Are singleline if statements or if statements without braces bad practice?

Question

if (condition) { /* do something */ }
else { /* do something */ }

if (condition)
    /* do something */
else
    /* do something */

I was told tha

Answer 1

I have seen so many third party code with silly issues, that I prefer to use braces all the time. That said I have never felt good on

if(){}
else (){}

I use if(){} on the same line when it is a short instruction and it is alone. If there is an else use the long:

if(checkSomething)
{
   //dosomething
}
else
{
   //doanotherthing
}