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
2. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID? AGENDA ▸ What this is and not ▸ Nougat! ▸ Developer Tools
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
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
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!!!!
6. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID? MULTI WINDOW SPLIT SCREEN
7. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID? MULTI WINDOW SIDE-BY-SIDE
8. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID? MULTI WINDOW ▸ demo!
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
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
11. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID? MULTI WINDOW <activity android:name=".KoolActivity"> <layout android:defaultHeight="500dp" android:defaultWidth="600dp" android:gravity="top|end" android:minHeight="450dp" android:minWidth="300dp" /> </activity>
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
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
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()
15. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID? WORK ▸ Work mode toggle ▸ VPN stays on ▸ Customized provisioning, get those corporate logos and colors!
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()
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;
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
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
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!
21. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID? APP SHORTCUTS ▸ API 25! yes, 7.1…Nougat.1? ▸ Long press = deep links ▸ Static or dynamic
22. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID? EMOJI!!!!!!! ▸ eemohjeeeeee! ▸ Unicode 9 support ▸ Image keyboard support updates ▸ Skin tone choice support
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
24. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID? NOTIFICATIONS - BUNDLED
25. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID? QUICK SETTINGS ▸ Google follows device manufactures ▸ Exposed to developers! ▸ Use for frequently used actions in your app ▸ TileService
26. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID? QUICK SETTINGS <SERVICE ANDROID:NAME=".MYTILESERVICE" ANDROID:ICON="@DRAWABLE/MY_TILE_ICON" ANDROID:LABEL=“@STRING/MY_TILE_LABEL" ANDROID:PERMISSION="ANDROID.PERMISSION.BIND_QUICK_SE TTINGS_TILE"> <INTENT-FILTER> <ACTION ANDROID:NAME="ANDROID.SERVICE.QUICKSETTINGS.ACTION. QS_TILE" /> </INTENT-FILTER> </SERVICE>
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
28. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID? GRAPHICS ▸ New Vulcan Graphics API ▸ Implementation of the Khronos Group API ▸ low-overhead, high performance, 3-D
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
30. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID? ANDROID STUDIO - APK ANALYZER
31. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID? CIRCLES! ▸ Circular launcher icons ▸ New tool for these too ▸ Having a tool is so official
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
33. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID? ANDROID STUDIO - MERGED MANIFEST VIEWER
34. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID? ANDROID STUDIO - FIREBASE PLUGIN
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!
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
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
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
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!
40. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID? APP COMPAT MATERIAL ▸ Bottom Sheets! ▸ Modal ▸ Dismissible
41. WHATS NEW IN ANDROID? APP COMPATIBLE MATERIAL ▸ Bottom Sheets! ▸ Persistent ▸ Min height, yet draggable
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