038: What Android Devs Need to know about N

In this episode, Donn and Kaushik look at the Android N developer preview. They highlight the biggest changes that you as an Android Developer should keep an eye out for. There are tonne of features in N, so listen to this episode to get the highlights.

Show Notes

• First preview of Android N: Developer API & Tools [android-developers.blogspot.com]
• Instruction for setting up your dev environment for the N preview (~=> Lambda support) [developer.android.com]
• Java 8 Language features [developer.android.com]
• ADB episode : 45 State of the Art
• Lambdas do not retain enclosing reference (unless really needed)
  • commit note on Jack toolchain [android.googlesource.com]
  • JacklrBuilder source createMethodInfoforLambda [android.googlesource.com]
  • RxJava Android Samples using lambdas [github.com]
  • javap - The Java class file Disassembler [docs.oracle.com]
• Issue tracking Annotation processing options in Jack [code.google.com]
• Other Java 8 language features for N [developer.android.com]
• Android MultiWindow features [developer.android.com]
• GCM Network Manager a.k.a Job Scheduler [developers.google.com]
• Android Notification styles [developer.android.com]

Resources

• What’s new in Android N: Ian Lake + Joanna smith [youtube.com]
• 5 tips for preparing for multi window in Android N: Ian Lake [medium.com]
• DroidCon SF keynote: Chet and Romain [youtube.com]
• Random musing on the N developer preview [commonsware.com]

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Contact

• @fragmentedcast [twitter.com]
• @donnfelker [twitter.com]
• @kaushikgopal [twitter.com]