Ibrahim Al-Alali

I have been busy updating my apps and starting new small projects, but I am very bad at telling people about it. I think I will make a thread per project and keep updating it with new information for time #androiddev #indiedev

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Misha

@mkrl.xyz

while you port and emulate games, I ported Jira to my PSP

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P-Y

@p-y.wtf

Replying to @p-y.wtf

The weak ref keeps surviving GC long after the activity is destroyed => leak. We unfortunately can't use reflection to fix this, the field is blacklisted... I really want to give an earful to whoever at Google decided to block reflection, it's SO STUPID.

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yeah but the way out includes taking accountability for committing almost a century of systematic theft, ethnosupremacism, apartheid, illegal occupation, torture, rape, military brainwashing & genocide and given that this fascist faux-mocracy has only existed as such, that would be remarkable

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My app Billboard 3.0.0 is out, rebuilt from the ground up. It puts a message on your screen big enough to read across a room. Airport pickup, concert, "back in 5 min" on the office door. iboalali.com/app/billboard Here's what changed: 1/X🧵 #androiddev

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it speaks more languages: German, Spanish, Russian and Arabic, right-to-left included. Plus TalkBack support, optional haptics, and a Theme setting. Free, with 2 optional one-time unlocks: more capacity and advanced layers. No ads, no subscription. iboalali.com/app/billboard 8/X🧵 #androiddev

play.google.comBillboard - Show Large Text - Apps on Google PlayShow a text of your choice large on the screen. It will be as big as possible

Billboard 3.1 is out * Billboard as your system screen saver, with Dim and a light sensor mode for dark rooms * A text margin on every text layer, plus a switch to clear the camera cutout * Billboard file format made forward compatible play.google.com/store/apps/d... #androiddev #indiedev

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Ibrahim Al-Alali@bluesky.iboalali.com

Announcement For my 'Basic Root Checker' app, I have also pushed a major 2.0 release. This update includes a complete architectural rewrite alongside a few new features iboalali.com/app/basic_ro... 1/X 🧵 #androiddev

github.comGitHub - iboalali/Basic-Root-Checker: Basic Root CheckerBasic Root Checker. Contribute to iboalali/Basic-Root-Checker development by creating an account on GitHub.

This app is open source github.com/iboalali/Bas... #androiddev

play.google.comBasic Root Checker - Apps on Google PlayIs your device rooted? Find out instantly!

Basic Root Checker 2.5 is out. * Magisk versions read as versions again: "via Magisk v27.0", not "v27.0:MAGISK:R". * On tablets and foldables, Settings, About and Licenses open as a card you swipe away. * Faster cold start play.google.com/store/apps/d... #androiddev #Magisk #KernelSU #APatch

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Aurimas Liutikas

@liutikas.net

17 Sept

I wish more apps put effort for this kind of UX polish ❤️

seb@sebastiano.dev

I saw someone doing this in SwiftUI and thought, surely this should be possible in Compose. And probably I can vibe code it in a couple prompt. It was more than a couple, but it sure was vibecodable :) Shared element transitions rock!

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Aurimas Liutikas

@liutikas.net

15 Sept

Kotlin's success has made its support of producing binaries only 3 minor versions back too rigid. I wrote a post about it and I would love your input. www.liutikas.net/2026/09/15/K... #kotlin

liutikas.netKotlin Double BindIt is a great idea to give your library consumers maximum possible flexibility. In my post about conservative librarian I suggested to keep your Kotlin langu...

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15 Sept

I don't know who Aaron Rowe is but based on this alone I can deduce that Aaron Rowe has more integrity in his pinky toe than a planet full of Ed Sheerans could gather together if they charged up a morality Spirit Bomb

Una Mullally@unamullally.bsky.social

The Irish musician Aaron Rowe has said he is withdrawing as a support act on Ed Sheeran’s tour.

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huffpost.comMacklemore Dropped From Ed Sheeran's Tour After 'Free Palestine' Speech

14 Sept

Well fuck genocide-supporting Ed Sheeran then

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

Rapper Macklemore has been dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour after he made a “Free Palestine” speech on stage earlier this month

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Jaewoong Eum (skydoves)

@skydoves.bsky.social

12 Sept

Excited to announce Compose HotSwan 2.0.0! 🚀 The future of Compose Hot Reload for Android, iOS, and Desktop. v2 introduces an interpreter engine, allows you to update entire screens in a blink real time, and drives a much faster AI agent feedback loop. hotswan.dev/blog/compose...

