What's New in Android

Android N, now known as Nougat, was announced this past spring at Google IO 2016. Drop in to hear a rundown of all the new and exciting features that you as a developer can take advantage of in the new Nougat release. From the new split window feature to Java 8 feature support, there are some exciting topics to cover. We will also cover the latest in build tools: Android Studio, Jack and Jill, and Gradle plugins.

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1. WHAT’S NEW IN
   ANDROID?
   DOUGLAS KNUDSEN
   @DOUGLASKNUDSEN EVERYWHERE
   

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2. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
   AGENDA
   ▸ What this is and not
   ▸ Nougat!
   ▸ Developer Tools
   

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3. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
   MULTI LOCALE
   ▸ Users can choose multiple locales on device
   ▸ Prioritized
   ▸ Gives multi-lingual users better chance at using your app
   

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4. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
   MULTI LOCALE
   ▸ Developers have new API LocaleList such as
   getDefault()
   ▸ Developers can use this to customize UIs, such as
   providing data results in two languages or not offering to
   translate a known language
   

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5. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
   MULTI LOCALE
   ▸ Developers should prefer formatters even for static
   content.
   ▸ format(locale, "Choose a %d-digit PIN", 4)
   ▸ Android 7.0 and higher includes support for 27 Arabic
   locales!!!!
   

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6. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
   MULTI WINDOW
   SPLIT SCREEN
   

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7. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
   MULTI WINDOW SIDE-BY-SIDE
   

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8. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
   MULTI WINDOW
   ▸ demo!
   

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9. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
   MULTI WINDOW
   ▸ Apps can opt in/out and set minimum sizes
   ▸ Apps should ‘just work’ since we are all pros :)
   ▸ Apps can open new activities in multi-window
   ▸ Drag and drop API is updated to allow functionality across
   windows
   ▸ Developers need make use of onStart() and onStop()
   since app can still be visible after onPause() fires
   

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10. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    MULTI WINDOW
    ▸ For API < 24, if no fixed orientation, your app is multi-
    window
    ▸ Can set at Application or Activity level
    android:resizeableActivity
    ▸ Use android:supportsPictureInPicture for
    LeanBack APIs
    

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11. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    MULTI WINDOW
    
    android:defaultWidth="600dp"
    android:gravity="top|end"
    android:minHeight="450dp"
    android:minWidth="300dp" />
    
    

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12. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    DOZE ALL THE TIME
    ▸ Introduced in Android M aka 6.0 aka Marshmallow aka API 23
    ▸ Now full time, screen off for a time
    ▸ If stationary for a time, goes full on
    

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13. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    DOZE ALL THE TIME
    ▸ When full doze is on, network is restricted, wake locks
    ignored, no JobScheduler, and no AlarmManager
    alarms. ( setAlarmClock() fires normally )
    ▸ During partial doze, these are all queued
    ▸ Consumers can be involved in whitelisting
    

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14. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    PROJECT SVELTE…RICO
    ▸ Implicit CONNECTIVITY_ACTION broadcasts are not
    received
    ▸ Developers can use CONNECTIVITY_CHANGE still
    ▸ ACTION_NEW_PICTURE and ACTION_NEW_VIDEO are no
    longer delivered
    ▸ Developers need to use JobScheduler API.
    ▸ Future Android SDK may even remove startService()
    

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15. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    WORK
    ▸ Work mode toggle
    ▸ VPN stays on
    ▸ Customized provisioning, get those corporate logos and
    colors!
    

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16. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    JAVA 8
    ▸ Default interface methods
    public interface Fruity {
    default void pickMe(){
    System.out.println("Calling Fruity.pickMe())");
    }
    }
    public class Zurple implements Fruity {}
    Zurple zurple = new Zurple();
    zurple.pickMe(); //Calling Fruity.pickMe()
    

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17. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    JAVA 8
    ▸ Lamba and Method expressions! ( < 24 )
    TextView textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text_view);
    textView.setOnLongClickListener(v -> System.out.println("Long Click"));
    ▸ Repeatable Annotations
    @Custom(foo = 45)
    @Custom(foo = 99, goo = 42)
    public Goo foo;
    

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18. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    JAVA 8
    ▸ java.util.function and java.util.stream
    myList.stream()
    .filter(s -s.startsWith(“c”))
    .map(String::toUpperCase)
    .sorted()
    .forEach(System.out::println);
    ▸ ICU4J (partially)
    ▸ All this requires Jack
    

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19. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    JACK AND JILL
    ▸ Jack is the new compiler toolchain - Java Android
    Compiler Kit
    ▸ Replaces javac, jarjar, dx, and ProGuard
    ▸ Faster and OSS and Java 8
    ▸ Jill moves existing jar files into the new format for Jack -
    Java Intermediate Library Linker
    

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20. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    JIT, JIT, THE JIT IS BACK
    ▸ JIT is back and mixed in with AOT inside ART
    ▸ Remember AOT?
    note seamless upgrades!
    

