What's new in Android N

BLRDroid Post IO Meetup : 4th June 2016

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1. What's new in Android 1
2. Hello! I am Brijesh Masrani @ 2 Previously worked at
3. 3 Agenda • Multi-window • Notification • Profile guided compilation • Doze 2.0 • Project Svelte • Data Saver • Quick Settings • Scoped Directory Access • Multilingual Support • JAVA 8 • Misc Features
4. Multi-window 4
5. 1. Split-screen Mode 2. Picture-in-Picture Mode 3. Freeform Mode 5
6. Picture-in-Picture Mode 6
7. Freeform Mode 7
8. How to use on Device? ◦ Recent Apps screen ◦ Long press on recent apps button 8
9. Application Changes • Activity Life Cycle (No changes) • Manifest Attributes ➔ ➔ 9 Drag and Drop across application
10. 10 Layout attributes
11. 11 Running App in Multi-window Mode ◦ ▫ ▫ ◦ ▫ ▫ ▫ ▫ ◦
12. 12 Notification Enhancements
14. 14 • Template updates • Message style customization • Bundled notifications • Direct reply • Custom views New Updates
15. Notification Templates 15 Example M N
16. 16 Set color to Notification
17. Direct Reply 17
18. 18 Service or broadcast
19. 19 Bundled Notifications Notification notif = new NotificationCompat.Builder(mContext) . // Other params .setGroup(GROUP_KEY_EMAILS) .build();
20. 20 Profile Guided Compilation
21. 21 Execution profiles Ahead of time compilation Profile Guided Compilation
22. 22 How it works
24. DOZE 2.0 and App Standby Doze on the Go... 24
25. 25 How Doze works in Marshmallow ?
26. Does it work? 26
27. 27 Doze in Android N
28. Advance Doze 28
29. Project Svelte 29
30. 30 Current Issue
31. 31 Solution
32. CONNECTIVITY_ACTION ACTION_NEW_VIDEO ACTION_NEW_PICTURE 32 Good BYE !!!!!!!
33. JobScheduler 33
34. JobScheduler in Android N 34
35. Alternative of ACTION_NEW_PICTURE and ACTION_NEW_VIDEO 35
36. JobScheduler Example 36
37. Pre- Lollipop?? 37
38. 38 Firebase JobDispatcher Previously known as GcmNetworkManager
39. 39 Firebase Job dispatcher Example Git Repo https://github.com/firebase/firebase- jobdispatcher-android
40. Data Saver 40
41. 41 • Reduce cellular data roaming, near the end of the billing cycle, or on a small prepaid data pack. • Apps should check whether the user has enabled Data Saver and make an effort to limit foreground and background data usage. • Users can whitelist specific apps
42. 42 Quick Settings
43. 43 Quicker Quick Settings
44. 44 Quick Settings Tile API
45. 45 Scoped Directory Access
46. 46 Once the user has granted access, call getContentResolver().takePersistableUriPermssion() with the directory access URI.
47. 47 Supported Java 8 Language Features and APIs
48. 48 ➔ Default and static interface methods ➔ Lambda expressions ➔ Repeatable annotations ➔ Method References Legacy javac toolchain: javac (.java --> .class) --> dx (.class --> .dex) New Jack toolchain: Instant Run won’t support Jack (.java --> .jack --> .dex) Configuring Gradle android { defaultConfig { jackOptions { enabled true } } compileOptions { sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8 targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8 } }
49. Multilingual-Support 49
51. 51 Challenges in Resolving Language Resources
52. Solution 52
53. Misc Features 53
54. 54 ★ VR Support ★ APK Signature Scheme v2 (v2SigningEnabled false) ★ Number Blocking ★ New Emojis (Paint.hasGlyph(String s)) ★ Android TV Recording ★ Direct Boot ★ Display Size (make sure app works on sw320dp) ★ Emergency Contact ★ Quick App Switch
55. 55 Graphics ★ OpenGL™ ES 3.2 API ★ Vulkan API Vulkan is an open standard for 3D graphics and rendering maintained by the Khronos Group. WORK ★ Turn off work ★ Always on VPN ★ Support library announcement ★ Bugs in Top Apps due to N
56. 56 References • Notification :- https://medium.com/exploring- android/android-n-introducing-upgraded-notifications- d4dd98a7ca92#.v8bh74dbz • Google IO Session :- https://t.co/9UJnVOgOgs • API Overview https://developer.android. com/preview/api-overview.html
57. Thanks! ANY QUESTIONS? You can find me at @brijeshmasrani 57