Mastering Code Quality: A Deep Dive into Custom Linting for Android Developers

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Shows how to implement working custom lint checks that run on both Java and Kotlin by targeting the Universal AST and publishing rules via an IssueRegistry plus detectors using the visitor pattern. Demonstrates concrete steps: add the Android lint deps (example version guideline 23.0.3), create a lint module, scope rules per module, run on‑the‑fly in Studio or via Gradle to produce HTML/XML reports, and build an @AndroidEntryPoint check that flags missing annotations at build time. Notes most rules end up project‑specific; no central repo known.

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1. 0:00Android Lint introduction
2. 3:39What is Android Lint
3. 9:18How Lint works internally
4. 10:22First custom lint check
5. 17:57Summary of custom linting
6. 18:19Q&A on lint repositories

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