Apr 13, 2021
In this episode, Romain, Chet and Tor sit down with Brian Carlstrom and Nicolas Geoffray to discuss their work on ART (the Android Runtime). Brian and Nicolas describe the early prototypes and bringup of ART, getting it production ready, as well as recent developments such as cloud profiles.
Chet, Brian and Romain...
Mar 24, 2021
Chet and Romain host Chris Lacy, a long time independent Android developer. In this episode, Chris explains how he decides what apps to build, how he used various platform APIs to create innovative applications like LinkBubble, and what challenges he faces.
Chet, Chris and Romain
Chris's apps include:
SwirlWalls, a...
Mar 3, 2021
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podcast look like? We don't know, so here's a picture of the podcast's website |
Tor, Romain, and Chet talk about what
they could do — or not do —to improve Android Developers
Backstage.
Please check our survey and let us know how you would...
Feb 20, 2021
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take a picture this time. Please imagine what we looked like. |
This time,
Tor, Romain, and Chet were joined by Dan Bornstein, one of the
early members of the Android team. Dan joined in 2005 to create a
runtime for Android, which became Dalvik.
Feb 3, 2021
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| Top row: Chet,
Romain, Rob. Bottom row: Wale, Tor. |
In this
episode, we chat with Wale Ogunwale and Rob Carr from the Android
Framework team about the Window Manager.
Tune in to
learn about the evolution of the window manager, the distinction
between System UI and the window manager, implementation...