My latest contribution to InfoQ

In the last couple of months, I have been contributing to InfoQ as a News Editor for the Mobile topic. Although this might not look like the most elegant behaviour, I will link here some of my writing for them. here you have my last one:

Android 4.1.1 Vulnerable to Reverse Heartbleed

Google announced last week that Android 4.1.1 is susceptible to the Heartbleed OpenSSL bug. While Android 4.1.1 is, according to Google, the only Android version vulnerable to Heartbleed, it remains in use in millions of smartphones and tablets. Android 4.1.1 devices have been shown to leak significant amount of data…

Updating Android Studio Gradle Distribution

I was bitten by the infamous

BUG! exception in phase 'semantic analysis' in source unit '_BuildScript_' Unsupported class file major version 60

error while building a React Native app I developed for my employer:

Year-end encryption export declaration

1. Visit the report generator

2. Fill the data (specify N/A when not sure because it likely does no apply)

3. Choose 5D992 for Export Control Classification Number

4. Select MMKT for Authorization Type