An Introduction — While I was writing (and editing, and rewrite, and re-editing, and re-rewriting, ad infinitum) the book Androids: The Team That Built the Android Operating System, I realized that much of what I learned along the way, and even wrote into original drafts, would never see the light of day. For…

A library for chasing jank in the real world — Jank (noun): Bad application performance which can result in missed frames, discontinuous UI motion, and bad user experience. See “unhappy users.” Debugging performance issues is… hard. …

Once upon a time, a baby was born. He entered the world very quietly and peacefully, and then let forth with a terrifying scream. The child grew into a man who could never get enough sleep. No matter how he tried, he would wake up earlier than he wanted, or…

A Book is Born — “Any time anything works out, if you don’t acknowledge the huge luck factor, you’re kind of a jerk.” –Ficus Kirkpatrick This weekend marks the launch of a book that I have been working on for the past four years, Androids: The Team That Built the Android Operating System. …

Google I/O 2021, RenderScript deprecation, #MADSkills Navigation episodes, articles, and a podcast episode — Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what’s new and notable in the world of Android development. NiA38 in Video and Podcast Form This Now in Android is also offered in video and podcast form. It’s the same content, but with less reading required. The article version (keep reading!) …

Android 12, MAD Skills WorkManager, AndroidX, Articles, Training, and an ADB podcast episode — Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what’s new and notable in the world of Android development. NiA37 in Video and Podcast Form This Now in Android is also offered in video and podcast form. It’s the same content, but with less reading required. The article version (keep reading!) …

Jetpack Compose beta, #AndroidDevChallenge, Android 12, WorkManager, Android for Cars library, RecyclerView, Coroutines, and a podcast — Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what’s new and notable in the world of Android development. NiA35 in Video and Podcast Form This Now in Android is also offered in video and podcast form. It’s the same content, but with less reading required. The article version (keep reading!) …

MAD Skills Kotlin+Jetpack and MotionLayout, AndroidX, Hilt and WorkManager articles, MotionTags screencasts, and an ADB podcast episode on WindowManager — Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what’s new and notable in the world of Android development. NiA33 in Video and Podcast Form This Now in Android is also offered in video and podcast form. It’s the same content, but with less reading required. The article version (keep reading!) …

Kotlin & Jetpack APIs, a new course on Navigation, several articles, and a podcast episode — Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what’s new and notable in the world of Android development. It’s been a few weeks since the previous Now in Android went live, before the holidays — let’s see what’s been happening in the Android universe in the meantime. NiA32 in Video and Podcast Form This Now…