Android Makers by Droidcon: What a Long Strange Trip it's Been

The Android community is a fast evolving society of excellent people who passionately involve themselves in their ecosystem. This means the progress of developments can be fast, blazingly fast!

Inspired by other content creators and newsletters that keep us informed about the most recent events, I decided to document news, events, and releases every week for a year. Starting from the end of Droidcon Berlin, the world’s best Android developer conference.

Accompany me in this journey to look over all the events of this last year, from the end of Droidcon Berlin 2022 up until right now!

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1. This Year in Android What a Long, Strange Trip it’s Been Android Makers by Droidcon - Apr 22’ 󰏃 Ash Davies Android / Kotlin GDE - Berlin ashdavies@androiddev.social
2. nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/nasa-s-webb-reveals-cosmic-cliffs-glittering-landscape-of-star-birth
4. Topics 2022 • Jetpack Compose • Kotlin Multiplatform • Performance & Monitoring • Kotlin Coroutines • Form Factors • Self Advocacy / Soft Skills • Testing ♥ • Plugin Development • Jetpack Glance • Modern Android Development
5. 2022 July 🎉 🎆
6. Kotti Py First Birthday
7. 1.1.1st Compose Compose UI
8. Releases July Android 13 Beta Android Studio Compose UI 1.2 Coroutines 1.6.4 Kotlin 1.7.10 Privacy Sandbox Activity 1.5.1 Compose Animation 1.2.0 Compose Foundation 1.2.0 Compose UI 1.2.0 Compose Material 1.2.0 Compose Runtime 1.2.0 Core-Splashscreen 1.0.0 Fragment 1.5.1 Games-Activity 1.2.1 Games-Text-Input 1.1.1 Lifecycle 2.5.1 Mediarouter 1.3.1 Profile Installer 1.2.0 Wear Compose 1.0.0 Now in Android #64
9. Android 13 Beta
10. Kotlin 1.7.0 K2 Compiler (alpha) Definitely non-nullable types Builder inference Underscore operator Opt-In stability
11. Space Karen withdraws $44bn bid The Twitter Saga Episode Four: July 2022
12. NATO 󰎿󰐴 July 8th 2022 Finland and Sweden
15. 2022 August 🍺 😵 Compose 1.2nd
16. Chicago Roboto August 2nd
17. Releases August Android 13 👍 Android Studio Camera X 1.2 Beta Galaxy Z Fold4 Serialization 1.4.0 Zipline 0.9.1 AppCompat Version 1.5.0 Compose Foundation Version 1.2.1 Compose Compiler Version 1.3.0 Compose Material Version 1.2.1 Compose Runtime Version 1.2.1 Compose UI Version 1.2.1 Emoji2 Version 1.2.0 Fragment Version 1.5.2 Wear Compose 1.0.1 Webkit Version 1.5.0 Now in Android #65 #66
18. August Kotlin on Android Celebrating five years
20. Twitter’s former security chief says company lied about bots and safety The Twitter Saga Episode Five: August 2022 Source: theverge.com/2022/8/23/23317857/twitter-whistleblower-zatko-security-spam-safety
21. 2022 September 🍻 Compose 1.2.1st
22. droidcon New York September 1st
23. Releases September Android Gradle Plugin Android Studio 🐬 Kotlin 1.7.20 🎉 Privacy Sandbox Activity 1.6.0 Annotation 1.5.0 AppCompat 1.5.1 Compose Compiler 1.3.1 Core Core-Ktx 1.9.0 Fragment 1.5.3 Navigation 2.5.2 Wear Compose 1.0.2 Now in Android #67 #68 #69
25. Kotlin 1.7.20 K2 Compiler Plugins all-open, no-arg, sam-with-receiver, lombok… Open-Ended Ranges 5 in 0..<10 Generic Inline Classes value class UserId<T>(val value: T) Native Memory Manager kotlinx.coroutines JVM Toolchain kotlin { jvmToolchain(17) } Documentation
28. Google Stadia 🪦 19 Nov 2019 - 18 Jan 2022
29. Elizabeth II 21 Apr 1926 - 8 Sep 2022 Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms
30. Kathleen Booth 9 Jul 1922 - 29 Sep 2022 Inventor of the first assembly language
31. theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2022/oct/06/ben-jennings-on-liz-truss-and-market-forces-cartoon theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/26/the-guardian-view-on-italys-election-a-victory-for-illiberalism
32. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/cyber-resilience-act
33. 2022 October Compose 1.2.1st
34. droidcon Italy Singapore Egypt London
35. Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile Beta
36. Releases October Android Studio Compose Multiplatform 1.2 JetBrains Fleet Preview Jetpack Multiplatform Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile Beta Material Design Components Serialization 1.4.1 Activity 1.6.1 Compose 1.3.0 Compose Compiler 1.3.2 Exifinterface 1.3.5 Fragment 1.5.4 Navigation 2.5.3 ShareTarget 1.2.0 Now in Android #70
37. Compose Multiplatform 1.2 Proguard Support Improved Keyboard Navigation Desktop onClick / onDrag Modifier RTL Support Conveyor compatibility
41. October ‘22 Anarchy in the UK “Fighter not a quitter”
42. ?
