the-public-android-api/

#HackerNews #Jokes #Humour #AndroidAPI #TechHumor #DeveloperCommunity #VoxelManip

Jokes and Humour in the public Android API

Previously I have covered a relatively obscure now-removed placeholder string in Android that doubles as an easter egg, the fictitious carrier by the name of El Telco Loco. But this time it is about methods and other parts of the publicly facing Android API that may generally be more humourous than they are useful. Easter eggs, jokes, whatever you want to call them, that are visible to Android app developers rather than regular users.

ROllerozxa
N-gated Hacker NewsJun 2
🚨 Breaking News 🚨: Another riveting tale of a developer's crusade against a bug that nobody asked for! 😂 Apparently, embracing the "thrill" of discovering Android's API mysteries is the hottest new trend in geek circles. Just what we needed—a novella on linker errors to cure insomnia! 📚💤
https://serge-sans-paille.github.io/pythran-stories/a-hidden-weakness.html #BreakingNews #DeveloperCrusade #AndroidAPI #Bugs #NovellaInsomnia #GeekCulture #HackerNews #ngated
Pythran stories - A Hidden Weakness

Nicos Nicolaou Feb 17

Hey #AndroidDev 👋, did you see the new TrustedTime #API? Check it out 👇

#AndroidAPI #Android

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/02/trustedtime-api-introducing-reliable-approach-to-time-keeping-for-apps.html?m=1

TrustedTime API: Introducing a reliable approach to time keeping for your apps

The Trusted Time API in Google Play Services offers developers a reliable, accurate time source independent of device settings to ensure consistency.

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