Android Developer Links (December 2016)

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Android Developer Links

4 min readDec 31, 2016

This is a list of Android-related resources, carefully curated over the course of each month. I try to make sure that the links that end up here, contain useful and always relevant information. The majority get suggested by the growing list of Android developers I follow on Twitter, others via Reddit, or various Android-related forums, etc. Please, welcome to suggest me interesting materials in the comments, or on Twitter.

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Articles
Podcasts
Videos / Slideshows
Code

In the News

Kotlin 1.0.6 is here!

We are happy to announce the release of Kotlin 1.0.6, the new bugfix and tooling update for Kotlin 1.0. This version…

blog.jetbrains.com

Introducing the ExifInterface Support Library

With the release of the 25.1.0 Support Library, there's a new entry in the family: the ExifInterface Support Library…

android-developers.googleblog.com

Android Studio 2.3 Beta 1 is now available - Android Studio Project Site

Android tools project information site

tools.android.com

Announcing Gogland - Brand New Go IDE from JetBrains

Edit description

blog.jetbrains.com

Recent Support Library Revisions | Android Developers

This page provides details about recent Support Library package releases.

developer.android.com

Open sourcing our Android and iOS apps!

Today the Kickstarter engineering team is open sourcing our Android and iOS apps, and we’re excited about a future of…

kickstarter.engineering

Announcing updates to Google's Internet of Things platform: Android Things and Weave

Posted by Wayne Piekarski, Developer Advocate for IoT The Internet of Things (IoT) will bring computing to a whole new…

android-developers.googleblog.com

Web Sockets now shipping in OkHttp 3.5!

Stream fully bi-directional messages between your client and server.

medium.com

Articles

How to set up a Continuous Integration server for Android development (Ubuntu + Jenkins + SonarQube…

I have recently acquired a new MacBook Pro as my main Android development machine and instead of selling or giving away…

medium.com

My journey to Droidcon

A review from my experience before, during and after droidconUK 2016

medium.com

How does Firebase initialize on Android?

If you've been working with Firebase on Android, you may have noticed that you don't normally have to write any lines…

firebase.googleblog.com

On the Journey from Legacy Code to Clean Architecture: Rebuilding the Buffer Android Composer

The composer is the heart of our app - it enables our users to craft social media updates and schedule them to post to…

overflow.buffer.com

Living (Android) without Kotlin

It is easier to get into something than to get out of it. — Donald Rumsfeld

hackernoon.com

RecyclerView Prefetch

Smoother Flings and Scrolls by Doing Stuff Sooner

medium.com

Building interfaces with ConstraintLayout

In this article I’d like to highlight recent additions to ConstraintLayout in Android Studio 2.3 (Beta): chains and…

medium.com

Conference Speaking One Year Later: Every Single Thing I've Learned

I started speaking at Technical Conferences a year ago and I've learned so many things since then. Things about the…

www.adavis.info

Engineering the Architecture Behind Uber's New Rider App - Uber Engineering Blog

In November 2016 Uber unveiled a sleek new rider app. The app implements a new mobile architecture across both iOS and…

eng.uber.com

Better real-time transit data is coming to your city (finally)

Watch your ride approaching in real-time

medium.com

Implementing Android App Shortcuts

With every release of Android, there comes a myriad of new features and Android Nougat 7.1 is no different. One of…

medium.com

Seductive Code

It's careful work balancing tradeoffs when writing code and designing APIs. Here's some everyday Java code: for…

publicobject.com

Tidbit Tuesday: What to do with your ridiculously long strings.xml

Bite-size Android nuggets of knowledge

medium.com

Animation: Jump-through

Recently a call for help caught my eye; asking how to implement a fancy ‘getting location’ animation on Android:

medium.com

Epoxy: Airbnb’s View Architecture on Android

By Eli Hart

medium.com

Podcasts

067: Cross platform development with Xamarin cofounder Joseph Hill

In this episode, Donn talks with Xamarin cofounder on how one can use Xamarin for Android development. They start off…

fragmentedpodcast.com

Episode 60: Huyen Tue Dao

In this episode, Chet goes Tor-less and speaks with Huyen Tue Dao, an Android developer at Trello, about conferences…

androidbackstage.blogspot.de

066: Let's talk Immutability, Value Types and AutoValue with Ryan Harter

In this episode, we talk to our good friend and immutability champ Ryan Harter. We start off talking about the benefits…

fragmentedpodcast.com

065: Developer Platform engineering with Ty Smith

In this episode we talk to Ty Smith about all things Developer Platform. Currently a tech lead at Uber, Ty has quite…

fragmentedpodcast.com

Episode 59: Buncha New Stuff

Chet and Tor. Just Chet and Tor. Nobody else. In this episode, Chet and Tor find themselves without a guest so they…

androidbackstage.blogspot.de

The Context #androiddev by Artem Zinnatullin on iTunes

Download past episodes or subscribe to future episodes of The Context #androiddev by Artem Zinnatullin for free.

itunes.apple.com

Videos / Slideshows

Design Like a Coder: Efficient Android Layouts

A well-written, efficient layout can increase performance and simplify maintenance. In this GOTO Copenhagen talk…

realm.io

Code

garretyoder/Colorful

Contribute to Colorful development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Genius/groupie

groupie - Groupie helps you display and manage complex RecyclerView layouts.

github.com

kickstarter/android-oss

android-oss - Kickstarter for Android. Bring new ideas to life, anywhere.

github.com

airbnb/epoxy

epoxy - Epoxy is an Android library for building complex screens in a RecyclerView

github.com

Android Developer Links (December 2016)

Contents

In the News

Kotlin 1.0.6 is here!

