Modern Android Development #AskAndroid

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Live Q&A asserts Compose is the present for new apps and learning, with Compose-for-TV in alpha and Wear Compose stable; Navigation Compose already handles App Actions deep links. Baseline profiles ship for Compose and many AndroidX libraries and improve startup; Glance targets glancable widgets for large screens. Tools discussed: Robolectric for host UI tests, Paparazzi for screenshots (limited by API 33), unmanaged virtual devices for CI. Compose tracing surfaces unwanted recompositions for performance fixes.

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1. 0:00Modern Android Development welcome
2. 0:42Compose future for Android
3. 2:05Learning curve for native Android
4. 4:38UI testing with Compose
5. 6:20Compose compiler state reads
6. 8:09Glance framework overview
7. 9:11Baseline profiles for Compose
8. 10:40ViewModel context best practices
9. 13:26Compose UI tests without devices
10. 15:15App Actions in Compose
11. 15:58Compose for TV and Automotive
12. 17:22Compose roadmap and future
13. 18:27Analytics event handling
14. 19:09Compose previews with ViewModel
15. 20:33SVG to Compose path data
16. 21:16Closing remarks and next ADS

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