[Britt Barak] When your app’s asleep

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1. When your app’s asleep Britt Barak DevFest Ukraine Oct 2017
3. Avg ~2 minutes/day
4. OR 23 hours and 58 minutes unuse
5. Being minded to UX When your app is asleep.
6. Britt Barak Android Lead Android Academy TLV Women Techmakers IL
7. Let’s begin!
8. Notification
9. We love them! 125% higher retention 88% more engagement
10. We hate them! #1 for uninstalls 52% are annoyed
11. How to make users love your notifications?
12. 1. Be relevant How to make users love your notifications?
13. BigPicture(16+) new Notification.BigPictureStyle() setStyle() BigText(16+) new Notification.BigTextStyle()
14. Inbox(16+) new Notification.InboxStyle() setStyle() Messaging(24+) new Notification.MessagingStyle("Me")
15. Media (21+) setStyle()
16. Background Color (26+) "ongoing tasks which are critical for a user to see at a glance" builder.setColor() Understand the context
17. • Progressbar Understand the context
18. • Heads-Up (21+) Understand the context • 25- : ◦ high priority ◦ ringtone / vibration • 26+: high importance channel
20. How does it sort? 26+: NotificationChannel metadata: importance 25-: NotificationCompat.Builder. • setCategory() defines behaviour when device is in Priority mode • setPriority() PRIORITY_MAX / PRIORITY_HIGH + sound / vibration = enables HeadsUp • addPerson()
21. 1. Be relevant 2. Be useful How to make users love your notifications?
22. 2.1. Actions (19+) notificationBuilder.addAction() Be Useful
24. 2.2. Direct reply (24+) Notification.Action.addRemoteInput() Useful notifications
25. 2.4. TimeOut (26+) Useful notifications setTimeoutAfter()
26. 2.5. Snoozing (26+) Useful notifications
27. ...Things got messy
28. 40% opt out 70% reason for uninstall
29. 1. Be relevant 2. Be useful 3. Be focused How to make users love notifications?
30. 1. Bundling (24+) Builder.setGroup() Be focused
31. It wasn’t enough...
32. 2. Channels (26+) Must! Notification.Builder() / setChannelId() Be focused
33. The Power To The Users! • Importance • Sound • Lights • Vibration • Show on lockscreen • Override do not disturb
34. NotificationChannel channel = new NotificationChannel(id, name, importance); channel.setDescription(description); // ... notificationManager .createNotificationChannel(channel);
35. 3. Grouping (26+) Manage channel per account (group) Be focused
36. notificationManager. createNotificationChannelGroup( new NotificationChannelGroup(id, name));
37. 4. Notification Dot / Badge (26+) Be focused
38. 4. Notification Dot / Badge (26+) • channel.setShowBadge() • notificationBuilder.setNumber(); Be focused
39. Launcher Icon
40. Adaptive Icons (26+) Be pretty
41. Background 108 dp = 72 + 18 + 18 dp Must be opaque
42. Foreground 108 dp = 72 + 18 + 18 dp Can have transparency
43. Mask Provided by the OEM
44. Visible icon for the user (72dp) (48dp)
45. Visible icon for the user (72dp) (48dp)
46. Visible icon for the user (72dp) (48dp)
47. Visible icon for the user (72dp) (48dp)
48. <adaptive-icon> <background android:drawable=[drawable|mipmap|color]/> <foreground android:drawable=[drawable|mipmap|color]/> </adaptive-icon> /anydpi-v26/ic_launcher.xml
49. There’s no second chance for first impression
50. 29% close the app immediately if can’t find what they’re looking for
51. App Shortcuts (25+) Be Quick
52. Static Shortcuts
53. AndroidManifest.xml <activity ...> <meta-data android:name="android.app.shortcuts" android:resource="@xml/shortcuts" /> Static Shortcuts
54. shortcuts.xml <shortcut android:shortcutId="..." android:icon="..." android:shortcutShortLabel="..."> <intent ... /> <!-- more intents... --> <categories android:name="android.shortcut.conversation" /> </shortcut> Static Shortcuts
55. Dynamic Shortcuts
56. ShortcutManager shortcutManager = getSystemService(ShortcutManager.class); ShortcutInfo shortcut = new ShortcutInfo.Builder(this, "id1") //... .build(); Dynamic Shortcuts shortcutManager. setDynamicShortcuts(Arrays.asList(shortcut));
57. Pinned Shortcuts (26+) Be Quick
59. Pinned Shortcuts if (shortcutManager.isRequestPinShortcutSupported()) { }
60. Pinned Shortcuts if (shortcutManager.isRequestPinShortcutSupported()) { Intent pinIntent = shortcutManager.createShortcutResultIntent(shortcutInfo); PendingIntent onPinnedIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, 0, pinIntent, 0); }
61. Pinned Shortcuts if (shortcutManager.isRequestPinShortcutSupported()) { Intent pinIntent = shortcutManager.createShortcutResultIntent(shortcutInfo); PendingIntent onPinnedIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, 0, pinIntent, 0); shortcutManager. requestPinShortcut(shortcutInfo, onPinnedIntent.getIntentSender()); }
62. Be Quick 3. Quick Settings Tile (25+)
64. • STATE_ACTIVE • STATE_INACTIVE • STATE_UNAVAILABLE Tile States
65. MyTileService extends TileService { } MyTileService.java
66. • onTileAdded() • onStartListening() • onClick() • onStopListening() • onTileRemoved() Tile Lifecycle → on the Main Thread.
67. @Override public void onStartListening() { Tile tile = getQsTile(); } MyTileService.java
68. @Override public void onStartListening() { Tile tile = getQsTile(); //... tile.setState(Tile.STATE_ACTIVE); tile.updateTile(); } MyTileService.java
69. <service ... android:permission= "android.permission.BIND_QUICK_SETTINGS_TILE"> <intent-filter> <action android:name= "android.service.quicksettings.action.QS_TILE"/> </intent-filter> </service> AndroidManifest.xml
70. What can it do? • showDialog() - adding context to your action. a. b. c. There are some limitations when it comes to a locked device though. When isLocked() returns true, you won’t be able to display a dialog and activities must have set FLAG_SHOW_WHEN_LOCKED to display above the lock screen. The unlockAndRun() method can be used to prompt the user to unlock their device, allowing you to run code (such as displaying a dialog) only after they’ve unlocked their device. startActivityAndCollapse
71. Users must love you on background as much as they do on the foreground
72. Users must love u on the background... - Be relevant - Notifications styles - Be useful - Notification actions & reply - Be focused - Channels - Notif. badge - Be pretty - Adaptive icons - Be quick - Shortcuts - Quick settings tile
73. Get my notes on - @britt.barak Keep in touch! Britt Barak @brittBarak Thank you!
74. Thank You !
75. 2.3. Smart reply (24+, wear) addHistoricMessage(26+) Useful notifications