With Google making it more closed every year, I wonder if is it worth it. I don’t want to learn it to find a job or anything, it’s purely for open source development.
I’ve seen a few devs dropping FOSS apps due to Google decisions. Like the developer of a music player I used (Phocid):
According to him and I agree:
Because Google is essentially killing apps distributed outside of Google Play, I have lost interest in Android development and plan to switch to a different OS once my current five-year-old phone dies.
If I had the time, I would try Kotlin Compose Multiplatform. That way I would hopefully be able to learn Kotlin (good language), have fun with my GrapheneOS, be able to test on iOS, and maybe be more employable without having to handle Google’s stupidity.