Bazel for Android Developers

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Bazel is presented as Google’s build system and the talk explains how to use it for Android apps without giving up common tools. It covers applying Bazel to an Android project using Java, Kotlin and Dagger, demonstrating practical steps to set up and develop a production application with Bazel.

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1. 0:00Introduction to Bazel
2. 3:30Gradle issues in large projects
3. 11:15Bazel concepts for Android
4. 20:06Setting up Android in Bazel
5. 33:53Adding Dagger and Kotlin
6. 42:13Why companies choose Bazel
7. 50:57Running and testing app
8. 57:29Build speed comparison
9. 1:03:01Bazel pros and cons
10. 1:04:48Learning resources

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