In June, I learned how to change diapers and convinced myself that 5 hours of sleep is a luxury. Somewhere in between, I also shipped iOS for Kombine — which was absolutely not on the roadmap. The roadmap said Android → Backend → Webapp → iOS sometime later. It was a good plan, and that’s exactly the kind of plan a pet project doesn’t have to follow.

I find myself with a fresh golden hammer in hand every now and then, only to realize a screw would’ve been better. Following principles blindly doesn’t automatically render ‘better code’—there are always tradeoffs, and managing them is a sign of seniority and actual craftsmanship.

Android 11 (API 30) changes the way of using external app services. Using compileSdk 30 and above, without additional Manifest entry the bindService() method will always return False, even if with compileSdk 29 the app will work perfectly. I want to share solution of this problem after WAY TOO LONG time I spent on searching it…