Android Marshmallow

Android Marshmallow presentation from GDG Devfest Columbia

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1. Android M
2. DREW HEAVNER @r0adkll Lead Android Developer @ 52inc r0adkll
3. ANDROID M WHAT IS ANDROID M? ▸ Marshmallow!!! ▸ Google’s 11th version of Android ▸ An enhancement to Lollipop in every way with improved features, performance, and UI/UX ▸ Who cares!? Give it to me already!
4. ANDROID MARSHMALLOW NEW FEATURES ▸ USB Type-C Support ▸ Now On Tap ▸ Granulated Permission Model ▸ Doze Mode ▸ Official Fingerprint Support
5. ANDROID MARSHMALLOW NOW ON TAP ▸ Deep context-aware searching ▸ Press and hold the home button ▸ Can use ANYWHERE on the device whether your in Chrome, Messaging, or Play Music ▸ No work from developers, it just works. ▸ Dark Magic…err…I mean machine learning
6. ANDROID MARSHMALLOW CHROME CUSTOM TABS ▸ Evolution of web views ▸ Full Chrome experience without leaving your application. ▸ Access to Chrome’s features ▸ Automatic Sign-In ▸ Saved passwords ▸ Form autofill ▸ Multi-process security
7. ANDROID MARSHMALLOW GRANULAR PERMISSION MODEL ▸ No longer presented with laundry list of permissions at install ▸ Ask for permissions at runtime when they are needed. ▸ Streamlines the update process for users
8. ANDROID MARSHMALLOW DOZE MODE ▸ Power-saving optimizations for idle devices and apps ▸ Triggers when a device is unplugged, stationary, with screen off ▸ ‘Deep Sleep`, in this mode everything is put to sleep, i.e.; networking and background jobs. ▸ Exponential wakes itself back up to run tasks to keep it semi- fresh ▸ GCM is the only thing, other than picking the device up, that can wake it
9. ANDROID MARSHMALLOW APP STANDBY ▸ Like Doze mode, but more localized for apps. ▸ System suspends applications that haven’t been touched in a while ▸ Except…. ▸ The user explicitly launches the app ▸ App has an Activity, or foreground Service running ▸ App generates a notification
10. ANDROID MARSHMALLOW FINGERPRINT SUPPORT ▸ Official support for fingerprint readers. ▸ Looking at you Samsung! ▸ Use in conjunction with Android’s Keystore for enhanced security ▸ New permission: android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT
11. ANDROID MARSHMALLOW AUTO-BACKUP FOR APPS ▸ Automatic full backup and restoration ▸ Target Android 6.0, and add android:allowBackup=“true” ▸ Conditions: ▸ Device is idle ▸ Device is charging ▸ Connected to WIFI ▸ 24hours since last backup
12. ANDROID MARSHMALLOW DIRECT SHARING ▸ Share content to targets, such as contacts, within other apps ▸ Instead of bluntly sharing to an app. Share to content within an app.
13. ANDROID MARSHMALLOW VOICE INTERACTIONS ▸ Voice Actions ▸ Allows you to define actions for your app that can be executed from the Voice Commands (i.e.; “Ok Google…”) ▸ Adds a whole other level of user interaction to your app.
14. ANDROID MARSHMALLOW ANDROID FOR WORK ▸ Enhanced controls for Corporate-Owned, Single-Use devices ▸ Silent app install/uninstalls ▸ Auto-Accept system updates ▸ Data usage tracking ▸ Permission management ▸ Work status notification
15. ANDROID MARSHMALLOW FLASHLIGHT API ▸ Official Flashlight API + First party support ▸ No more need for sketchy, privacy stealing, flashlight apps
16. QUESTIONS
17. DREW HEAVNER @r0adkll Lead Android Developer r0adkll