Android Complexity (360 AnDev 2020)

Android development can often feel overwhelming – there’s so, so many things to take care of around a single app. Here’s a brief look at all the things* that an Android developer would have to consider, do, and test for in order to create the theoretically perfect application, to serve as a practical checklist for starting your next Android project.

*definitely still not all the things

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1. Android Complexity
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3. Existing product
   Improve and polish
   New project
   Plan and estimate
   

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4. UX
   

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5. UX
   Accessibility (a11y)
   

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6. UX
   Accessibility (a11y)
   

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7. UX
   Internationalization (i18n)
   Start of week
   Date formats
   String resources
   Right to left
   

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8. UX
   Internationalization (i18n)
   
   
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9. UX
   Internationalization (i18n)
   
   
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   %d songs found.
   
   
   

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10. UX
    Internationalization (i18n)
    

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11. UX
    Animation
    

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12. UX
    Animation
    

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13. UX
    Animation
    

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14. UX
    Animation
    

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15. UX
    Animation
    

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16. UX
    Dark theme
    

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17. UX
    Dark theme
    

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18. Platform
    

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19. Platform
    Restoration
    Configuration changes Process death
    Orientation
    Dark mode
    Language
    Font size
    

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20. Platform
    Screens
    

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21. Platform
    Screens
    

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22. Platform
    Screens
    

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23. Platform
    Screen settings
    

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24. Platform
    Screen settings
    

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25. Platform
    Screen settings
    

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26. Platform
    App shortcuts
    

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27. Platform
    Notifications
    

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28. Platform
    Notifications
    

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29. Platform
    Notifications
    

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30. Platform
    Non-phones
    

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31. Platform
    Non-phones
    

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32. Platform
    Inputs
    

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33. QA
    

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34. QA
    Static analysis
    

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35. QA
    Unit tests
    

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36. QA
    UI tests
    @Test
    fun greeterSaysHello() {
    onView(withId(R.id.name_field)).perform(typeText("Steve"))
    onView(withId(R.id.greet_button)).perform(click())
    onView(withText("Hello Steve!")).check(matches(isDisplayed()))
    }
    

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37. QA
    Performance profiling
    

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38. QA
    APK size
    

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39. Tooling
    

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40. Tooling
    Version control
    

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41. Tooling
    CI/CD
    

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42. Tooling
    Crash reporting
    

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43. Tooling
    Analytics
    

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44. Tooling
    Alternative stores
    Amazon Appstore
    Galaxy Store
    Huawei AppGallery
    

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45. Existing product
    Improve and polish
    New project
    Plan and estimate
    

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46. You don’t have to
    know everything
    

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47. zsmb13
    zsmb.co/talks
    

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48. Android Complexity
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