43. That sinking feeling… The Twitter Saga Episode Six: October 2022 theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/26/elon-musk-twitter-visit-sink
44. 2022 November
45. Releases November Android Studio Compose UI 1.3.1 Kotlin 1.8.0 Beta Test Annotation 1.0.1 Test Runner 1.5.0 Test Rules 1.5.0 Test Monitor 1.6.0 Test Espresso 3.5.0 Test Core 1.5.0 Test Ext JUnit 1.1.4 Test Ext Truth 1.5.0 Test Services 1.4.2 Test Orchestrator 1.4.2 Now in Android #71 #72 #73 Benchmark 1.1.1 Car App 1.2.0 Compose Animation 1.3.1 Compose Foundation 1.3.1 Compose Material 1.3.1 Compose Material 3 1.0.1 Compose Runtime 1.3.1 Compose UI 1.3.1
46. November Developer Satisfaction
47. @mabouza @mabouza @mabouza @preusslerberlin @crafty
48. Podcasts
49. Health Connect (Beta)
50. 2022 December 🎄
51. Releases December Android 13 for TV Android Studio ATOM Episode 3 Kotlin 1.8.0 Talking Kotlin Camera 1.2.0 Compose Animation 1.3.2 Compose Runtime 1.3.2 Compose UI 1.3.2 Fragment 1.5.5 Games-Activity 1.2.2 ProfileInstaller 1.2.1 Wear Compose 1.1.0 Now in Android #74
53. android 13
55. The Twitter Saga Episode Seven: December 2022 theverge.com/2022/12/18/23515221/twitter-bans-links-instagram-mastodon-competitors
56. getalife.com Small D**k Energy theverge.com/2022/12/18/23515221/twitter-bans-links-instagram-mastodon-competitors
57. 2023 January 🎉
58. Releases January Android Gradle Plugin Android Studio AppCompat 1.6.0 Camera 1.2.1 Compose Animation 1.3.3 Compose Compiler 1.4.0 Compose Runtime 1.3.3 Compose UI 1.3.3 ProfileInstaller 1.2.2 Room 2.5.0 Sqlite 2.3.0 Test Espresso 3.5.1 Test Ext JUnit 1.1.5 Test Monitor 1.6.1 Test Runner 1.5.2 Wear Compose 1.1.1 Webkit 1.6.0 Now in Android #74 #75
62. 2023 February
63. Releases February Android 14 Developer Preview Android Studio API Desugaring ATOM Episode 4 Annotation Annotation-Jvm Version 1.6.0 Arch Core Version 2.2.0 Compose Compiler Version 1.4.3 Room Version 2.5.0 AppCompat Version 1.6.1 Browser Version 1.5.0 Compose Compiler Version 1.4.1 Compose Compiler Version 1.4.2 Exifinterface Version 1.3.6 Wear Compose Version 1.1.2 WorkManager Version 2.8.0 Now in Android #76 #77
64. Kotlin/Native Targets February Tier 1 linuxX64 macosX64 macosArm64 iosSimulatorArm64 iosX64 Tier 2 linuxArm64 watchos* tvos* iosArm64 Tier 3 androidNative* ming2X64 watchosDeviceArm64
65. Desugaring Android 13 and java.nio
66. 2023 March
67. Releases March Android 14 Developer Preview Android Studio ATOM Episode 5 GitHub Copilot X Now in Android #78 #79 Fragment 1.5.6 Games 2.0.0 Lifecycle 2.6.1 Media3 1.0.0 ProfileInstaller 1.3.0 RecyclerView 1.3.0 Room 2.5.1 SavedState 1.2.1 Sqlite 2.3.1 Webkit 1.6.1 WorkManager 2.8.1 Activity 1.7.0 Camera 1.2.2 Compose Animation 1.4.0 Compose Compiler 1.4.4 Compose Foundation 1.4.0 Compose Material 1.4.0 Compose Runtime 1.4.0 Compose UI 1.4.0 DrawerLayout 1.2.0 Emoji2 1.3.0
68. GitHub Copilot X
