Well, I got a response to my bug report ( https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=191384). I asked that the link to android-developers forum be removed and a link to Stack Overflow added. Here is the first comment so far.
"Because StackOverFlow is Not a <Google Forum>, And If a new Developper Didn'nt Notice by himself/herself that StackOverFlow <exist> Then this person should Not Developp, This also can be interpreted as a <Challenge> So don't Modify it" I guess I should consider myself spanked for the temerity of questioning the conscience of the king. I agree with Kris that the responses on Stack Overflow can be less than optimal, and it takes a fair amount of effort to wade through the chaff to find the wheat. I think the volume on Stack Overflow is caused more by (a) changing nature of the Android API (b) increasing numbers of new Android developers ( http://blog.appfigures.com/app-stores-growth-accelerates-in-2014/). It seems the five of us have done our bit this week to keep the android-developers forum alive! Mark On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 9:21 PM, Kristopher Micinski <krismicin...@gmail.com > wrote: > On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Mark Phillips > <m...@phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote: > > I recently posted to stack overflow and received more and faster > responses > > (ie no responses from this list). When I google for an android issue, I > get > > lots of stack overflow response. > > Along with this, I think the number of questions that warrant a novel > answer are going down: i.e., I don't as frequently see questions that > ask challenging technical questions that can't be looked up in API > documentation. > > StackOverflow's android tag is generally of low quality compared to > some other tags because it contains lots of people asking questions > that could easily be answered by looking at the API documentation. But > SO's model incentivizes people to answer these questions anyway, since > they'll receive points. (Of course, SO as a community knows this and > does seem to care about closing these questions actively, but it still > persists.) > > Along with the reasons TreKing mentioned, you might also consider that > over time a large knowledge base of Android answers has accumulated, > meaning that new questions are less frequent. (Possible counterpoint: > the API is always changing.) I think the big reason things have > dropped off is that the most valuable answers were given by > Android/Google's staff, who don't post as frequently. Some still post > on other lists, e.g., `android-platform` or > `android-security-discuss`. > > Kris > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
