Keynote: Being more than an Android Developer
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Argues Android work is both a tech stack and a people stack, showing concrete practices: use CircleCI or Jenkins, Gradle, MVVM/MVP, Dagger, move from RxJava to coroutines, run Kotlin koans 40+ exercises over weeks, read Kotlin in Action, and convert incrementally until reaching 70% Kotlin (goal 100%). Describes accessibility fixes, running device testing parties, using Play Console beta rollouts, and cites a real result: Smart Lock integration drove a 30% increase in sign-ins.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Introduction and journey
- 1:15What is a full stack Android dev?
- 3:03Evolving Android landscape
- 4:48Learning by teaching others
- 7:15Learning through side projects
- 8:17Accountability in learning
- 9:23Advocating for Android
- 10:27Material design adoption
- 11:51Accessibility in apps
- 12:13Transitioning to Kotlin
- 14:21Community and advocacy
- 14:43Collaboration and communication
- 18:15Testing parties with stakeholders
- 19:19Engaging business stakeholders
- 20:41User feedback and analytics
- 22:05Solo and remote developer tips
- 23:28Conference takeaways and networking
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