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The Unyielding Spirit Of Android - Droidcon NYC '23

Adam McNeilly
September 14, 2023

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.

Adam McNeilly

September 14, 2023
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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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