🚀 Android Spotlight Week Recap (last week)
⚡ Big focus on builds + perf + stability
💨 R8 full-mode → shrink & speed: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/use-r8-to-shrink-optimize-and-fast
🎯 Keep Rules right-scoped: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/configure-and-troubleshoot-r8-keep-rules
🔍 Deep perf dives: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/deeper-performance-considerations
🐛 Native crash + app opt: https://developer.android.com/topic/performance/app-optimization/enable-app-optimization#native-crash-support
🎥 Talks: https://youtu.be/QqO2jZ-NZko • https://youtu.be/A0I6pNSM14o • https://youtu.be/xMylnxek5a4
Live replay: https://www.youtube.com/live/RMnZuoozZ5w

#AndroidDev #R8 #Performance #Android #Kotlin

First-off, sorry to anyone seeing this twice for no good reason. There was a reason, a software-related one, but not necessarily good. I lost a few days of posts due to a backup.

Anyhoo, here's the trip to Old Hollow Lake and Salem Lake last week. Man, do I wish I had the original draft for this post so I didn't have to write this out again lol.

I walked 1/3 of the 7 mile hike before my leg started hating me again... but as we all know, going 1/3 in means I had to turn around and take it all back. So, yeah, stubborn me never learns his lesson. I have taken a resolution to completing the 7 mile hike of Salem Lake at some point, but I'll have to return much later, much more prepared and with my leg actually healed.

Anyway, here's the four bests I chose from this trip but like I said when I posted this originally, it was between a few, so, others may trickle in.

#photography #wildlifephotography #landscapephotography #canon #mirrorless #bofipho #r8 #cameras #birds #ducks #streetphotography (stretching that last one, but... the fisherman, I mean, come on)

I went back to Salem Lake, and had my way with it for the day, walked about 1/3 of the 7 mile trek, realized what I had signed up for without any water or provisions, and turned around at that moment. One day... I'm gonna actually come here with the idea of completing the journey around the perimeter.

There are 1-2 ways to "bail out" if one gets too tired. There's road exits along the trail where you could hail an Uber or Lyft if things get too dicey. For me and my knee right now, dicey is kind of a given, but I did way better today than I had been.

I found a Quantaray lens at Macay's off of Jonestown road for $35. It's a Full Frame, 70-300mm F4-5.6 lens, with macro, and autofocus. It's EF mount and quite fun. It gave photos taken with it a definite 90's-2000's DSLR look, but the simple ability to catch birds now without having to struggle, even if they are a little rough is better than no bird at all.

Here's the four for this trip. There's a few others that survived, and one in particular that will get posted alone that I'll let trickle in through the week. Happy Thanksgiving!

>hey, that fisherman guy is at Oak Hollow Lake! That's not Salem Lake!

OOF! You got me! I also went to Oak Hollow Lake today, but there weren't many trails to walk along. The water fowl there and the fisherman were from there. The fungus and the sky shot was Salem.

Anyway, more geese and woods later. These were my favorites this time, so they get special treatment.

#photography #wildlifephotography #winstonsalem #northcarolina #cameras #camera #mirrorless #R8 #bofipho #photomontag #landscapephotography #canon

🚀 Must-watch for Android performance!
Learn App Vitals updates, Macrobenchmark + UiAutomator, and how R8 + PGO deliver real speed gains.

👉 https://youtu.be/xMylnxek5a4?si=K-fZswUwjHFP4mNN

#AndroidDev #AppPerformance #Android #Jetpack #Kotlin #R8 #MobileDev

Tanglewood Park - Clemmons, NC - 11/20/25

HORSES! I wasn't expecting horses. I hadn't been here in more than 20 years, though so, I'm not sure what I expected. As usual, on Thursdays, I have the timing advantage for sunrises due to working third shift, and as I was FINALLY gifted a cloudy day after an endless three-week sea of blankness every morning, I got a nice one.

The park itself is nice, Mallard Lake was coned off, but people were driving down there anyway. I didn't feel like I had the energy left after 10 hours of work and 3 hours of walking around this place to explore a lake so I left it for another day.

My leg still bothers me, and I had to fight to get around this place a bit. I'm taking Friday to rest before the next trip out Saturday. Enjoy these for now.

#photography #bofipho #photomontag #horses #winstonsalem #tanglewood #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #canon #R8 #northcarolina

Android devs, check this out! 🚀
Optimize your app with R8, reduce size & improve performance.

Watch here: https://youtu.be/A0I6pNSM14o?si=fBZu1CDEY0xfrCdc

#AndroidDev #R8 #AppOptimization #Android #Kotlin

Boost your app’s performance with quick, high-impact wins.
Spotlight Week breaks down R8 optimization, measurement tips, and real case studies to help you improve startup + runtime performance.

