My Life in Android

Huyen's presentation at SINFO 24 about the joys, challenges, and lessons from working in Android.

1. HUYEN TUE DAO @QUEENCODEMONKEY My Life in Android
2. Why I love Android (and why you might too) HUYEN TUE DAO @QUEENCODEMONKEY
3. TECHNICAL EXPRESSION AND CHALLENGES OPPORTUNITIES TO DO COOL THINGS COMMUNITY
4. WHY ANDROID?
5. WHY MOBILE?
6. MOBILE AFFECTS HOW WE DO THINGS.
10. ANNYCE DAVIS @BRWNGRLDEV ANDROID APP HELPS COORDINATE WORKFORCE SALES/CUSTOMER COMMUNICATION DIAGNOSTICS FOR UTILITY BOXES VIA NFC
11. “Book Dash gathers volunteer creative professionals to create new, African storybooks that anyone can freely translate and distribute.” REBECCA FRANKS @RIGGAROO BOOKS AVAILABLE IN 11 OFFICIAL LANGUAGES OF SOUTH AFRICA
12. “As developers, we need to start thinking now about how to create applications that serve a diverse range of users.” KELLY SHUSTER @KELLYSHUSTER ANDROID IS FOR EVERYONE
13. SO WHAT’S SPECIAL ABOUT ANDROID? THE ABILITY TO REACH MORE PEOPLE.
14. ANDROID 88% MARKET SHARE OF ALL SMARTPHONES AVG IPHONE PRICE 2.7X THAT OF ANDROID 97% OF SMARTPHONE USERS IN INDIA HAVE ANDROIDS
16. ANDROID RESPONSIBILITY TO ALL OF YOUR USERS. PART OF YOUR DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS. EFFICIENCY SAVES YOUR USERS PRECIOUS DATA AND INCOME. MAKES YOU A BETTER ENGINEER.
19. OFFLINE MODE WANT THE USER TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEIR BOARDS AND CARDS OFFLINE. EASY. DOWNLOAD THEM WHEN WE HAVE NETWORK. BUT WAIT! THAT CAN BE A LOT OF DATA. BRAZIL IS ONE OF LARGEST USER GROUPS.
21. OFFLINE MODE HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE UTILITY OF OFFLINE WHILE MINIMIZING BATTERY/DATA DRAIN? PRIORITIZING “IMPORTANT” BOARDS AND CARDS. SELECTIVE BOARD/CARD DOWNLOADING. BATCHING TO MINIMIZE OVERHEAD. TEST. TEST. TEST. METRICS. METRICS. METRICS.
22. “The #1 reason I like working in Android is because I feel like I’m building for the entire world. Not a niche, not a segment, but EVERYONE.” GONÇALO SILVA @GONCALOSSILVA
23. MOBILE CAN HELP US EXPRESS OURSELVES.
24. HOLD YOUR CREATIONS IN YOUR HAND.
25. “…wanting to be able to have more of a connection with the product [that] I was building and doing a client app made it feel more tangible.” Lien Mamitsuka @lientm
26. “What I loved about Android in the first place (and mobile development in general) was the fact that I could see my code actually running on my phone.” Bruno Aybar @brunoaybarg
27. “THERE IS AN APP FOR EVERYTHING…”
28. YOU CAN BUILD AN APP FOR ANYTHING. THE SKY IS THE LIMIT.
30. DARIO MUNGOI @DARIOMUNGOI
31. DARIO MUNGOI @DARIOMUNGOI PET PROJECT: DISPLAY INFORMATION AND SHOW TIMES FOR LUSOMUNDO IN MOZAMBIQUE EVOLVED INTO TICKET SALES FOR FIRST LUSOMUNDO AND THEN OTHER EVENTS WITH CO-FOUNDER STARTED A CONSULTING COMPANY ON TOP OF TICKET BUSINESS
32. BRUNO AYBAR @BRUNOAYBARG IMPROVED UPON HIS UNIVERSITY’S OFFICIAL APP BY CREATING A “FAN APP” →
33. ANDROID CAN HELP YOU EXPRESS YOUR PASSIONS WHATEVER THEY MAY BE.
34. “What I like about mobile is that it's so broad, that there are so many areas that you can be specialised in… and that if you're curious, you'll never get bored…” FLORINA MUNTENESCU @FMUNTENESCU
35. SOFTWARE DESIGN ARCHITECTURE UI/UX HARDWARE MACHINE LEARNING SECURITY TESTING GRAPHICS MEDIA ETC.
36. ARCHITECTURE PATTERNS FOR ORGANIZING AND ARCHITECTING APPS FINDING THE APPROACH TO MAXIMIZE MAINTAINABILITY, STABILITY, TESTABILITY HOW TO MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES FIT TOGETHER. CREATING THE MOST EFFICIENT, ELEGANT ABSTRACTIONS WHILE STILL MAKING EVERYTHING WORK.
