Android fireside chat
summary
Panel answers are concrete: Google endorses architecture components as the recommended, supported app pattern; Kotlin support is official since May 17, 2017 and tooling continues to be invested in; Android P beta adds no new codecs but removes then restores the Clear All overview button within weeks; an experimental R8 shrinker in Android Studio 3.2 targets smaller Kotlin APKs; build profiling tooling, digital‑wellbeing system APIs and key‑rotation work for signing are actively pursued.
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chapters (22)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:05Future feature policy
- 2:26Android architecture components
- 3:02Evolution of architecture
- 6:05New media codecs
- 6:56Testing strategies
- 10:22Android tablets & Chrome OS
- 13:17Networking libraries
- 15:55Kotlin & Java support
- 18:11Build speed optimization
- 18:56Clear-all button
- 20:05Android 1.0 reflections
- 22:41Flutter development
- 23:56Developer certificate expiration
- 25:08RecyclerView usage
- 26:54Single activity approach
- 28:42Digital well-being
- 31:26Google Play services versioning
- 32:32Kotlin impact on APK size
- 34:12UI changes in Android P
- 35:52Android in China
- 37:06Final remarks & Kotlin support
