Munich Android Comeback

We'll have two talks. Second talk to be announced.

First talk: Unfolding the mystery by Thomas Künneth

Foldable devices made quite a buzz from the start. In the beginning, because they were not very robust. :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing: Now, because they ARE robust enough for daily usage. And they make large screens pocketable. This talk shows you how to make beautiful user interfaces that work well on smartphones, tablets, and foldables using Jetpack Compose and Jetpack WindowManager. We'll look at relevant APIs, cover important interaction patterns, and learn how to glue all together.

Second talk: Louis Cad, The future of dependency management, seen from 2022

Dependency management in the Kotlin, in the Android, and in the JVM ecosystems is great, especially for Gradle users, but there's room for improvement. Some tasks, like upgrading dependencies to the right versions, are still tedious and time consuming. There's also compatibility gotchas because of the lack of metadata. This talk will start with a mention of the different problems that come with dependency management in real-world projects. Then, we will see what Gradle's new "Version catalogs" can do for us. Then it'll show how the developer tool refreshVersions (MIT licensed) tackles some of these issues in Gradle projects, saving a lot of time when upgrading dependencies. Finally, I'll talk about what the future can be for dependency management, be it from new features in future Gradle versions, or tools or conventions that the community can create to improve the status quo.

Agenda

6:30 PM: Unfolding the mystery

Foldable devices made quite a buzz from the start. In the beginning, because they were not very robust. Now, because they ARE robust enough for daily usage. And they make large screens pocketable. This talk shows you how to make beautiful user interfaces that work well on smartphones, tablets, and foldables using Jetpack Compose and Jetpack WindowManager. We'll look at relevant APIs, cover important interaction patterns, and learn how to glue all together.

---

Speakers

Thomas Künneth - MATHEMA GmbH (Head of Mobile)

Thomas Künneth fell in love with Android in 2009. Since then he has been constantly contributiong to the community. Thomas loves writing articles and books about mobile computing. You can frequently watch him speaking at conferences and meetups. Thomas' first encounter with programming was in the era of home computers during the early 1980s. Later came C, Perl and a few more. During the 90s he wr…

Louis Cad

Hosted By

Benjamin Stürmer, GDG Organizer

I'm working as a fulltime Software Engineer and Technical Lead at Quartett mobile in Munich. Besides my emphasis on mobile development, I have lots of experience in Webdevelopment, Automation and Machine Learning.

Juhani Lehtimaki, Organizer, GDG Munich Android

Android, coffee and EVs

Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-munich-android-presents-munich-android-comeback/.