Google I/O 2015 Recap - AndroidListener Chicago, June 2015

A high level overview of what was announced at this year's Google I/O. Links at the end!

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1. Google I/O Android Recap (nyuk nyuk nyuk) Ellen Shapiro AndroidListener Chicago, June 2015
2. Android OS Updates
3. M Developer Preview — Milkshake iconography has been spotted — Now On Tap: Use Google Now within an app — iOS-like permissions — Doze device management — USB-C support — Nexus 5, 6, 9 and Nexus Player in Q3 2015.
4. Google Now On Tap — Allows contextual searches within an app, which can take you to another app — Doesn't really require a lot of work on the developer side once App Indexing is implemented.
5. App Indexing — Indexes app content onto Google like it was a website — Powers most of Google Now integration — Both Android AND iOS — Apple announced Deep Links a few weeks later, which is a very similar concept.
6. New Permissions Model — Users can grant, deny, or revoke individual permissions at will, like in iOS — App is NOT notified when a given permission is granted or revoked — Only in M - older devices permissions are still all or nothing
7. Apple Pay + Security — Pay will work back to KitKat — FingerprintDialog and ConfirmCredential classes to use some kind of device credential to confirm user before performing an action. — Hardware Standardization? ¯\_(
   )_/¯ — Wallet is transitioning to P2P payments, not going away
8. Apple Android Pay + Security — Pay will work back to KitKat — FingerprintDialog and ConfirmCredential classes to use some kind of device credential to confirm user before performing an action. — Hardware Standardization? ¯\_(
   )_/¯ — Wallet is transitioning to P2P payments, not going away
9. App Invites — SDK to allow users to send their google contacts invites to use your app — Easily create personalized onboarding for people who enter through an invite
10. Developer Ecosystem Updates
11. Build Tools Updates — Improved Gradle build times in Android Studio — Allows for caching, parallelization, and incremental builds — New Memory Profiler — @WorkerThread annotation will have compiler check for code that should only be used on the main thread
12. Cloud Test Lab — Based on acquisition of Appurify — Can run either user-written tests or "robot app crawlers" to find defects — Will allow you to run tests on either real or virtual devices — Web or Command Line interface — "Coming later this summer."
13. Data Bindings — Add data nodes to your XML to tie UI elements to specific variables. — When variable updates, UI will update — Looks much more useful for displaying info than for making it editable. — Support library means this will work back to API 7
14. Design Support Library — Gives devs the tools to use Material Design everywhere — Collapsing Toolbars, Floating Action Buttons, Snackbars, Floating EditText Labels, and way more — Stick around for Josh's talk!
15. Android-Related stuff from the Department of Bonkers Shit (aka Advanced Technology And Products)
16. Project Brillo/Weave Protocol — Brillo: Operating system for the Internet of Things™ — Designed to run on wee tiny devices — Partnership between Android team and Nest team — Weave: Open protocol for compatibility across manufacturers. — Ex: Turn on your oven from any device conforming to protocol - phone from any manufacturer, your TV, etc.
17. Project Tango — Hardware prototype that allows hardware to "see how we see" — Combines VR, AR, and 3-D Mapping into a single model — Example applications include indoor wayfinding, helping blind people navigate new spaces, "window on a virtual world" apps — You can apply for a dev kit
18. Project Soli — Miniaturized radar to allow gesture-based control without touching a device — Takes signals from radar and then translates them into gestures — All in a chip smaller than your fingernail.
19. Other Assorted Updates — NDK: Now with complete C/C++ support (and debugging in Android Studio) — Android Wear: "Always On" mode for stuff like directions/maps — Cardboard: Up to 6" phones, works with iOS too(!) — GCM: Easily send push to all of a single user's devices — Partnered with Udacity to offer an Android Nanodegree™
20. DEMO
21. Question Time!
22. Links Galore! — Now On Tap: http://insidesearch.blogspot.com/ 2015/05/now-on-tap.html, App Indexing: https:// developers.google.com/app-indexing/ — Android Pay: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Qxet1VdpOQ4 — Design Support Library: http://android- developers.blogspot.com/2015/05/android-design- support-library.html
23. Links Galore 2: Electric Boogaloo! — Project Brillo: https://developers.google.com/brillo/ — Project Tango: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Qe10ExwzCqk — Project Soli: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=0QNiZfSsPc0 — 2015 I/O Videos: https://events.google.com/io2015/ videos