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21. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    APP SHORTCUTS
    ▸ API 25! yes, 7.1…Nougat.1?
    ▸ Long press = deep links
    ▸ Static or dynamic
    

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22. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    EMOJI!!!!!!!
    ▸ eemohjeeeeee!
    ▸ Unicode 9 support
    ▸ Image keyboard support updates
    ▸ Skin tone choice support
    

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23. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    NOTIFICATIONS
    ▸ Updated…again
    ▸ Actionable…direct reply RemoteInput API
    ▸ Bundled…gather by topic
    ▸ Custom views…bit more control
    ▸ Peeking…into groups
    

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24. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    NOTIFICATIONS - BUNDLED
    

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25. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    QUICK SETTINGS
    ▸ Google follows device
    manufactures
    ▸ Exposed to developers!
    ▸ Use for frequently used
    actions in your app
    ▸ TileService
    

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26. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    QUICK SETTINGS
    ANDROID:NAME=".MYTILESERVICE"
    ANDROID:ICON="@DRAWABLE/MY_TILE_ICON"
    ANDROID:LABEL=“@STRING/MY_TILE_LABEL"
    ANDROID:PERMISSION="ANDROID.PERMISSION.BIND_QUICK_SE
    TTINGS_TILE">
    
    ANDROID:NAME="ANDROID.SERVICE.QUICKSETTINGS.ACTION.
    QS_TILE" />
    
    
    

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27. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    INSTANT APPS
    ▸ Just Google it!
    ▸ And they will run it!
    ▸ No extra code
    ▸ Provided your code is modular
    ▸ Sign up for the early fun
    

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28. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    GRAPHICS
    ▸ New Vulcan Graphics API
    ▸ Implementation of the Khronos Group API
    ▸ low-overhead, high performance, 3-D
    

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29. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    ANDROID STUDIO
    ▸ 2.2 is here, its a big dot!
    ▸ Layout Editor and Inspector
    ▸ Constraint Layout
    ▸ Better C++/NDK support
    ▸ Last IntelliJ base from June
    ▸ PSD import to Vector Drawables
    

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30. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    ANDROID STUDIO - APK ANALYZER
    

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31. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    CIRCLES!
    ▸ Circular launcher icons
    ▸ New tool for these too
    ▸ Having a tool is so official
    

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32. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    ANDROID STUDIO
    ▸ Java 8 support, actually ships with Java 8 runtime
    ▸ Updated emulators…finally fast
    ▸ More instant run improvements
    ▸ Espresso Test Recorder
    

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33. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    ANDROID STUDIO - MERGED MANIFEST VIEWER
    

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34. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    ANDROID STUDIO - FIREBASE PLUGIN
    

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35. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    CONSTRAINT LAYOUTS
    ▸ Responsive UI layouts in a ‘flat’ setup
    ▸ New layout engine and tooling in Android Studio 2.2
    ▸ Similar to RelativeLayout, but more goodies
    ▸ compile
    ‘com.android.support.constraint:constraint-
    layout:1.0.0’
    ▸ Backward compatible to 2.3! Gingerbread!
    

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36. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    CONSTRAINT LAYOUTS
    ▸ go to demo
    ▸ demo layout editor, constraints, and espresso test recorder
    ▸ espresso video back up plan https://youtu.be/
    1GOnfXdWvTM?t=27
    

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37. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    APP COMPAT APIS
    ▸ Password visibility toggle
    ▸ Custom Tabs support for Instant Apps ( inception! )
    ▸ New getDrawable() version to load Vector Drawables
    ▸ A new DiffUtil to determine differences in Collections
    and notify UIs
    

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38. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    APP COMPAT V4
    ▸ NotificationCompat.MessagingStyle For those fancy
    threaded looking notifications
    ▸ NotificationManagerCompat.areNotificationsEnabl
    ed() and getImportance() Now we can tell if the user
    turned off notifications for our app. Also, is this important to
    the user?
    ▸ Library split! Much like v7 and others, can use a subset now
    ▸ Drop support of API 9 and lower. No more Froyo, Ginger,
    Eclair, etc
    

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39. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    APP COMPAT V7
    ▸ Vector support in DrawableContainers…so
    StateListDrawables
    ▸ Night Mode! Day and Night themes, can use GPS to auto-
    update these
    ▸ VectorDrawableCompat and
    AnimatedVectorDrawableCompat added, yes, animated
    vectors Victor!
    

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40. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    APP COMPAT MATERIAL
    ▸ Bottom Sheets!
    ▸ Modal
    ▸ Dismissible
    

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41. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    APP COMPATIBLE MATERIAL
    ▸ Bottom Sheets!
    ▸ Persistent
    ▸ Min height, yet draggable
    

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42. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID?
    RESOURCES
    ▸ Android Dialogs https://www.youtube.com/channel/
    UCMEmNnHT69aZuaOrE-dF6ug
    ▸ Fragmented Podcast http://fragmentedpodcast.com/
    ▸ Android Backstage http://androidbackstage.blogspot.com/
    ▸ https://developers.googleblog.com/
    ▸ https://medium.com/exploring-android/exploring-the-new-
    android-constraintlayout-eed37fe8d8f1#.x6rtenlov
    

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