38. ARCHITECTURE UI/UX SECURITY/PRIVACY
39. HARDWARE ANDROID THINGS (PERIPHERAL I/O) BLUETOOTH LE WIFI P2P MANY OTHER HARDWARE APIS
41. UI/UX MATERIAL DESIGN IMPLEMENTATION OF BEAUTIFUL INTERFACES CUSTOM-MADE VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES BUILDING A USEFUL, EFFECTIVE UX
43. IMAGE PROCESSING UI/UX
44. MACHINE LEARNING DESIGNED WITH MOBILE AND EMBEDDED PLATFORMS IN MIND EFFICIENT MODELS, REDUCED CODE FOOTPRINT INSTANT TRANSLATION LIKE GOOGLE TRANSLATE
45. MOBILE CHALLENGES YOU.
46. MOBILE TEACHES YOU NOT TO BE TOO COMFORTABLE.
47. TECHNOLOGY CHANGES. …EVEN WHEN YOU WISH IT WOULDN’T.
48. BACK IN 2010…
49. NO FLASH PLUGIN ON IOS
50. NOVEMBER 8, 2011 ADOBE CEASES DEVELOPMENT OF FLASH MOBILE PLUGINS
51. NOVEMBER 12, 2011 ADOBE DONATES FLEX TO THE APACHE FOUNDATION “In the long-term, we believe HTML5 will be the best technology for enterprise application development.”
52. THANKS, STEVE. SO… GUESS I’M STAYING WITH ANDROID THEN?
53. TECHNOLOGY CHANGES. SO SHOULD YOU.
54. ANDROID FORCES YOU TO CHANGE AND LEARN.
55. PLATFORM AND FEATURES CHANGE.
56. ANDROID 7.0: MULTI-WINDOW CAN YOUR LAYOUTS HANDLE IT?
57. ANDROID 6.0: RUNTIME PERMISSIONS MORE CONTROL AND INFORMATION FOR USER. MORE WORK AND UX FOR YOU.
58. DESIGN AND UX CHANGE.
59. UI/UX PATTERNS EVOLVE. TIME AND TESTING REVEAL NEW WAYS OF INTERACTING WITH THE USER. ALWAYS MOVING TOWARDS A BETTER EXPERIENCE. STILL ROOM TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.
60. CONVENTIONS AND BEST PRACTICES CHANGE.
61. THE NEED FOR SOME LIBRARIES CAN COME AND GO…
62. DANNY PREUSSLER @PREUSSLERBERLIN BERLIN, GERMANY
65. ROBOLECTRIC FILLED GAPS IN UNIT TESTING ON ANDROID.
66. LATER GOOGLE FILLED THAT GAP BY BRINGING UNIT TESTING SUPPORT.
67. WE LEARN WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN’T. TECHNOLOGY AND APIS IMPROVE.
68. EVEN LANGUAGE CHANGES.
69. 6, 7, + 7/8
70. …ALSO
71. “MODERN LANGUAGE” NOT OFFICIALLY SUPPORTED BY GOOGLE BEST PRACTICES/STYLES?
72. ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW COMING. EVERYONE GETS SHAKEN UP. WE ALL LEARN AND ADAPT TOGETHER. ANDROID IS A COMMUNITY PROJECT.
73. COMMUNITY IS AWESOME. IF YOU LISTEN TO ONE THING I SAY TODAY, PLEASE LET IT BE THIS…
74. NO MATTER WHAT TECHNOLOGY OR INDUSTRY YOU ENTER, FIND A COMMUNITY TO RECEIVE AND TO GIVE SUPPORT AND KNOWLEDGE.
75. COMMUNITY IS ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE RESOURCES THAT AN ENGINEER CAN HAVE
76. COMMUNITY PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY. GENERATES TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE. PROVIDES GUIDANCE AND FEEDBACK. BRINGS SOCIAL INTERACTION TO THE SOMETIMES SHY ENGINEER.
77. OKAY, LOOK… THE ANDROID COMMUNITY IS AMAZING. IT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT BEING AN ANDROID DEVELOPER.
78. GOOGLE DEVELOPER GROUPS DEVELOPER GROUPS RECOGNIZED BY GOOGLE. VERY INDEPENDENT. RECEIVE SOME ASSISTANCE TO THROW EVENTS LIKE DEVFEST. THERE ARE MANY OF THEM. NOT STRICTLY ANDROID BUT ANDROID COMMUNITY IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF GDGS AND VICE VERSA.