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10 Sept

As it turns September 11th here where I live, I commemorate the 2,997 victims murdered by the hijackers and what would be an estimated 5,000,000 victims murdered by the US's relentless slide into militarism, authoritarianism, fascism, and genocide that started that day. Each lost life was equal.

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snopes.comPalestinians Forbidden from Collecting Rainwater Because It's Deemed 'Israeli Property'?Israeli authorities have heavily controlled water access in Palestinian territories for decades.

6 Sept

Two posts back to back: 1. Even before Israel was globally understood to be a genocidal ultra-fascist ethno-supremacist country, it was enforcing that rain water is Israel's property, prohibit8ny Palestinians from building ways of collecting potable water. www.snopes.com/news/2023/11...

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Al Jazeera English

@aljazeera.com

2 Sept

Israel Katz says 'there is no real solution for Gaza' without de-populating the territory.

aljazeera.comIsrael still wants to remove Palestinians from Gaza, defence minister saysIsrael Katz says 'there is no real solution for Gaza' without de-populating the territory.

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You can also just ask. An on-device assistant can build a billboard for you: add and edit layers, set orientation, save it to your Collection. It obeys the same limits the app does, so nothing gets unlocked through the back door. 6/X🧵 #androiddev

It adapts. Two-pane editor on large landscape tablets and foldables. Fullscreen opens with a pull-down gesture from the preview. On extra-large screens Settings and About float over the editor instead of taking it over. 7/X🧵 #androiddev

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Your signs now have somewhere to live. A Collection you curate and drag to reorder, plus a Recent trail that quietly saves whatever you show fullscreen. Nothing you make disappears because you forgot to save it. 4/X🧵 #androiddev

Signs are shareable. Send one as a .billboard file someone can open and edit, or as a flat PNG. Files people send you land straight in Recent. The share sheet shows a thumbnail so you know what you're sending. 5/X🧵 #androiddev

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The whole app is built on layers now. Stack text, color and effects, then reorder and recombine them. A sign is no longer one line of text with a color behind it. It's a composition you can take apart and rebuild. 2/X🧵 #androiddev

Two editing modes, Basic and Advanced, kept as separate billboards. Each keeps its own layers and orientation. Editing one never touches the other, so you can keep a simple sign and an elaborate one side by side. 3/X🧵 #androiddev

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share.googleIsraeli settlers set fire to mosques, cars and farm land in West Bank, Palestinians sayThe latest attacks come two days after a clash between settlers and Palestinians near the village of Tell, which left four Palestinians and two Israelis dead.

26 July

BBC still pondering why Palestinian people and buildings just spontaneously combust and explore when Israelis get near with torches and guns and missiles www.bbc.com/news/article...

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25 July

There are two stories of the Israeli massacre in the West Bank town Tell, killing four Palestinians. One, of local townspeople, who say it was an unprovoked massacre in line with hundreds of others. The other, of the genocidal Israeli terrorists that brought heavy weapons to the massacre.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani

22 July

hey look, a human politician

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

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@mayor.nyc.gov

22 July

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

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6 July

Honestly, with FIFA once again caving for Trump I'm done watching and talking World Cup 2026. The treatment of Iran, a country that was being bombed by Trump, was already too much - but allowing the US to field top scorer Balogun after a red card makes a mockery of the game, and of the Cup. Done.

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3 July

This is horrifying and so important. Israel's continued massacres, child murder, genocide, forced starvation, concentration camps, targeted and structured destruction of life, and ethnic cleansing continues. It's easy to not see the full scale of this unparalleled evil. archivegenocide.com

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Ibrahim Al-Alali@bluesky.iboalali.com

Version 2.4 * Added subtle haptic feedback across the app * Check this device's root status from assistants and other apps without opening it (Android 16+) * New theme option in settings: light, dark, or system 7/X 🧵 #androiddev

Version 2.4 (cont.) * Detect more root managers (Kitsune Mask, SukiSU, KernelSU Next, SuperSU, and more) * Various bug fixes 8/X 🧵 #androiddev

