Episode 147: Jetpack Compose Alpha

The real star of the show: Jetpack Compose

This week, after a long series of developer previews, we are celebrating the release of Jetpack Compose alpha. In this episode, Clara Bayarri, Matvei Malkov, and Anna-Chiara Bellini are joining Chet and Romain to talk about this milestone. You will learn more about what does the alpha mean to the team, where did Compose come from, how the team approaches API design, some of the challenges behind building a new UI toolkit, and much more.

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Links

Jetpack Compose
Tutorials and codelabs

Android Studio Setup
Samples on GitHub
Thinking in Compose (video)

Chet: @chethaase

Tor: @tornorbye
Romain: @romainguy

Thanks to continued tolerance and support by our audio engineer, Dustin Elm.

Episode 146: The Game Changer

Dan (played by an icon), Greg, and
a tiny Romain in the upper right

This time, Romain was hosting all on his own for this conversation about game technology with Greg Hartrell, product manager for games on Play/Android, and Dan Galpin, developer advocate for games on Android. They talked about recent developments and offerings for game developers, including the Android development plugin for Visual Studio, other specialized tools for game developers, and new offerings from the team like Android Asset Delivery and Android App Bundle for distribution.

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Links

Build Games for Android

Android Game Dev Show

Greg: @ghartrell

Dan: @dagalpin
Chet: @chethaase
Tor: @tornorbye
Romain: @romainguy

Thanks to continued tolerance and support by our audio engineer, Dustin Elm.