🎥 https://youtu.be/iohKX5gI5Kw

#AndroidDev #Kotlin #AppPerformance #R8 #MobileDev

...This camera is sick. The overcast... eh.
Here's a kid from the park I went to popping a wheelie.
Muddy Creek Greenway, just off of Robinhood road. A lot of bicycles.
I wish our sky would make up its mind for a while. We had extreme cold with zero clouds for two weeks, and now it's overcast all the time. All of these were with the 50mm F1.8 at varying levels of Aperture depending on what I was shooting. I think I did the creek at F16 and the kid at F1.8 and F2 for the first and second. The flower is as low as it'd go. It is the only lens I have for the R8 right now aside from the cursed 90's lens, which is going on an S2000 in a week with some Kodak 400(tee-hee).

edit: Here this is again with 1920x1280 resizes. These actually load.

#photography #winston-salem #r8 #canon #bofipho #camera #mirrorless #northcarolina

Yadkinville, NC

#photography #streetphotography #r8 #bofipho #northcarolina

Taking a day to rest my leg, I hurt it about three weeks ago during the Pilot Mountain trip by overdoing it.
I'm lucky my right leg didn't end up with the same injury so I can still get around, but I haven't been the most responsible about it because, I'm stubborn. It's a key personality trait.
It's a pretty day, I have the #R8. Tested it out and it's perfect function-wise. Had to clean a tiny spot on the sensor when it came but other than that? It's a fucking laser.
Aim it at anything and shoot and it's just perfect quality.
This is definitely going to leave the composition work as all the work I have to do, and take my worries over 'ifs' with my hardware off of the table.

I'm reselling the #R100 for cheap. I'll post a lead-up toot before I list it so you guys can get first shot if anyone wants it. I undercut on #ebay, I want it sold, not hanging around. It would be great for journalism, it's small, handy, and can make good use of zoom and ef-s lenses, but I have 18-80mm covered on the R8, making the R100 redundant.

#cameras #canon #bofipho #upgrades

#Audi zaprezentowalo nowy samochod, #ConceptC i o borze lisciasty, jakie to jest piekne... 🤩 #coupe (takie prawdziwe, a nie podrabiane jak u #BMW na przyklad), wzorowane na #TT i #R8... a co najwazniejsze - nie jest kolejnym gownianym #SUV.em!

#motoryzacja

1/24スケールの「BMW M6 GT3」と「アウディ R8 LMS GT3」組み立てキットに、ディテールを高める3Dプリントのフロントグリルが付属したお得なセットがプラッツ/nunuから登場！
https://hobby.dengeki.com/news/2617347/

#hobby_dengeki #スケール #プラモデル #車_バイク #プラッツ #PLATZ #nunu #BMW #M6 #GT3 #スパ #24時間レース #アウディ #R8 #LMS #ワールドチャレンジ #ヨーロッパ #イモラ #自動車 #レーシングカー #レースカー #ツーリングカー

Another amazing car at Auto Europe, 2018 Audi R8 GT4 LMS. #cars #carphotography #photography #audi #R8 #GT4

Прячем код по-настоящему: тёмные уголки обфускации R8 и ProGuard

Обфускация R8 ProGuard по умолчанию делает ставку на размер, а не на защиту кода. В статье — нестандартные словари, генерация уникальной обфускации на каждую сборку и методы, которые точно усложнят жизнь реверс-инженерам. Подробности

https://habr.com/ru/articles/909638/

#android #proguard #r8 #безопасность #реверсинжиниринг #реверсинженеринг #kotlin #java #обфускация #андройд

#audi #R8 CEO Audi: “Το Audi R8 δεν θα επιστρέψει” https://www.zougla.gr/automoto/automoto-news/ceo-audi-to-audi-r8-den-tha-epistrepsei/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

アウディのレーシングマシン「R8 LMS」を実感豊かに再現！タミヤ「1/10RC アウディ R8 LMS 2008（TT-02シャーシ）」が5月31日（土）発売予定
https://hobby.dengeki.com/news/2554105/

#hobby_dengeki #RC #スケール #タミヤ #車_バイク #ラジコン #RCマシン #電動RCカー組み立てキット #アウディ #R8 #レーシングマシン

#audi #R8 Πιθανή η επιστροφή του Audi R8 και μάλιστα με V8 βενζινοκινητήρα https://www.zougla.gr/automoto/automoto-news/pithani-i-epistrofi-tou-audi-r8-kai-malista-me-v8-venzinokinitira/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

R8: Шакалья работа (уменьшение apk через правки R8)

По умолчанию для минификации имени класса в R8 используются цифры и английский алфавит. Но что будет если вместо трех символьных строк, которые будет занимать три байта, использовать один двухбайтовый символ?

https://habr.com/ru/articles/885006/

#r8 #android #минификация #android_development #android_studio #agp #d8 #apk #dex

От Kotlin до машинного кода

В этой небольшой статье разберем большой путь, который проходит код Android-приложения от написания в IDE до выполнения на устройстве. Разберем, какие трансформации претерпевает код на каждом этапе, как можно посмотреть их результат, и для чего это может пригодиться.

https://habr.com/ru/articles/863146/

#bytecode #optimisation #android #java #kotlin #jvm #dalvik #virtual_machine #r8