This document summarizes new features in Android Marshmallow and Nougat. Marshmallow introduced runtime app permissions, fingerprint sensors, Doze mode for battery saving, Now on Tap contextual search, and Android Pay. Nougat added multi-window mode, improved notifications, and quick app switching. The document also discusses Firebase tools for remote configuration, deep linking, notifications and analytics and recommends focusing on onboarding user experience.

1. Android
New Features & Best Practices
Ramesh Akula
Email: ramesh.akula@ytrtech.com

2. Outline
• Behavioural changes in Marshmallow & Nougat
• Firebase
• Provide Better User Experience

3. Marshmallow (6.0)
• Runtime App Permissions
• Fingerprint Sensors
• Doze Mode
• Now on Tap
• Android Pay
• USB Type-C

4. Runtime App Permissions

6. Fingerprint Sensors
• With Android Marshmallow, Google has finally created a uniform
standard for fingerprint sensors. That's good, because before Android
Marshmallow, each manufacturer had its own software solution
implemented into the system: uniform access to fingerprint sensors was
therefore not possible.

7. Doze Mode
• Google's crafty way of saving
battery life is doze Mode.
• This feature will be activated
when the screen is turned off.
Hence, it will save upon more
battery

8. Doze Mode

9. Google Now on Tap

10. Android Pay
• With Android Pay, Android does not store your real payment data, such as
credit card numbers, but creates a virtual number for each payment method,
meaning your data is always protected
• When you combine it with Android Marshmallow's fingerprint scanning
features, it looks as though this new mobile payment process is going to be
more than capable of taking on Apple Pay

11. USB Type-C
• This feature is more related
to hardware than software, but
in Android Marshmallow, Google has
paved the way for the new USB
standard: USB Type-C. With USB
Type-C, you can use the USB
connector in
either direction inside the unit (it flips
both ways), and use your
smartphone to charge other,
compatible devices. Expect to see
this on a plethora
of new smartphones and tablets in
the future.

12. Nougat (7.0)
• Multi Window
• Notifications
• Quick app switching

13. Multi Window
• Split Screen is deservedly the
highlight of Android Nougat. It’s
almost like an app, floating
around the screen.
• Android TV gets picture-in-
picture mode, allowing user to
continue watching their show in
a smaller screen while
performing another task

14. Notifications
• User can just reply to an
incoming message without
navigating from the notifications.
• All messages from a specific
messaging app are bundled
together
• Users can long press a
notification and choose whether
to block them or display them.

15. Design Library
• Toolbar
• NavigationView
• Floating Action Button (FAB)
• Snackbar
• CoordinatorLayout
• Bottom sheets
• TextInputLayout

17. On-Boarding User Experience

18. Firebase
• Remote Config
• Invite App
• Deep Linking
• App Indexing
• Notifications (FCM)
• Analytics

19. Others
• Crash Reporting
• Make content offline
• On Boarding User experience

20. Thanks