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 Márton Braun zsmb.co zsmb13
3. Existing product Improve and polish New project Plan and estimate
4. UX
5. UX Accessibility (a11y)
6. UX Accessibility (a11y)
7. UX Internationalization (i18n) Start of week Date formats String resources Right to left
8. UX Internationalization (i18n) <resources> <plurals name="numberOfSongsAvailable"> <item quantity="one">%d song found.</item> <item quantity="other">%d songs found.</item> </plurals> </resources>
9. UX Internationalization (i18n) <resources> <plurals name="numberOfSongsAvailable"> <item quantity="one">%d song found.</item> <item quantity="other">%d songs found.</item> </plurals> </resources>
10. UX Internationalization (i18n)
11. UX Animation
12. UX Animation
13. UX Animation
14. UX Animation
15. UX Animation
16. UX Dark theme
17. UX Dark theme
18. Platform
19. Platform Restoration Configuration changes Process death Orientation Dark mode Language Font size
20. Platform Screens
21. Platform Screens
22. Platform Screens
23. Platform Screen settings
24. Platform Screen settings
25. Platform Screen settings
26. Platform App shortcuts
27. Platform Notifications
28. Platform Notifications
29. Platform Notifications
30. Platform Non-phones
31. Platform Non-phones
32. Platform Inputs
33. QA
34. QA Static analysis
35. QA Unit tests
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())) }
37. QA Performance profiling
38. QA APK size
39. Tooling
40. Tooling Version control
41. Tooling CI/CD
42. Tooling Crash reporting
43. Tooling Analytics
44. Tooling Alternative stores Amazon Appstore Galaxy Store Huawei AppGallery
45. Existing product Improve and polish New project Plan and estimate
46. You don’t have to know everything
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