Nick Butcher
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where they keep going back
- Google I/O3 editions2013–2022
- AndroidMakers by droidcon3 editions2018–2022
- droidcon Italy2 editions2016–2020
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- Chet Haase87 talks
- Chris Banes19 talks
- Alan Viverette10 talks
- Sebastiano Poggi25 talks
- Alex Vanyo18 talks
- Rebecca Franks15 talks
| title | conference | date |
|---|---|---|
| Fireside Chat with Googlers | Droidcon London 2023 | 2023-10-26 |
A Google panel answers concrete roadmaps and tooling: a new flow to convert Compose previews into screenshot tests -> CI first later this year (Studio UI… | ||
| What's new in Android | Google I/O 2022 | 2022-05-11 |
Jetpack expands to over 120 libraries with concrete additions like the JankStats library for frame-level performance reporting and baseline profiles to speed… | ||
| App Clinic at Android Makers 2022 | Android Makers 2022 | 2022-04-25 |
Panelists load four real apps — Pl@ntNet, Muslim Expert, VLC and Qonto — onto a Pixel 3 XL running Android 12 and perform live UX, permission and accessibility… | ||
| Ask Googlers about Jetpack | droidcon APAC 2020 | 2020-12-14 |
Roundtable answers map concrete plans and tradeoffs: Jetpack Compose stays min SDK 21, targets 1.0 next year with beta first while accessibility and a… | ||
| Roundtable Discussion: Ask Googlers About Android Jetpack | droidcon Italy 2020 | 2020-11-27 |
Panel answers name concrete timelines and tradeoffs: Compose is heading to 1.0 with tooling and preview work prioritized and Compose 1.0 focus; a Jetpack BOM… | ||
| Compose by Example | droidcon Italy 2020 | 2020-11-27 |
Jetpack Compose gets prosecuted with concrete samples (Jetnews, JetSnack, JetCaster, JetSurvey) showing exactly what was built and how it behaves: a dynamic… | ||
| Ask Googlers about Jetpack Compose | droidcon EMEA 2020 | 2020-10-08 |
Jetpack Compose is alpha now with 1.0 planned next year and the panel gives concrete status: APK impact: ~9 MB debug, 2.2 MB minified for small samples; lazy… | ||
| Developing Themes with Style | droidCon Berlin 2019 | 2019-07-01 |
Explains why themes (semantic variables applied to a context) beat styles (view-only key/value maps) for app-wide branding, shows how to use theme overlays and… | ||
| Dark theme & gesture navigation | Google I/O 2019 | 2019-05-07 |
Android Q adds a system-wide Force Dark that claims up to 60% foreground power savings, applies at render time (opt‑in via theme attribute… | ||
| Motional intelligence: Build smarter animations | Google I/O 2019 | 2019-05-07 |
Explains concrete techniques to make state-driven UI animations reliable: three requirements are reentrant continuous smooth. Recommends Android APIs and… | ||
| Motional Intelligence: Build smarter animations | Android Makers 2019 | 2019-04-23 |
Argues that animations must be reentrant, continuous and smooth and shows concrete fixes not platitudes, using Android Data Binding plus the spring animation… | ||
| Vector Workflows | Android Makers 2019 | 2019-04-23 |
Claim: vectors cut APK size and stay sharp; example conversion for a large app yields noticeable savings. Uses: vector drawable compat (backported to API ~16)… | ||
| Draw me a rainbow: Advanced VectorDrawable rendering | Android Dev Summit 2018 | 2018-11-07 |
VectorDrawables support theme colors and tinting (e.g. ColorControlNormal or colorPrimary), work back to API14 with AndroidX, and accept stateful paint via… | ||
| Best practices for themes and styles | Android Dev Summit 2018 | 2018-11-07 |
Advocates a concrete pattern: use theme attributes (prefer library attrs from AppCompat/MaterialComponents) so a single semantic change (colorAccent, text… | ||
| Get animated | Android Dev Summit 2018 | 2018-11-07 |
Map of APIs and when to pick them: use MotionLayout (ConstraintLayout 2.0) for finely tuned, touch-driven, multi‑widget transitions with keyframes, key… | ||
| Typesetting: designing and building beautiful text layouts | Android Makers 2018 | 2018-04-23 |
Concrete decisions and APIs rather than design platitudes: Android P adds firstBaselineToTopHeight and baseline-aware spacing, explicit lineHeight values (eg… | ||
| Allure 2 Lifecycle: free integration with tools | DelEx Conf 2018 | 2018-02-17 |
When you use Allure, you work with the standard annotations @Title, @Feature, @Story, @Step, @Attachment. And in order to build a full-fledged report, you need… | ||
| Vector Workflows | droidcon NYC 2017 | 2017-09-25 |
Vector drawables are presented as a practical replacement for many PNGs: they stay sharp at any density, let the app animate and tint parts, and often shrink… | ||
| Learn Some New Moves: Advanced Android Animation | 360|AnDev 2017 | 2017-07-13 |
Animated vector drawables, Shapeshifter and Lottie are shown working end to end: vector path morphing (now supported back to API 14 via support library 25.x)… | ||
| Animatable | droidcon NYC 2016 | 2016-09-29 |
Deep dive into building motion for Android with concrete results: a fully open‑source Plaid app with a custom bottom sheet implemented using offsetTopAndBottom… | ||
| Think Like a Designer | Droidcon Italy 2016 | 2016-04-07 |
Explains a repeatable process: a five day sprint that moves from unpack to sketch decide prototype test, uses Crazy Eights for idea volume, and relies on five… | ||
| Android Design for UI Developers | Google I/O 2013 | 2013-05-15 |
Support library r13 (released yesterday) gives concrete tools: ActionBarCompat (targets Android 2.1+), DrawerLayout plus ActionBarDrawerToggle (use 240–320dp… | ||
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