What's New from Google I/O 2017

Created and presented by Dave Jones, Dave Taylor and Scott Alexander-Bown at SWmobile's June meetup.

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1. Dave.J, Dave.T and Scott.AB
   

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2. Dave.J’s Bit
   

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3. Android Architecture Components
   New collection of libraries for building
   better apps
   Lifecycle Components: Managing Activity &
   Fragment Lifecycles
   LiveData & ViewModel
   Room
   I/O introductory session:
   youtu.be/FrteWKKVyzI
   Blog:
   goo.gl/SeQHda
   More Info:
   d.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture
   

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4. Google Play Services & Support Libraries
   Play Services v11
   ● SafetyNetClient
   ● Instant Apps
   ● Nearby
   ● Location
   ● Cast SDK v3
   ● SmsRetriever
   What’s new in Android I/O:
   youtu.be/1N9KveJ-FU8
   Play Services Release Notes:
   goo.gl/3EnW7G
   Support Library Release Notes
   goo.gl/ponkHZ
   Support Library v26 (Beta)
   ● Define fonts in layout XML
   ● Downloadable fonts
   ● Autosizing TextView
   ● Physics-based animations
   ● Emoji Compatibility Library
   ● Google Maven repository
   

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5. Chromebook
   Chrome OS support for both Android & Google
   Play Store (still in Beta)
   Apps need to target at least Nougat (24) &
   support resizing
   Beta Emulator coming soon
   I/O session:
   youtu.be/v6QH89i4YCI
   Beta Early Access:
   goo.gl/Q8ptkZ
   More Info:
   d.android.com/topic/arc
   

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6. Dave.T’s Bit
   

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7. KOTLIN WAS BIG
   Kotlin has Google’s love
   JetBrains and Google to make a Foundation
   (for independance)
   Android Studio 3.0 has native support
   Introduces some questions on best practice
   Official site
   https://kotlinlang.org/
   Intro to talk
   https://youtu.be/X1RVYt2QKQE
   Everything will be fine
   https://youtu.be/fPzxfeDJDzY
   

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8. Android things
   Developer Preview 4(.1) released
   Google IoT Core web service
   Reference hardware (SoMs) released
   Provisioning library to come (‘Smart Setup’)
   Paul Blundell (GDE) coming next time to discuss in detail
   Official site
   https://developer.android.com/
   things
   What’s New in IoT
   https://youtu.be/Or1uzno8d20
   Device Production for Everyone
   https://youtu.be/sjpNek_7z-I
   

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9. Project tango and daydream
   Daydream (VR) comes to more devices
   including the S8
   Tango gets better and smaller
   VPS (Visual Positioning Service)
   cm^3 accuracy in ‘Mall sized’ volumes
   Coming to Google Lens?
   What’s new in Tango
   https://youtu.be/BOrg2oc3-rQ
   

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10. Scott’s Bit
    

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11. Mobile Web
    PWA - Progressive Web Apps
    AMP - Accelerated Mobile Pages
    Polymer 2.0
    The Mobile Web: State of the Union
    https://youtu.be/_ssDaecATCM
    Progressive Web AMPs
    https://youtu.be/xF6mjl-wOqU
    

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12. Flutter
    Cross platform mobile development using Dart
    Customisable, natural look&feel for Android and iOS
    Hot reload
    Single Codebase, Two Apps with Flutter and
    Firebase https://youtu.be/w2TcYP8qiRI
    Prototyping to Production: Bridging the Gap with a
    Common Tool https://youtu.be/BJCqRpvvTrM
    

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13. Google Assistant
    On any device via the Assistant SDK (including iOS)
    Actions for Google Assistant no longer limited to Home
    Voice powered Mocktail mixer ->
    Building Apps for the Google Assistant
    https://youtu.be/Y26vvxCb3zE
    What's Possible with Cloud Functions for Firebase
    https://youtu.be/G-MBeEW92v4
    

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14. Thanks for listening!
    Questions?
    

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