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i do not like google's model of software development and its reckless reliance on CDNs, high-speed internet access and large disks. if dl.google.com ever goes down virtually all android apps will become impossible to build overnight and that should terrify everyone
the most bizarre thing is that you can't even invoke the build system for the first time without internet access, even if there's zero dependencies involved, but i have already screamed at length about how much i hate Gradle and will not repeat that now
@hikari Hmm, my vote for most bizarre thing is that they've eschewed forwards and backwards compatibility. Try building with too old or too new java. And of course the syntax changes slightly with different versions so you need to keep java, gradle and syntax in sync. Oh and nowadays you're supposed to write your gradle scripts in kotlin.
@trademark yes and this lack of compatibility in both directions is a big part of why they're in this mess. normally a newer SDK can compile code written for an older one, and to a more limited extent vice-versa, but they seem to have completely lost sight of this, it's bizarre
@hikari I've stopped writing proper Android apps, react native instead. It has its own problems, but less bad. Considering switching to just have a single webview and write apps in that :(