My top 5 takeaways from Goolge I/O 2017.

1. TOP FIVE
ANDRE PERKINS

2. INTRO
ABOUT ME
▸Senior Android Developer on the Nickelodeon Android
Research Team
▸Located in Jersey City, NJ
▸Developing Android for ~3 years
▸I play ping-pong!

3. PICTURE IN
#5

4. PICTURE IN PICTURE
WHAT IS IT?
▸A new feature in the OS that gives users the ability to
continue watching video content in a smaller foreground
window.

5. PICTURE IN PICTURE
HOW TO USE?

6. PICTURE IN PICTURE
RESOURCES
▸https://developer.android.com/training/tv/playback/picture-in-
picture.html

7. LIFECYCLE
AWARE
#4

8. LIFECYCLE AWARE COMPONENTS
WHAT IS IT?
▸LiveData provides a lifecycle aware base class for
encapsulating loading data
▸ViewModels are automatically retained across configuration
changes
▸LifecycleObservers are knowledgeable about the current
lifecycle state of any registered LifecycleOwners

9. LIFECYCLE AWARE COMPONENTS
HOW TO USE?

10. LIFECYCLE AWARE COMPONENTS
HOW TO USE?

11. LIFECYCLE AWARE COMPONENTS
RESOURCES
▸https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/lifec
ycle.html
▸https://medium.com/google-developers/lifecycle-aware-data-
loading-with-android-architecture-components-
f95484159de4

12. ROOM
#3

13. ROOM
WHAT IS IT?
▸Yet another client side structured data storage solution…

14. ROOM
WHAT IS IT?

15. ROOM
WHAT IS IT?

16. ROOM
WHAT IS IT?
▸Yet another client side structured data solution

17. ROOM
WHAT IS IT?
▸Provides a Retrofit-esque interface for handling SQLite
operations
▸Provides compile-time verification of raw SQL queries
▸Reduces boilerplate code to convert between SQL queries
and Java data objects

18. ROOM
HOW TO USE?

19. ROOM
HOW TO USE?

20. ROOM
RESOURCES
▸https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/roo
m.html
▸https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfHsPGQ6bgE

21. INSTANT
#2

22. INSTANT APPS
WHAT IS IT?
▸Allows users to access certain features of an app without
having to install the app first

23. INSTANT APPS
HOW TO USE?

24. INSTANT APPS
RESOURCES
▸https://developer.android.com/topic/instant-apps/index.html
▸https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oispNrpGnIY
▸https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jg1D07NgeI
▸https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F42Rbi3WIlA

25. #1 MOST EXCITING
THING FROM
GOOGLE I/O…..

26. KOTLIN
#1

27. KOTLIN
#1

28. KOTLIN (NOW
GOOGLE
#1

29. KOTLIN
WHAT IS IT?
▸A (relatively) new programming language developed by
JetBrains
▸Reduces boilerplate code that is typically associated with
Java
▸Aids in avoiding entire classes of errors such as null pointer
exceptions
▸Integrates seamlessly with existing java classes and libraries

30. KOTLIN
HOW TO USE?
▸Use Android Studio 3.0+ or install Kotlin plugin

31. KOTLIN
RESOURCES
▸https://kotlinlang.org/docs/tutorials/
▸http://slack.kotlinlang.org/
▸https://www.meetup.com/New-York-Kotlin-Meetup/
▸https://www.manning.com/books/kotlin-in-action
▸https://www.udemy.com/the-complete-kotlin-developer-
course/?couponCode=345435345