Android Developers Live Podcasts

Get an overview of the new features in Android 4.4 KitKat presented by members of the Android team. Chet Haase and Tor Norbye cover many of the new features including Transitions, Storage Access Framework, Immersive Mode, Printing API, and Closed Captioning.

Presented by Reto Meier and Rich Hyndman at Google I/O 2013. A high-level view of everything that's now available as part of Google Play services since it's launch, with a special focus on how this affects you as a developer - and what you should be paying attention to.

Presented by Riccardo Govoni, Ellie Powers, and Miles Barr at Google I/O 2013. Publishing a new application on Google Play is just the beginning -- you work constantly to update your app, improve user reviews, see what users are doing with your app, expand into new markets, and build a revenue stream. Join the team who brought you the new Developer Console to learn how Google Play is bringing you more data to optimize your application, better tools to distribute your application, and new...

Presented by Reto Meier at Google I/O 2013. Learn how to use advanced Android techniques to build apps so good, people think they're magic. Featuring advanced coding tips and tricks, implementation patterns, and exposure to some of the lesser-known APIs, you'll gain insight into how to build context sensitive apps that delight your users without draining their battery.

Presented by Xavier Ducrohet and Tor Norbye at Google I/O 2013. An in-depth tour of the Android development tools, with an introduction to Android Studio. Includes a closer look at everything new - along with tips and tricks for getting the most out of them.

November 16, 2012 Google Android Developer Advocate Reto Meier delivers a review of what's coming up this week on Android Developers Live, and a roundup of what we broadcast last week - plus new app launches and other Android developer news. Links for your convenience: Android 4.2 and the new Nexus Devices: http://bit.ly/NewNexii Android SDK Tools r21: http://bit.ly/AndroidToolsR21 Introducing the Android 4.2 SDK: http://bit.ly/AndroidL17SDK Android Training:...

Episode 1: "Exit" Buttons You know those days when you're checking out an awesome Android app, then you run into an anti-pattern that totally destroys the magic? I do. Rather than destroy the furniture, I've channeled those emotions into something more productive.

http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/androiddevelopers/Android_Developers_Live/MTV/August_1_Office_Hours_ADLive.mp3 This week the topic of interest was Android's Project Butter with hosts Trevor Johns, Alex Lucas and special guest Romain Guy. The Android Developer Relations team broadcasts Android Developer Office Hours every Wednesday at 2pm Pacific Time (UTC-7). We answer Android development questions from a moderator queue and from folks who join us live in our hangout. You can...

This week's Android Developer Office Hours was all about efficiency. Hosted by Joe Malin and Trevor Johns, we also invited Reto Meier of Google I/O session "Making Good Apps Great" and Jeff Sharkey of "Doing More with Less". The Android Developer Relations team broadcasts Android Developer Office Hours every Wednesday at 2pm Pacific Time (UTC-7). We answer Android development questions from a moderator queue and from folks who join us live in our hangout. You can find our schedule at...

Presented by Jon Larimer and Kenny Root at Google I/O 2012. Android provides features and APIs that allow development of secure applications, and you should be using them. This session will start with an overview of Android platform security features, then dig into the ways that you can leverage them to protect your users and avoid introducing vulnerabilities. You'll also learn the best practices for protecting user privacy in your apps. You can find our schedule at...

Presented by Neil Rhodes, Nick Mihailovski, and Mike Kwong at Google I/O 2012. We've rethought mobile app analytics from the ground up. If you are a mobile app developer, come see what's new from the land of Google Analytics; Understand how to measure the end-to-end value of your app, and improve its performance to drive usage and retention. You can find our schedule at http://developers.google.com/live/android

Presented by Patrick Mork and Kushagra Shrivastava at Google I/O 2012. As soon as you hit the “Publish” button on your app, you become (partly) a marketer; you might as well try to be a good one. We’ll share everything we know about promoting apps on Google play: building a strategic marketing framework, making good use of media channels, taking advantage of the assets we’ve built for developers, and convincing the Play team to feature your app. You can find our schedule at...

Presented by Chrix Finne and Kenneth Lui at Google I/O 2012. There’s more than one way to make money with your Android app: Paid apps, in-app billing, advertising, and so on. This session covers the subject comprehensively, with details on the monetization tools in Google Play and a close look at the AdMob SDK, ad network mediation and Google Analytics. Walk away armed with knowledge on how you can make more money, get more users and gain more insights. You can find our schedule at...

Presented by Chris Yerga and Ellie Powers at Google I/O 2012. Google Play is growing faster than ever. In this talk, we'll share insights about Google Play's momentum, the most successful Google Play apps, and some new developments coming soon from Google Play. We'll also share new publisher-facing features that will help Android app developers get the most as they run their day-to-day businesses in Google Play. You can find our schedule at http://developers.google.com/live/android

Presented by Alex Faaborg and Christian Robertson at Google I/O 2012. Design isn’t black magic, it’s a field that people can learn. In this talk two elite designers from Google will give you an advanced crash course in interactive and visual design. Topics will include mental models, natural mappings, metaphors, mode errors, visual hierarchies, typography and gestalt principles. Correctly applied this knowledge can drastically improve the quality of your work. You can find our schedule...

Presented by Adam Powell and Richard Fulcher at Google I/O 2012. An app is useless if people can’t find their way around it. Android introduced big navigation-support changes in 3.0 and 4.0. The Action Bar offers a convenient control for Up navigation, the Back key’s behavior became more consistent within tasks, and the Recent Tasks UI got an overhaul. In this talk, we discuss how and why we got where we are today, how to think about navigation when designing your app’s user experience,...

Presented by Daniel Lehmann, Tor Norbye, and Richard Ngo at Google I/O 2012. The Android Design Guide describes how to design beautiful Android apps, but not how to build them. In this talk we'll give practical tips for how to apply fit & finish as you are implementing your design, we'll show you how to avoid some common pitfalls, we'll describe some useful patterns, and show you how tools can help. You can find our schedule at http://developers.google.com/live/android

Presented by Rachel Garb, Jens Nagel, Nate Streu, and Matias Duarte at Google I/O 2012. You have a great idea for an Android app. You want it to stand out among hundreds of thousands. You want your users to love it and tell everyone they know. The Android User Experience team is here to help. We’ll talk about the Android Design guide and other tricks of the trade for creating apps that delight users and help them accomplish their goals. No design background is required. You can...

Hosted by Chris DiBona, panelists include Reto Meier, Dave Burke, Xavier Ducrohet, Dan Morrill, Diane Hackborn, Rebecca Schultz, and Ficus Kirkpatrick. Meet the Android Engineering team, and dig deep on the technology. You can find our schedule at http://developers.google.com/live/android

Presented by Nicolas Roard at Google I/O 2012. Hundred of thousands of Android applications use WebView to display HTML content. In Android 4.0 it’s hardware-accelerated, which allows support for HTML5 features such as inline video, CSS 3d, CSS animations, and overflow elements. This talk will give an overview of the underlying implementation in ICS, explain how to best take advantage of WebView in your application, and cover best practices for high-performance HTML code. You can...