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Welcome to Android Developers Backstage, a podcast by and for Android developers. Hosted by developers from the Android platform team, this show covers topics of interest to Android programmers, with in-depth discussions and interviews with engineers on the Android team at Google.

Feb 20, 2021


It's history time! Or even [pre-]ART History time!
We didn't 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



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...