We are happy to announce the release of Kotlin 1.0.6, the new bugfix and tooling update for Kotlin 1.0. This version…

Introducing the ExifInterface Support Library

With the release of the 25.1.0 Support Library, there's a new entry in the family: the ExifInterface Support Library…

Android Studio 2.3 Beta 1 is now available - Android Studio Project Site

Android tools project information site

Announcing Gogland - Brand New Go IDE from JetBrains

Edit description

Recent Support Library Revisions | Android Developers

This page provides details about recent Support Library package releases.

Open sourcing our Android and iOS apps!

Today the Kickstarter engineering team is open sourcing our Android and iOS apps, and we’re excited about a future of…

Announcing updates to Google's Internet of Things platform: Android Things and Weave

Posted by Wayne Piekarski, Developer Advocate for IoT The Internet of Things (IoT) will bring computing to a whole new…

Web Sockets now shipping in OkHttp 3.5!

Stream fully bi-directional messages between your client and server.

Articles

How to set up a Continuous Integration server for Android development (Ubuntu + Jenkins + SonarQube…

I have recently acquired a new MacBook Pro as my main Android development machine and instead of selling or giving away…

My journey to Droidcon

A review from my experience before, during and after droidconUK 2016

How does Firebase initialize on Android?

If you've been working with Firebase on Android, you may have noticed that you don't normally have to write any lines…

On the Journey from Legacy Code to Clean Architecture: Rebuilding the Buffer Android Composer

The composer is the heart of our app - it enables our users to craft social media updates and schedule them to post to…

Living (Android) without Kotlin

It is easier to get into something than to get out of it. — Donald Rumsfeld

RecyclerView Prefetch

Smoother Flings and Scrolls by Doing Stuff Sooner

Building interfaces with ConstraintLayout

In this article I’d like to highlight recent additions to ConstraintLayout in Android Studio 2.3 (Beta): chains and…

Conference Speaking One Year Later: Every Single Thing I've Learned

I started speaking at Technical Conferences a year ago and I've learned so many things since then. Things about the…

Engineering the Architecture Behind Uber's New Rider App - Uber Engineering Blog

In November 2016 Uber unveiled a sleek new rider app. The app implements a new mobile architecture across both iOS and…

Better real-time transit data is coming to your city (finally)

Watch your ride approaching in real-time

Implementing Android App Shortcuts

With every release of Android, there comes a myriad of new features and Android Nougat 7.1 is no different. One of…

Seductive Code

It's careful work balancing tradeoffs when writing code and designing APIs. Here's some everyday Java code: for…

Tidbit Tuesday: What to do with your ridiculously long strings.xml

Bite-size Android nuggets of knowledge

Animation: Jump-through

Recently a call for help caught my eye; asking how to implement a fancy ‘getting location’ animation on Android:

Epoxy: Airbnb’s View Architecture on Android

By Eli Hart

Podcasts

067: Cross platform development with Xamarin cofounder Joseph Hill

In this episode, Donn talks with Xamarin cofounder on how one can use Xamarin for Android development. They start off…

Episode 60: Huyen Tue Dao

In this episode, Chet goes Tor-less and speaks with Huyen Tue Dao, an Android developer at Trello, about conferences…

066: Let's talk Immutability, Value Types and AutoValue with Ryan Harter

In this episode, we talk to our good friend and immutability champ Ryan Harter. We start off talking about the benefits…

065: Developer Platform engineering with Ty Smith

In this episode we talk to Ty Smith about all things Developer Platform. Currently a tech lead at Uber, Ty has quite…

Episode 59: Buncha New Stuff

Chet and Tor. Just Chet and Tor. Nobody else. In this episode, Chet and Tor find themselves without a guest so they…

The Context #androiddev by Artem Zinnatullin on iTunes

Download past episodes or subscribe to future episodes of The Context #androiddev by Artem Zinnatullin for free.

Videos / Slideshows

Design Like a Coder: Efficient Android Layouts

A well-written, efficient layout can increase performance and simplify maintenance. In this GOTO Copenhagen talk…

Code

garretyoder/Colorful

Contribute to Colorful development by creating an account on GitHub.

Genius/groupie

groupie - Groupie helps you display and manage complex RecyclerView layouts.

kickstarter/android-oss

android-oss - Kickstarter for Android. Bring new ideas to life, anywhere.

airbnb/epoxy

epoxy - Epoxy is an Android library for building complex screens in a RecyclerView

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