Introduction to Android M
- 1. Post IO Meetup Introduction to Android M Amrit Sanjeev Organizer, Blrdroid
- 2. Who am I ?
- 3. What’s new in Android M? Top 10 things for developers
- 4. M - preview timeline ● Schedule subject to change ● Updates delivered over-the-air (OTA) ● Final M release targeting Q3 2015
- 5. App permissions ● Changes to runtime permission ● Reduced install and update friction. ● Behavior remains same for prev versions of SDK ○ grant upfront ○ but can deny later . ● Best practice : for absolutely necessary permission ask user for it during setup .
- 6. App permissions targetSdkVersion < M targetSdkVersion = M+ Pre-M device Install time permission dialog All permissions granted M device Install time permission dialog All permissions granted User can revoke permissions No dialog during install No permissions granted initially App can request permissions User can revoke permissions
- 7. Fingerprint Api ● new fingerprint api ● hardware support ● updated lockscreen ● multi finger support ● Ui is completely controlled by the app ● Can fall back to keygaurd manager ● Authenticate user without sharing any credential
- 8. ● Better battery back up when idle ● Standby can improve upto 2x ● Uses sensors to detect if the phone is idle ● Postpones non important tasks that wake up the device ● Resumes when the device is moves Doze mode
- 9. ● Apps that are not used for long periods ● Lose access to network and background tasks ● Avoid continuous battery drain for unused stuff ● Resumes when the device plugs in or you use the app . App standby
- 10. Assistant support ● Provide system additional info about the current screen ○ Context ○ Metadata ● can be at application or activity level . ● eg) google now on tap
- 11. Data binding ● view to object mapping ● can apply transformation ● better performance dependencies { classpath "com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.3.0-beta1" classpath "com.android.databinding:dataBinder:1.0-rc0" } <variable name="user" type="com.example.User"/> <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="@{user.firstName}"/>
- 12. Material design library ● Super useful ● Lots of boilerplate code removed More in the next talk
- 13. Applinks ● directly open links in app without intent chooser ● used when you own the domain and app ● statements.json file in server under .well-known folder ○ apk package name ○ certificate hash ● intent filter has android auto-verify = true ● override is possible
- 14. Direct Share