5 Top Links from Google I/O: Android App Development

I watched the Google I/O conference this week from my desk in Baltimore. If you didn’t have time to stream any of the sessions, here are a few interesting resources and highlights that could be useful to you.

1. Android L Developer Preview

• Preview Android L before it comes out
  • Android is now on everything
    • Phone
    • Tablet
    • TV
    • Wear
    • Auto
  • Lots of new features
    • Recent apps is now card-like and can have multiple cards per app
    • Animations
    • Project Volta–battery life improvements
• Get your app working for Android L’s release date in the fall

2. Android Wear

• Powerful notification system
• Context aware applications
  • It’s 4pm and you usually order pizza now, pop open a hint to order quickly from your watch

3. Android TV

• Leanback framework
  • Ships with almost complete activities and fragments to get you most of the way

4. Material Design

• New theme and framework for Android L
• Lots of animation
• Made to have depth, designs have a z index

5. Chromebooks Run Android Apps
6. Possible to run Android apps on Chromebooks
7. Increases the usefulness of a Chromebook
   1. Access to non webapps

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