droidcon 2014: Keynote: Android Programming - Pushing the Limits, Eric Hellmann
Channel: droidcon
Date: 2014-07-31

Android Programming - Pushing the Limits, Erik Hellman (Spotify)

Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/droidcon/android-programming-pushingthelimits

Find out more at: http://de.droidcon.com/2014/session/keynote-android-programming-pushing-limits

Developing high-quality Android applications is a very challenging task. Besides having to master the UI framework, you need to have a full understanding of your application and components life-cycles, thread-management and data persistent which is unique to the Android platform. In this session, Erik Hellman will go through some of the tips and tricks covered in his book "Android Programming: Pushing the Limits" as well as show how to take full advantage of some of the more advanced features in the Android platform. Learn how to optimize your background processing, best-practices for ContentProviders, write useful tests for your Android applications, use the hidden APIs efficiently and reduce the work for the garbage collector in a smart way.