Keeping up with Modern Android Development

Talk presented at the Google DevFest Inspire 2021.

The talk was to share updates and what's new in Android development and how to keep your app up to date and how to stay up to date with new trends.

https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-developer-ecosystem-europe-team-presents-devfest-inspire/

Transcript

1. Keeping Up With Modern Android Development Segun Famisa Google Developers Expert for Android [Location]
2. introduction
3. OS version changes
4. types of OS changes
5. types of OS changes • new features • behaviour changes - all apps • behaviour changes - apps targeting the OS version
7. targeting an OS version
8. targeting an OS version minSdkVersion compileSdkVersion targetSdkVersion minimum possible version supported by the app google play uses this to know which devices can install the app used only in compiling and building the app. caution: always check OS version in code before using new APIs. allows you to “opt in” to the changes in the version. ideally, this would be the OS version your app officially “supports”
9. targeting an OS version
10. https://developer.android.com/about/versions/12/behavior-changes-12
12. release lifecycle & timeline
13. release lifecycle & timeline OS releases have a regular timeline
14. release lifecycle & timeline OS releases have a regular timeline
15. release lifecycle & timeline OS releases have a regular timeline This means you can plan ahead!
16. new libraries & tools
17. android studio/build updates • new inspectors - database inspector, layout inspector, workmanager inspector • android studio build analyzer (AGP 4.0+) • android gradle plugin support for Java 11 source. See https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/gradle-plugin for more
18. architecture components • dependency injection ◦ hilt • lifecycle-aware components ◦ livedata ◦ viewmodel • navigation...etc
19. data • datastore ◦ more efficient alternative shared preference • room • workmanager • paging
20. performance • benchmark ◦ micro ◦ macro • tracing • app startup ◦ for initializing dependencies at app startup.
21. ui • material you ◦ your apps running S+ can allow user-generated palette. • jetpack compose ◦ declarative UI tool ◦ replaces the traditional view system
22. how to stay up to date?
23. community resources • android weekly - https://androidweekly.net/ • kotlin weekly
24. • official courses - https://developer.android.com/courses • compose pathway - https://developer.android.com/courses/pathways/compose • android developers backstage - https://adbackstage.libsyn.com/ • codelabs - https://codelabs.developers.google.com/?cat=android • android developers youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/AndroidDevelopers official resources
25. thank you for listening!