AnDevCon 2013 Roundup
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This document summarizes the AnDevCon 2013 conference. It highlights sessions on Android 4.4 KitKat features, responsive design with Google Play, and handling images in Android applications. It also describes two winning hackathon projects that generated memes from images and text.
![Going Responsive with Google Play
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Source: Going Responsive with Google Play, AnDevCon 2013, Paglia, Marco and Grouchnikov, Kirill](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/andevcon13roundup-131121090719-phpapp02/85/AnDevCon-2013-Roundup-19-320.jpg)
AnDevCon 2013 Roundup
- 1. AnDevCon 2013 Roundup Chuck Greb & Matt Rein AWeber Communications 11/20/2013
- 2. Summary ● Session Highlights ● Key Takeaways ● Android Hackathon
- 4. Keynote: Reto Meier Google Android Developer Relations Tech Lead Staying Ahead of the Pack : Creating Magic and Introducing Android 4.4 (KitKat)
- 5. Keynote: Reto Meier First to market 3 Keys to success: 1. Design 2. Efficiency 3. Innovation Toothbrush test
- 6. Keynote: Reto Meier KitKat Features ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● FullScreen Immersive Mode Scenes and Transitions Framework Chromium Webview Closed Captions Memory usage tools ActivityManager.isLowRamDevice() Bluetooth 4.0 Printing Screen Recording RTL
- 7. Keynote: Reto Meier Full Screen Immersive Mode
- 8. The Golden Age of Android Jeff Seibert Director of Engineering @ Twitter Co-founder and CEO of Crashlytics
- 9. Keynote: Jeff Seibert ● ● ● ● Agile Mobile Dark Features Automation Dog Fooding
- 10. Android and Images Handling the Complexities of Images in Android James Halpern Engineer @ Pivotal Labs
- 11. Android and Images Common Problems ● Out of memory errors ● Images too big ● Adapters
- 12. Android and Images Solutions Scaling, Caching, Right # of Threads, Reference Management Library Overview https://github.com/xtremelabs/xl-image_utils_libandroid Debugging Tips MAT, DDMS, Exerciser Monkey
- 13. Going Responsive with Google Play Marco Paglia Lead Designer, Google Play Kirill Grouchnikov User Interface Engineer, Google Play
- 14. Going Responsive with Google Play Source: Going Responsive with Google Play, AnDevCon 2013, Paglia, Marco and Grouchnikov, Kirill
- 15. Source: Going Responsive with Google Play, AnDevCon 2013, Paglia, Marco and Grouchnikov, Kirill
- 16. Source: Going Responsive with Google Play, AnDevCon 2013, Paglia, Marco and Grouchnikov, Kirill
- 17. Going Responsive with Google Play CardMetadata CARD_LARGE = new CardMetadata( R.layout.play_card_large, 2, 3); CardMetadata CARD_MEDIUM = new CardMetadata( R.layout.play_card_medium, 2, 1); Source: Going Responsive with Google Play, AnDevCon 2013, Paglia, Marco and Grouchnikov, Kirill
- 18. Going Responsive with Google Play repository.addCluster(SIGNAL_STRENGTH_XXL, new ClusterMetadata(6, 3). addTile(CARD_LARGE, 0, 0). addTile(CARD_LARGE, 2, 0). addTile(CARD_MEDIUM, 4, 0). addTile(CARD_MEDIUM, 4, 1). addTile(CARD_MEDIUM, 4, 2); Source: Going Responsive with Google Play, AnDevCon 2013, Paglia, Marco and Grouchnikov, Kirill
- 19. Going Responsive with Google Play CardCluster createCluster(ClusterMetadata clusterMetadata) { CardCluster cardCluster = layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.card_cluster, null); for (int tileIndex = 0; tileIndex < clusterMetadata.tileCount; tileIndex++) { TileMetadata tileMetadata = clusterMetadata.tileMetadata[tileIndex]; CardMetadata cardMetadata = tileMetadata.cardMetadata; layoutInflater.inflate(cardMetadata.layoutId, cardCluster); } return cardCluster; } Source: Going Responsive with Google Play, AnDevCon 2013, Paglia, Marco and Grouchnikov, Kirill
- 20. AnDevCon 2013 : Slides http://andevcon.com/slides
- 21. Key Takeaways
- 22. Key Takeaway: Design is key Follow the Design Guidelines, deviate with purpose Target various screen sizes - “Responsive” design Be your designer’s friend
- 23. Key Takeaway: Tools are your friend GenyMotion - http://www.genymotion.com/ MAT, Hierarchy Viewer, Traceview, Android Studio, Gradle
- 24. Key Takeaway: Innovate ● “Skate to where the puck is going” ● Take the extra time to get it right ● Don’t shy away from non-trivial tasks
- 26. Requirements 1. Build a meme generator 2. Make it awesome
- 29. memeMeME ● Drag & Drop text placement ● Bitmap generation ● Future: ○ Meme API integration for photos ○ Sharing ○ Game aspect
- 31. FlipMeme ● Front and back images with text ● Card flip animation
- 38. Android Hackathon Winners 1. MemeNow Speak your meme, finds correct photo, creates your meme image, sharing. Perfect for a Glass integration... 2. MemeChallenge Battle your friends for the best meme text on a photo. 3. InstaMeme ? Use photos from Google Image Search for your meme. Infinite scroll gridview.