80. GDG LISBON JUST ONE PART OF A STRONG TECH COMMUNITY IN LISBON. COLLABORATES WITH OTHER LOCAL GROUPS: AndroidLx, MobileLx, AngularLx, Azure Cloud Pro, AzureLisbon, BigDataPortugal, MongoDbLx, SINFO COLLABORATES WITH LOCAL UNIVERSITIES: IST, FCUL, ISE
81. GDG LISBON OPEN: ANYONE CAN SUGGESTION A TALK OR EVENT AND GDG LISBON WILL ORGANIZE IT. MONTHLY MEET UPS + DEVFEST + ANDROID STUDYJAM MEETUP.COM/GDGLISBON GDGPORTUGAL.XYZ FILIPE BARROSO @ABARROSO
82. LUSOPHONE ANDROID COMMUNITY ORGANIZES GDG SÃO PAULO SLACK LUSOPHONE ANDROID COMMUNITY slack.androidevbr.org MEMBERS FROM BRAZIL, PORTUGAL, MOZAMBIQUE, AND OTHER PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING COUNTRIES COMMUNITY SHARES REAL-WORLD USE CASES OF ANDROID WALMYR CARVALHO @WALMYRCARVALHO
83. DARIO MUNGOI @DARIOMUNGOI LUSOPHONE ANDROID COMMUNITY GDG MENTOR FOR THE AFRICAN LUSOPHONE COUNTRIES WRITES A SERIES OF ANDROID BEGINNER POSTS IN PORTUGUESE @ dariomungoi.wordpress.com “I really love the way the community is so vibrant: the large amount of content and resources to help developers succeed and build high quality apps.”
84. AND OF COURSE, THE REST OF THE ANDROID COMMUNITY WELCOMES YOU AS WELL.
85. THE ANDROID COMMUNITY TRULY GLOBAL, INCREDIBLY ACTIVE, COMES IN MANY DIFFERENT FORMS. LOTS OF PARTICIPATION AND ACTIVITY FROM ANDROID GOOGLERS. A HUGE NETWORK OF CONFERENCES AS WELL AS MEET UPS: DEVFESTS + DROIDCONS ONLINE COMMUNITIES LIKE SLACK CHANNELS ANDROID COMMUNITY MEDIA: PODCASTERS AND YOUTUBERS
86. ANDROID IS VIBRANT. CHALLENGING. REWARDING. ANYWHERE.
87. THANK YOU! SPEAKERDECK.COM/QUEENCODEMONKEY YOUTUBE.COM/ANDROIDDIALOGS RANDOMLYTYPING.COM HUYEN TUE DAO @QUEENCODEMONKEY
88. REFERENCES ANDROID HISTORY http://www.androidcentral.com/android-history ANDROID | WIKIPEDIA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system) THE EVOLUTION OF CELL PHONE DESIGN BETWEEN 1983–2009 http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/05/the-evolution-of-cell-phone-design-between-1983-2009/ BLACKBERRY 6210 | ALL-TIME 100 GADGETS http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2023689_2023708_2023714,00.html OPEN HANDSET ALLIANCE http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/index.html OPEN HANDSET ALLIANCE | WIKIPEDIA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Handset_Alliance
89. REFERENCES A LOOK BACK AT SOONER, GOOGLE’S FIRST ANDROID PHONE http://www.androidcentral.com/look-back-google-sooner-first-android-phone A BRIEF HISTORY OF ANDROID PHONES https://www.cnet.com/news/a-brief-history-of-android-phones/ THE 20 GREATEST MILESTONES OF ANDROID’S FIRST FIVE YEARS http://www.cio.com/article/2369687/android-os/125072-The-20-greatest-milestones-of-Androids-first-five- years.html#slide21 MOBILE INTERNET USE PASSES DESKTOP FOR THE FIRST TIME, STUDY FINDS https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/01/mobile-internet-use-passes-desktop-for-the-first-time-study-finds/ ANDROID JUST HIT A RECORD 88% MARKET SHARE OF ALL SMARTPHONES https://qz.com/826672/android-goog-just-hit-a-record-88-market-share-of-all-smartphones/ THE DATA TRAP: AFFORDABLE SMARTPHONES, EXPENSIVE MOBILE DATA http://blog.jana.com/blog/2015/05/21/the-data-trap-affordable-smartphones-expensive-data
90. REFERENCES OFF GRID ELECTRIC http://offgrid-electric.com/ BOOK DASH http://bookdash.org/ LIEN MAMITSUKA, GESTURES | ANDROID DIALOGS https://youtu.be/2O1uz4Tpy0o MOOVI http://www.moovimz.com/ APPLE AND ADOBE FLASH CONTROVERSY | WIKIPEDIA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_and_Adobe_Flash_controversy KOTLIN | JETBRAINS https://kotlinlang.org/ SCALA https://www.scala-lang.org/
91. REFERENCES ANDROID ARCHITECTURE BLUEPRINTS https://github.com/googlesamples/android-architecture GDG LISBOA - APRESENTAÇÃO https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jzi1txudTopHAcyvymffAPB7bNUG1Fs4j8oevxACNUM/ edit#slide=id.p GDG PORTUGAL https://gdgportugal.xyz/