69. 2023 April
70. Releases April Android 14 Beta Android Gradle Plugin Android Studio Activity 1.7.1 Compose Animation 1.4.2 Compose Compiler 1.4.6 Compose Foundation 1.4.2 Compose Material 1.4.2 Compose Runtime 1.4.2 Compose UI 1.4.2 Core Core-Ktx 1.10.0 Core-Splashscreen 1.0.1 Fragment 1.5.7 Games-Activity 2.0.1 Media3 1.0.1 Now in Android #80 #81
73. Charts
74. Conferences (Physical) 2022 July August Chicago Roboto 󰑔 01 August 2022 Chicago, IL, USA September Droidcon New York 󰑔 14 September 2022 New York City, NY, USA October 🤯 DroidKaigi Tokyo 󰏦 Droidcon Turin 󰏢 Droidcon Singapore 󰐵 Droidcon Egypt 󰎺 Android Dev Summit 󰑔 Droidcon London 󰏅 November Android Dev Summit 󰏅 Droidcon Kenya 󰏧 Advanced Kotlin Dev Day 󰐗 GDG DevFest 󰑠 androidstudygroup.github.io/conferences/past December 🎄 Droidcon Berlin 󰎲 05 July 2022 Berlin, Germany
75. Conferences (Physical) 2023 January February FOSDEM 󰎐 04 February 2023 Brussels, Belgium March Apprise Conf 󰐘 23 March 2023 Oslo, Norway April GDG DevFest Pisa 󰏢 KotlinConf Amsterdam 󰐗 Android Makers Paris 󰏃 You are here 📍 May plDroid Warsaw 󰐤 30 May 2023 Warsaw, Poland androidstudygroup.github.io/conferences/past June Droidcon San Fransisco 󰑔 08 June 2023 San Fransisco, CA, USA
76. Conferences (Physical) Upcoming May plDroid Warsaw 󰐤 30 May 2023 Warsaw, Poland June Droidcon San Fransisco 󰑔 08 June 2023 San Fransisco, CA, USA July Droidcon Berlin 󰎲 🎉 05 July 2023 Berlin, Germany August September Droidcon Lisbon 󰐨 🎉 29 September 2023 Lisbon, Portugal androidstudygroup.github.io/conferences October Droidcon Turin 󰏢 🎉 Droidcon London 󰏅 🎉
77. 2022 / 2023 July ‘22 Android Worldwide - 26 Jul ‘22 Women Who Code - 27 Jul ‘22 October ‘22 Android Dev Summit - 24 Oct ‘22 Android Worldwide - 25 Oct ‘22 November ‘22 Android Dev Summit - 09 Nov ‘22 Mobile DevOps Summit - 10 Nov ‘22 January ‘23 Android Worldwide - 31 Jan ‘23 April ‘23 Android Worldwide - 25 Apr ‘23 androidstudygroup.github.io/conferences/online Conferences (Online)
78. blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2023/04/kotlinconf-2023-opening-keynote/
79. blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2023/04/kotlinconf-2023-opening-keynote/ Kotlin Compose UI
80. topic:multiplatform 205 ~82.6k github.com/search language:kotlin &&
81. 60 episodes Podcasts
82. ⬆ 4,000 questions per month
83. > 100 Releases
84. SlackHQ Circuit
85. Coffee Consumption ☕ 9.1M t Mg 1.46M t Mg 500K t Mg 68.7K Kg * 0 Worldwide United States Germany Developers Me * 5.9M (Android Developers) / 7.8B (World Population) x 9.1M t Mg (Worldwide Coffee Consumption) 󰎿 Source: Wolfram Alpha
86. Tea Consumption 🫖 6.2M t Mg 1.6M t Mg 108K t Mg 9.75 Kg Worldwide China UK Me Source: Wolfram Alpha
87. What a Terrible Failure… 2022 - 2023
89. Don’t Panic 👍
90. Something missing? Get in touch!
91. Thanks! Ash Davies - Cat Person Android / Kotlin GDE - Berlin ashdavies@androiddev.social