Think of the next billion users: Building for Low End devices

Approximately half of the world's s population is not connected to the internet. Of this number, it's projected that most of them will use low end devices to come online for the first time. I have spent a large portion of the last 6years enabling low end users get online and app developers and companies In this talk we delve into: 1. considerations in developing your Android applications for low end users. 2. How to deal with slow or poor internet. 3. Performance issues in low end devices and solve for them. 4. Coding for low end devices- a general overview . At the end of this talk, attendees will leave with the knowledge of how to build for low end devices for the next billion users.

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1. Think of the next billion users: Building for Low End devices Frank Tamre @tamrefrank Labtechnician EarlyCamp
2. - @devfestRV Android254 KotlinKenya
3. Raise your hand if…
4. Understand the audience Considerations
5. Understand the audience
6. 7.4Billion+
7. ~50%
8. Emerging markets Africa Asia South America
9. Not online
10. Mobile First
11. Network Connectivity 4G3G
12. 2G Edge Network Connectivity
13. $25 - $80 Cost
14. Low Storage
15. Low Memory
16. Hand Me downs
17. Small screens
18. Don’t receive Updates
19. Financial decisions
20. Dual Sim-Cards
21. Hand Me-Downs
22. Uses
23. Entertainment Communication Utility
24. Decisions & Developer Considerations
25. Cache Mechanism
26. Using NetworkCallback class >>android.net.ConnectivityManager.NetworkCallback for network changes
27. android.net.ConnectivityManager To answer queries about the state of network connectivity. Also notifies applications when network connectivity changes.
28. Render pipeline
29. Memory Leaks
30. NDK :performance intensive tasks
31. Size of App
32. Frank Tamre @tamrefrank Thank You