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I found an issue in Chapter 7 regarding android:backgroundTint vs app:backgroundTint.
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The final paragraph on page 42 has a minor typo in the fragment name.
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Kotlin and Android Development featuring Jetpack: Typo in PennyDropDatabase.getDatabase() (page 125)
Typo found in PennyDropDatabase.getDatabase() on page 125: “Instance?” should be “instance?”
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I found a bug in Penny Drop’s logic that causes it to ignore the AI’s lambda so AI players keep rolling over and over until they bust.
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Hi Michael,
line
android:text=’@{vm.currentPlayer.playerName ?? @string/na}’
produces error
…\PennyDrop\app\build\generated\source\ka...
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Hello Michael,
i have problems with this line on page 78 in version B4.0:
android:entries="@{AI.basicAI}"
it shows the error...
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Hello Michael,
i think in version B4.0 on page 89 this line is not correct:
this.players.value = playersForNewGame
GameViewModel.playe...
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The book says: ‘Click the “Start a new Android Studio project” link’. But there is now such a link. There is a ‘Create New Project’ one.
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Hello Michael,
after finishing the Converter function i cannot start the App because function NewPlayer.toPlayer is missing the new attr...
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Hi,
in the picture on page 92 turn text and current standings text should be empty because they are not implemented yet.
Keno
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Hi,
on page 117 you only define the implementation for “Fearful Fred”.
To start the app the implementation for all AI’s should be added...
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Hello Michael,
on page 88 of version B4.0 the name viewModel is used in this line:
this.viewModel = pickPlayersViewModel
In the previo...
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Hi,
first you create package “binding” and afterwards it is package “adapters”.
This is not consistently renamed.
Keno
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Hello Michael.
i think on page 127 you forgot to change function noPenniesLeft to penniesLeft.
Regards Keno
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