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I believe this is a consequence of setting the layout_height. This is currently using a specific DP instead of wrap_content because when using wrap_content, the height of the widget is unreasonable causing only a few students to be shown on the screen.

A fix for this is to use a dialogue to change the reset time. Time changing doesn't occur frequently i.e. quick access to time changing for a number of students is not a must. I have reached out with users on this design change.

[Repro Steps]

1. Start application
2. Click "Back" button
3. Re-open application

The action bar is missing as well as the content layout.

The views in the ListView are being recycled and the active student callbacks are updating the same TextView causing the "time left" text in the student entry to flip-flop between different active student's time left.

I may want to add a new student, but this causes the times to be reset. I am only able to use the application well once all of the students are added, which is definitely not always going to be true e.g. late comers etc.

The buttons take up way too much room on a phone. The UI needs to be designed to also work well for a small form factor.

The point of the application is to easily keep track of the count down times and discovering who has not interacted with the tutor recently. While the first goal has been achieved, the latter is not as easy as it could be.

To currently achieve this, the user must scroll through the list of students and look for entries that are blinking red. This would be more helpful if the students with the lowest times were at the top.

There's a bug in Android that is in a late version of KitKat (not sure which): https://android-review.googlesource.com/#/c/63203/2.

The fixed version of the CountdownTimer needs to be ported.

Since there are only two colors, the only way to tell if the list got re-arranged is by the count down and the student name, which are really small and thus not a good device to track the re-arranging of students.

The list should be separated into two categories: students with running countdowns and students whose countdowns are not running. This may be sufficent, but if not, another visual element will be needed - possible using different colors that stick with the student.