The Unyielding Spirit Of Android - Droidcon NYC '23

Keynote presentation at Droidcon NYC about the history & resiliency of the Android community, and excitement for what comes next.

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1. #DCNYC23
   The Unyielding Spirit Of Android
   Adam McNeilly | Android GDE
   

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2. My Story
   

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4. My Story Is Not Unique
   

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7. How did we get here?
   

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9. Why Do Communities Exist?
   

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10. Why Android?
    

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11. September 16, 2008
    

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12. Google Developer Day 2008
    

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13. Droidcon Berlin 2009
    

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14. Droidcon London 2009
    

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16. Android Meetups
    

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17. Peer Labs
    

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23. What did we gain from all of this?
    

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24. We solved the
    
    
    technical challenges
    

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26. • Image loaders
    
    • SQLite libs
    
    • Architecture
    
    • Dependency injection
    
    • Lifecycle management
    
    • So many more…
    

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29. These Cycles Continued
    
    
    For Years
    

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30. In 2020, everything stopped…
    

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31. …except for us.
    

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39. DC Berlin ’21: A Family Reunion
    

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40. State Of The Community
    

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43. Meetups?
    

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44. Online community?
    

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45. The future of Android is up to us
    

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46. We all have a responsibility
    
    
    to participate
    

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47. Sharing and collaborating are the
    cornerstones of our community
    

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48. Share three things
    
    
    you learn this week
    

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49. Special Thanks
    • Nasser Ali
    
    • Michael Brown
    
    • Michael Carrano
    
    • Stacy Devino
    
    • Greg Fawson
    
    • Kevin Galligan
    
    • Huyen Tue Dao
    
    • Ty Smith
    
    • Zach Smith
    
    • The Entire Community
    

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50. Thank You
    

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