Are Google coders bored?
I was browsing Android source code to try and understand some things about ActionBar layout, when I ran in to another little pearl showcasing Android programmers sense of humor, or is it level of boredom?
You decide…
Looking at an older version of ActionBarView.java, I found a member variable called mUpGoerFive (look at line 104 in the link provided).
It held a ViewGroup, so it was important for the display part, but the name did not make sense at first.
Until I remembered this little beauty: http://xkcd.com/1133/
Whats even more funny, while I was looking for a way to link to the proper version of the source file (this variable is removed in the latest version), I ran in to the following commit message:
“Invasion of the monkeys”
I know, these are not the first easter eggs of this kind found in code released by Google, and maybe I am not the first to find them (if you seen this elsewhere, please leave a comment), but they did provide some entertainment during an otherwise tedious task, so I figured I mention them.
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