Rethinking Navigation in Meetup for Android 2.0

We’re refreshing navigation and design patterns across all platforms we support, starting with our Android app.

Join product lead Jimena Almendares, mobile design engineer John Cockrell, and Android engineer Mike Castleman as we talk about our motivations, process, and implementation.

We’ll discuss how we’re making Meetup more consistent across technology platforms while still adhering to the conventions of each platform and—dare we say it?—creating a more beautiful and enjoyable experience in the process.

We’ll also talk specifically about some of the challenges we faced meeting these goals on Android and how we solved them.

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3. Meetups are…
4. The Calgary Astronomy Meetup Group
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6. London Pugs
7. Park Slope Knitting Circle
8. NY Epilepsy Support Network
10. Why Meetup?
13. Members Organizers Search ! Discovery ! Home ! Profiles ! Settings Organizer tools ! Schedule Meetups ! Payments & dues ! Polls ! Sponsorships Meetup groups Public/ Private Message boards Reviews Meetups Comments Photos Emails & notifications
14. Now
15. Activity Growth RSVP’S Topics
16. Mobile Matters Desktop 45% Mobile 52% Tablet 3% Mobile web 14% Android 41% iOS 45%
17. Mobile members 6 months: Android and iOS releases Apple store promo App regs
18. Mobile parity
20. Joins +152%
21. 0%# 20%# 40%# 60%# 80%# 100%# 120%# 0%# 1%# 2%# 3%# 4%# 5%# 6%# 7%# 8%# 9%# 10%# Oct010# Dec010# Feb011# Apr011# Jun011# Aug011# Oct011# Dec011# Feb012# Apr012# Jun012# Aug012# Oct012# Dec012# Feb013# Apr013# Jun013# Aug013# Oct013# 9.5% 8.5% ~6% Mweb iPhone Android Desktop Joins per platform
22. But a problem
24. Why Navigation
36. Why no navigation drawer?
40. events api GET 2/open_events GET 2/concierge GET 2/events POST 2/event GET 2/event/:id POST 2/event/:id DEL 2/event/:id GET 2/event_comments POST 2/event_comment GET 2/event_comment/:id
41. { "stats": { "nearby_events": 3749, "memberships": 35, "upcoming_events": 111 }, "next_event": { "comment_count": 1, "visibility": "public", "status": "upcoming", "maybe_rsvp_count": 0, "venue": { "id": 5429762, "zip": "10012", "lon": -73.996025, "repinned": false, "name": "Meetup HQ - 9th Floor", "state": "NY",
43. Refactoring!!!1!!
44. Demo
45. Where we are going
48. Member based emails & notifications ! Better organizer tools ! Member to member communication ! Social discovery
49. • Rethink what mobile first means for your product • Focus on core functionality • Take the tough decisions
50. Thank you.
51. (P.S. We’re hiring.)
52. Jimena (@jalmendares) John (@sjhcockrell) Mike (@ vermicelli)