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…
   

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4. The Calgary Astronomy Meetup Group
   

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   ovem
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   Language$&$Ethnic$
   Food$&$Drinks$
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   Religion$&$Beliefs$
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   Meetup Groups by Topic
   50% of
   groups
   

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6. London Pugs
   

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7. Park Slope Knitting Circle
   

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8. NY Epilepsy Support Network
   

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10. Why Meetup?
    

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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
    

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14. Now
    

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15. Activity Growth
    RSVP’S Topics
    

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16. Mobile Matters
    Desktop
    45%
    Mobile
    52%
    Tablet
    3%
    Mobile web
    14%
    Android
    41%
    iOS
    45%
    

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17. Mobile members
    6 months:
    Android and
    iOS releases
    Apple store
    promo
    App
    regs
    

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18. Mobile parity
    

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20. Joins
    +152%
    

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    Desktop
    Joins per platform
    

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22. But a problem
    

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24. Why Navigation
    

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36. Why no navigation
    drawer?
    

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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
    

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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",
    

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43. Refactoring!!!1!!
    

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44. Demo
    

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45. Where we are going
    

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48. Member based
    emails & notifications
    !
    Better organizer tools
    !
    Member to member
    communication
    !
    Social discovery
    

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49. • Rethink what mobile first
    means for your product
    • Focus on core
    functionality
    • Take the tough decisions
    

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50. Thank you.
    

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51. (P.S. We’re hiring.)
    

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52. Jimena (@jalmendares)
    John (@sjhcockrell)
    Mike (@ vermicelli)
    

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