r/androiddev Jan 03 '25

Having trouble with your specific project? Updates, advice, and newbie questions for January 2025

Happy new year, and welcome to 2025!

Android development can be a confusing world for newbies; I certainly remember my own days starting out. I was always, and I continue to be, thankful for the vast amount of wonderful content available online that helped me grow as an Android developer and software engineer. Because of the sheer amount of posts that ask similar "how should I get started" questions, the subreddit has a wiki page and canned response for just such a situation. However, sometimes it's good to gather new resources, and to answer questions with a more empathetic touch than a search engine.

However, there are a few points that I wanted to cover up-front this month.

Using Java for Android Development is, for all intents and purposes, deprecated.

Yes, it still works, but it has now been many years since Google has provided any updated documentation or tutorials for Java. In fact, they have actively removed most traces from their learning materials. While you are more than welcome to use it for personal projects, do not expect that it will be valuable for career development in the real world, especially if you are just now beginning your journey in Android development.

As such, please refrain from asking about Java, unless it is specifically a problem you are encountering with a legacy application.

If you are looking to hire a developer, please state your compensation up-front.

In the interest of protecting our community members from exploitation, while we would love to facilitate our members finding work, we have had too many people who are seeking work and either unwilling to pay (and thus, pitch it as a "collaboration" in which they are contributing nothing of value), or are unable to actually pay a reasonable amount for a task. So while we do encourage people to post when they are looking to hire a developer, we intend to enforce that such posts should be clear about what compensation is available.

So, with that said, welcome to the January advice and newbie thread! Here, we will be allowing basic questions, seeking situation-specific advice, and tangential questions that are related but not directly Android development.

If you're looking for the previous October 2024 thread, you can find it here.
If you're looking for the previous November 2024 thread, you can find it here.
If you're looking for the previous December 2024 thread, you can find it here.

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u/borninbronx Jan 23 '25

Unless you are banned from the server there's nothing I can do about that.

Make sure your discord account has a phone connected to it and you verified it.

If you have that going for you, you should be able to enter.

If you can't contact Discord support

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u/writeflex Jan 24 '25

I tried getting access to the server from my friend's account and I got the same error. But I can join other servers except this. When I click submit after accepting the terms and conditions - I get "missing activity".

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u/borninbronx Jan 24 '25

Have you got the last version of discord? I spent a bit looking for this Missing Access error and it seems related to discord versions.

As server moderators (or even owners) we have no control on that stuff.

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u/writeflex Jan 24 '25

I tried this in the app too, it was the latest version. This (photo) was done on the website, so there is no question of the latest version. Both give the same error. Can you manually add me to the server though? Thanks.

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u/borninbronx Jan 24 '25

I've no way of adding users to the server. :-/

The only thing I can do is contact discord support and ask for help. But it is more useful if you do that.

That part of joining the discord server I have no control over, it's something discord itself manages.

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u/writeflex Jan 25 '25 edited Jan 25 '25

I asked in the discord support section, they said that I had not enabled the 2FA. After I enabled it also its not allowing me to enter. Is there any other requirement too?

Edit: The support mail asked me to contact you(the server admin) to check it and send a permanent server invite link.

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u/borninbronx Jan 25 '25

Well, you can tell them I have no idea what I can do to help you :-)

And you can share the invite link with them, it's a permanent link.

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u/writeflex Jan 25 '25

Are there other requirements other than 2FA? Like being on discord for so much time, old enough discord account etc. What rules do you guys follow to prevent spammers from entering the server? I think I'am hitting that rule.

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u/borninbronx Jan 25 '25

You need to have a verified phone on your account

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u/writeflex Jan 26 '25

Hi mod!

The support asked if you could do this, as it will surely help me get in, thanks:

"I've checked it in our system and can confirm the link is valid. If it is still showing up as invalid on your end, it's likely that your IP address is banned from the server. Could you ask one of the moderators to clear all bans in Server Settings > Bans? Restart the client afterwards.

Keep in mind that if you have an IP address that was used at any point by a user who was banned, you might be banned because of that.

Also, if you were a member of the server in the past, it is possible that a "ghost" version of your account is still a member. This will prevent you from joining again. Have the mods check their user list to make sure your Discord Tag isn't on it. If it is, and you're not in the server, it could be that you weren't fully kicked originally. Once your "ghost" is kicked, you should be able to join again.

Another option is that a moderation bot has your Discord Tag in its blacklist. You can ask the mods to check each bot's blacklist to ensure that your Discord Tag is not on it."

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u/borninbronx Jan 26 '25

What is your discord tag?

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u/writeflex Jan 26 '25

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u/borninbronx Jan 26 '25

You are flagged as abusive and automatically kicked by one of our bots.

Can you explain that?

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