Android Dev Summit 2019
This part is especially for Android developers. I’ll skip the keynote here but I think you should start watching talks from ADS from the keynote to have a better overview.
If you are an Android Developer, make sure to watch these:
- Jetpack Compose – I think everyone is following this topic and if you are an Android developer you should know it’s the future. It’s good to know about upcoming changes here.
- Preparing for Scoped Storage – This is a really big change in Android. I’m not sure why it is ignored by many Android developers. Make sure to watch this video and think how you should change your app to be ready for this. In my opinion, it’s one of the biggest changes coming to Android.
- LiveData with Coroutines and Flow – I feel Flow will be a trending topic on Android’s dev conferences.
- Motion Layout – Make sure to watch this session (“What’s New in Android Studio Design Tools”). I think this is huge!
- Understanding Compose – Interesting, deep technical talk. It can be a game changer and we’ll see more talks about it on Android conferences.
- Developing Themes with Style – Crash course in themes and styles. Made by Nick Butcher and Chris Banes – you know it’s gonna be good.
- What’s new in Android Studio 4.x – I think it’s important to watch this session to see what new tools you’ll get.
- An Opinionated Guide to Dependency Injection on Android – Learn here what’s the future of DI in Android and why you should still stick with Dagger.
- Fragments: Past, Present, and Future – More changes coming to Fragments. Be sure to watch it.
I was also pleasantly surprised with these talks:
- Android Studio: Debugging Tips n’ Tricks – See this talk and see how many features related to debugging you missed.
- Fireside Chat moderated by Chet – For me, it’s like a keynote, something you need to watch.
Report bug, use official issue tracker
This is something I also learned there. Google is listening to your feedback and there’s no better way of reporting it than the official issue tracker.
If you think they are not reading it – you are wrong! It’s reporting issues on Twitter that is not working.
Android Auto / Android for Cars
I was looking forward to seeing some news regarding Android Auto / Android for Cars. Unfortunately, no news here. There was no Android Auto team present. There was only the Android for Cars team presenting the latest version of Android for Cars in the Volvo XC40. Still, the platform is closed for third-party apps (other than multimedia and instant messaging).
You can see a short presentation here: How to Build Media Apps for Cars (Android Dev Summit ’19)
Some photos from the event
