Devfest Nairobi Android Keynote

I shared my insights on the latest trends and developments in the Android ecosystem.

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1. Proprietary + Confidential Android Keynote Harun Wangereka Android Engineer at Apollo Agriculture Android GDE @wangerekaharun
2. Proprietary + Confidential Faster & easier to build across devices
3. Proprietary + Confidential Faster
4. Proprietary + Confidential • Available in 170 countries • Helps you generate code • Answers questions • AI Code Completion, comments & documentation • Opt in to what is shared with Studio Bot Android Studio Bot
5. Proprietary + Confidential Android Studio Bot
6. Proprietary + Confidential • Compose UI Check • Progressive Rendering for Compose Previews • Version control system integration in App Quality Insights • Baseline Profiles module wizard Android Studio: Iguana
7. Proprietary + Confidential Easier
8. Proprietary + Confidential • Kotlin K2 Compiler • Dagger / Hilt KSP Support in Alpha • KMP Support For Paging in alpha Android Jetpack
9. Proprietary + Confidential • Modifiers have an 80% improvement on composition time • Improved memory usage • New Text Rendering system • More APIs being stable eg LazyStaggeredGrid Jetpack Compose
10. Proprietary + Confidential Across Devices
11. Proprietary + Confidential Wear OS • Wear OS 4 is now stable & the new Pixel 2 • New Watch Face format • Wear OS 4 Emulator • Tiles - support for platform data binding for things like heart rate • Seamless data transfer
12. Proprietary + Confidential • Use same compose foundations • More components being released eg Card, Buttons • Guidelines for building for TV Compose for TV
13. Proprietary + Confidential Tablets & Foldables • APIs to detect device type • Guidelines & best practices • Window Size Class to determine device width & height • Support in Jetpack Compose
14. Proprietary + Confidential Compose is the future of Android present
15. Proprietary + Confidential Testing your apps
16. Proprietary + Confidential Android Device Streaming
17. Proprietary + Confidential Open Rear Display Mode
18. Proprietary + Confidential Check all Android sessions @ DevFest Nairobi to learn more
19. Proprietary + Confidential See you next week at….
20. Proprietary + Confidential Thank You! Harun Wangereka Android Engineer at Apollo Agriculture Android GDE @wangerekaharun