Android Anti-Patterns Abhishek Nandi

User Identity

Using Device Identifiers

Getting All Email IDs

Not considering multiple device

logins

MAC ID ANDROID IDwith

GET_ACCOUNTS permission

accidentally taking work emails

providing logout ?

removing associated devices after user logs out

not providing an update email option

Lets take everything Phone Number, Email Id

Do you really need them ?

Unwanted Stuff

Is it really

needed ?

Its just another Java application

Using a lot of libs even if you don’t

really need it

Using GCM & HTTP for creating Chat Applications

Unwanted permissions

Long running background

services

TASKS permission

Really, HTTP ?

Do you need them all ?

Using java mail jars to compose email in

background

Frequent Polling

Using reflection for non-public APIs

A food delivery app

asking for bluetooth

permissions

I need Butterknife, GreenDAO, Retrofit, Dagger

A Travel app asking for

READ_LOGS

Everyone wants a BOOT_COMPLETED receiver

Using old jars and not updating them

Everyone thinks its just one call

A Banking app tracking user location

Wrong Engagement

Sending Notifications at the

wrong time

Sending too many pushes

Irritating sounds

Using all channels for a

single communication

That strange “Getting Stalked”

feeling

Improper deep links

Treating all users in the same way

Replicating Analytics Data

• Tracking wrong events

• Sending same events to all platforms, like GA, Flurry, Localytics

• Not utilising the platform completely

“User experience matters more than design”

iPhone like design

Over Customising Notification

Layouts

Grouping items under the wrong

section

Trying landscape images for mobile devices in InApps

Portrait only apps for tablets

Not thinking about Back Stack Navigation

Neglecting Touch Feedbacks/clicked

states

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