Developing for Android & Large Screens: Android DevSummit 2018

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1. Android & Large Screens Kenneth Ford, Google @KennethFSWE
2. • Portrait first • Touch first • Full Screen first • Portrait & Landscape • Larger Screens • Different medium brings more focuses • Landscape first • Window resizing & Multi-window environments • New 1st class input methods
3. What to focus on? Design Window Management Tooling
4. Design
5. Design • Think about larger screens again!
9. Design • Think about larger screens again! • Build layouts for both orientations
10. Design • Think about larger screens again! • Build layouts for both orientations ◦ Not all platforms are portrait first
11. Design • Think about larger screens again! • Build layouts for both orientations ◦ Not all platforms are portrait first • Design for input mediums other than touch
12. Design • Think about larger screens again! • Build layouts for both orientations ◦ Not all platforms are portrait first • Design for input mediums other than touch ◦ UX patterns are different for non-touch devices
13. yourView.setOnContextClickListener { //context-click action }
14. yourView.setOnContextClickListener { //context-click action } yourView.setOnHoverListener{ view, motionEvent -> when (motionEvent.actionMasked) { MotionEvent.ACTION_HOVER_ENTER -> { //UI Change } MotionEvent.ACTION_HOVER_EXIT -> { //revert } ... } }
15. Design • Think about larger screens again! • Build layouts for both orientations ◦ Not all platforms are portrait first • Design for input mediums other than touch ◦ UX patterns are different for non-touch devices • How would your users expect your app to behave?
16. Window Management
17. Window Management • No running from rotation!
19. Window Management • No running from rotation! • Configuration changes are more important than ever
20. Window Management • No running from rotation! • Configuration changes are more important than ever ◦ Resizing & Multi-window bring new challenges
22. Window Management • No running from rotation! • Configuration changes are more important than ever ◦ Resizing & Multi-window bring new challenges ◦ Jetpack helps with this!
23. Window Management • No running from rotation! • Configuration changes are more important than ever ◦ Resizing & Multi-window bring new challenges ◦ Jetpack helps with this! • Your app will not always be in focus
24. Window Management • No running from rotation! • Configuration changes are more important than ever ◦ Resizing & Multi-window bring new challenges ◦ Jetpack helps with this! • Your app will not always be in focus ◦ Make sure that content is still visible/playing even if you’re not the focused app
25. Window Management • No running from rotation! • Configuration changes are more important than ever ◦ Resizing & Multi-window bring new challenges ◦ Jetpack helps with this! • Your app will not always be in focus ◦ Make sure that content is still visible/playing even if you’re not the focused app • Take advantage of the features on these different platforms!
26. Window Management • No running from rotation! • Configuration changes are more important than ever ◦ Resizing & Multi-window bring new challenges ◦ Jetpack helps with this! • Your app will not always be in focus ◦ Make sure that content is still visible/playing even if you’re not the focused app • Take advantage of the features on these different platforms! ◦ Drag and Drop
27. Window Management • No running from rotation! • Configuration changes are more important than ever ◦ Resizing & Multi-window bring new challenges ◦ Jetpack helps with this! • Your app will not always be in focus ◦ Make sure that content is still visible/playing even if you’re not the focused app • Take advantage of the features on these different platforms! ◦ Drag and Drop ◦ Stylus & other input capabilities
28. This is great and all... but how do we *actually* build for this
29. Tooling
30. Tooling • Android Studio Integrations ◦ Lint additions coming soon ◦ More to come! • Chrome OS Emulator ◦ Preview • ADB over USB ◦ HP Chromebook X2 & Pixelbook ◦ Others require ADB over Wifi • Android Studio on Chrome OS
31. Android is always evolving Make sure your app is too
32. Thank you! Kenneth Ford, Google @KennethFSWE Have questions? Head to the Speaker Q&A area at the next break.