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When Player Plays It Too Safe: Unlocking Hidden HD Tracks on Android
It started with a simple request from the content team: “Let’s push 50 FPS for videos, smoother playback, better experience.” Reasonable enough. But once we rolled it out, a lot of users started complains about the videos stuck at 480p on multiple mid-range devices. No errors. No crashes. Just lower quality than expected. The playback…
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Mastering Engineering Habits for Growth
It’s my turn for our team’s mini tech talk this week. You know the drill someone’s gotta bring a topic that’s interesting enough to keep people from checking social media halfway through. I wanted to talk about something deeper than just tools or frameworks. Something that actually sticks.Coincidentally, I’m in the middle of finishing Better Than…
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You Can Double-Protect Your Keys by Storing Them in NDK and Encrypting Them
There are many ways to secure your key when building an APK. But for now, I want to explain one way to secure your key: store it in NDK and double-secure with an encrypted key. I believe that this is not a 100% guarantee that your key is secure. But at least make it hard…