Android Developers Backstage

Tor, Romain and Chet In this episode, Chet, Romain and Tor discuss the Android-related announcements at Google I/O this year -- Android Q, Jetpack Compose, Project Marble, etc. Subscribe to the podcast feed or download the audio file directly. Links: Jetpack Compose Chet: @chethaase Romain: @romainguy Tor: @tornorbye Thanks to continued tolerance and support by our audio engineer, Bryan Gordon.

Tor, Mel, Chet, and Romain (shown in alphabetical order) In this episode, Chet, Tor, and Romain chat with Mel Goetz, an engineer on the Material team, about Material Design Components, the set of components for Android that implement Material Design. Subscribe to the podcast feed or download the audio file directly. Links: Material spec Material Design Components Mel: @melaniemgoetz Romain: @romainguy Chet: @chethaase Tor: @tornorbye Thanks to continued tolerance and support by our audio engineer, Bryan Gordon.

Romain, Frank and Tor in the Studio In this episode, Romain and Tor chat with Frank from the Android Studio team. Frank works on the Android emulator and in this episode he explains the differences between a simulator and an emulator, how snapshots work, how does GPU support is implemented and much more. Subscribe to the podcast feed or download the audio file directly. Links: Emulator release notes Source code of the emulator for the curious Romain: @romainguy Tor: @tornorbye Thanks to continued tolerance and support by our audio engineer, Bryan Gordon.

Chet, Iliyan and Tor in the Studio In this episode, Chet and Tor chat with Iliyan Malchev from Project Treble. We already covered this a year and a half ago back in episode 75, but this time we dig deeper and also cover the progress made since then. Tune in to learn about acronyms like HAL, HIDL, GSI, VTS, and more! Subscribe to the podcast feed or download the audio file directly. Links: An Update on Project Treble - Iliyan's blog entry from November Episode 75: Project Treble - For the HAL of it Android Architecture overview Iliyan: @imalchev Romain: @romainguy Chet: @chethaase Tor: @tornorbye Thanks to continued tolerance and support by our audio engineer, Bryan Gordon.

Michael, Tor (not pictured), Romain (not pictured), and Chet (not even present). Some podcasts are conversations. Some are more like interrogations in a café. In this episode, Tor and Chet Romain talked with Michael Wright from the Android Framework team. Michael works on input, display, power manager, and haptics, which are, by amazing coincidence, exactly what they talked about. Subscribe to the podcast feed or download the audio file directly. Links: Romain: @romainguy Chet: @chethaase Tor: @tornorbye Thanks to continued tolerance and support by our audio engineer, Bryan Gordon.

Esteban, Romain, Chet, and Tor in the Android Studio. Our guest-scheduling failed once again but we managed to find a guest at the very last minute! In this episode Esteban de la Canal tells us everything about Apply Changes, a new feature in Android Studio 3.5 Canary destined to replace Instant Run. Why are we doing this and why is it better than Instant Run? Listen to this episode and come find out with us. Subscribe to the podcast feed or download the audio file directly. Links: Android Studio 3.5 Canary Romain: @romainguy Chet: @chethaase Tor: @tornorbye Thanks to continued tolerance and support by our audio engineer, Bryan Gordon.

Romain, Chet, Dave and Tor in the Android Studio. In this episode, we talk to Dave Burke, VP of Engineering for Android. How are features chosen for the next version of the operating system? And what is Dave's favorite feature in Android P? Tune in to find out. Subscribe to the podcast feed or download the audio file directly. Links: Dave: @davey_burke Romain: @romainguy Chet: @chethaase Tor: @tornorbye Thanks to continued tolerance and support by our audio engineer, Bryan Gordon.

Tor, Romain, Sumir, Ian, and Chet pose for a candid picture far from the recording studio, when they finally realized they'd forgotten to take a picture in the studio earlier. You'd think they'd have this process nailed by now, wouldn't you? I mean, 106 episodes; it's not like it's new and all. Honestly, what level of professionalism are we paying for here with this free service? Romain and Chet talk with Sumir Kataria and Ian Lake about the latest developments in the new WorkManager and Navigation architecture components. WorkManager is now in beta and Navigation should be in beta Real Soon Now. Alpha? Beta? Are these all Greek to you? We try to de-mystify this naming convention and talk about how we see development and release of architecture components in general. Subscribe to the podcast feed or download the audio file directly. Links: WorkManager Navigation Sumir: @SumirKodes Ian: @ianhlake Romain: @romainguy Tor: @tornorbye Chet: @chethaase Thanks to continued tolerance and support by our audio engineer, Bryan Gordon.

Tor, Romain, Robert, and Chet. Note the winter coat; the temperatures in California had plummeted that week all the way down into the lower 60s (F). Brrrr! Tor, Romain, and Chet talk with Robert Greenwalt from the Android Telephony team about how the phone actually works. And text. And data. And SIM cards. And carrier networks. It turns out that communication is kind of a important feature for phones Subscribe to the podcast feed or download the audio file directly. Links: Romain: @romainguy Tor: @tornorbye Chet: @chethaase Thanks to continued tolerance and support by our audio engineer, Bryan Gordon.

Tor and Romain working hard in the studio while Chet enjoyed the scenery in Monterey Our guest-scheduling failed a second time in a row, but on the heels of the Android Dev Summit we had a lot to talk about! Chet was traveling, so it's just Romain and Tor this time. We sincerely apologize for the lack of puns in this episode! Subscribe to the podcast feed or download the audio file directly. Links: Android Dev Summit - All Sessions Romain: @romainguy Tor: @tornorbye Chet: @chethaase Thanks to continued tolerance and support by our audio engineer, Bryan Gordon.