Version 2.2 * Haptic feedback added throughout the app with a toggle to disable it * Added Spanish and Russian translations (German and Arabic translations were already present prior to version 2.0) * Automatic backup for app settings via the system 5/X 🧵 #androiddev

Version 2.3 * In-app language picker in Settings (Android 13+) * Optional Tip jar in Settings to support developmen * Added _Baseline Profiles_ for faster startup, especially on slow devices * More intuitive back-swipe animation * Fixed bugs 6/X 🧵 #androiddev

Version 2.0 (cont.) * Added FOSS variant of the app, without Play APIs * Integrated a seamless In-App Updates flow for the Google Play Store build 3/X 🧵 #androiddev

Version 2.1 * Added more Root provider detection like Magisk, KernelSU and APatch * A "Request Root access" button when a provider is present but not yet granted * Support for Android 17 * a few bugs fixed 4/X 🧵 #androiddev

Version 2.0 * Completed a full rewrite in Kotlin using Jetpack Compose and Material 3 * Implemented privacy preserving telemetry for insights into the apps functionality (see iboalali.com/app/basic_ro...) * Dropped support for Android 5.0 and 5.1 (Lollipop) 2/X 🧵 #androiddev

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Ibrahim Al-Alali@bluesky.iboalali.com

Announcement For my 'Hide Persistent Notifications' app, I pushed a major 2.0 update. It is mostly an architectural rewrite rather than a feature-driven version bump. iboalali.com/app/hide_per... 1/X 🧵

iboalali.comHide Persistent Notification — Ibrahim Al-AlaliPick a persistent notification and keep it hidden for as long as the app is installed.

Version 2.1 (cont.) * New Translations: Added support for German, Arabic (RTL), Spanish, and Russian * In-App Language Picker: Added an option to easily change languages within the app * In App Theme override picker 10/X 🧵

Version 2.1 (cont.) * Subtle Haptic Feedback: Integrated tactile responses throughout the app to make interactions feel more intuitive * Notification Hiding History: Added a local log so you can easily track which notifications have been hidden over time 11/X 🧵

iboalali.comHide Persistent Notification — Ibrahim Al-AlaliPick a persistent notification and keep it hidden for as long as the app is installed.

### Version 2.0 (cont.) This is achieved in two ways: * Locally: A flag is stored on your device upon updating (device-specific) * Cloud (Optional): A flag is stored in the app's private folder on your Google Drive, enabling multi-device sync (requires login) 8/X 🧵 #androiddev

Version 2.1 includes the following: * Baseline Profile: Added for optimized runtime performance and smoother startup times * Tablet and Foldable Support: Implemented a two-pane layout for the two main screens and adapted all secondary screens as dialogs 9/X 🧵

iboalali.comHide Persistent Notification — Ibrahim Al-AlaliPick a persistent notification and keep it hidden for as long as the app is installed.

### Version 2.0 (cont.) That is why the app is going free. However, I am **not** forgetting everyone who originally paid for it. In this release, I have made sure to grandfather in all existing users. Those users will get lifetime update support and all future features for free. 6/X 🧵 #androiddev

### Version 2.0 (cont.) Anyone who installs the app after the switch to free will need to purchase an IAP to unlock functionality beyond the basic features. 7/X 🧵 #androiddev

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iboalali.comHide Persistent Notification — Privacy PolicyIbrahim Al-Alali is an Android app software developer

### Version 2.0 (cont.) * Implemented privacy-preserving telemetry to better understand app performance (see iboalali.com/app/hide_per...) * In-App Updates: Integrated Google Play Store updates so you can update seamlessly without leaving the app 4/X 🧵 #androiddev

### Version 2.0 (cont.) Preparation for the app to be **free** with an optional IAP I'm doing this to reach a bigger audience. Because it was previously a paid app, its reach was limited. 5/X 🧵 #androiddev

iboalali.comHide Persistent Notification — Ibrahim Al-AlaliPick a persistent notification and keep it hidden for as long as the app is installed.

The update was necessary to clear out tech debt that had accumulated over the years. With the new foundation in place, it will be much easier to build on top of the codebase and start adding new features 2/X 🧵 #androiddev