The folks talking today #io19pic.twitter.com/iiVJbLRhbL
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I guess this picture would have been better. Sorry. Long week!pic.twitter.com/jeMNMos5TT
First question is supporting Kotlin Native, Steph says they're excited about it and looking forward to seeing where it goes. #io19
Next question is about OEM quirks with Bluetooth and other places and how people feel pain points that aren't necessarily Google's fault. What's the plan to create standards?
@davey_burke says consistency is a goal, CTS helps, and investing in more tests with better tools helps
Also says Project Mainline makes pushing standard modules for things like media codecs helps.
Project Mainline is cool. Spread the word. #io19
Next question is about having multiple voice assistants at home, and limiting a single wake word is set to default Assistant. Why not allow multiple simultaneous assistants. Answer is accepting multiple hotwire systems is hard.
Y U NO CONSISTENT MESSAGING PLAN
@davey_burke every region wants something different, RCS is something Google is working on to elevate SMS but it takes time to deal with Carriers and OEM folks #io19
Why is everything a beta or a project? It makes companies less likely to adopt.
Takes time to go stable, and once it's stable you basically have to support it forever. Trying to make that time shorter #io19
What even is Fuschia?
@davey_burke hasn't heard @lockheimer answer to this earlier, but basically there's collaboration between the two teams and that's about all to say. #io19
AMP and Instant Apps, what's the thinking behind releasing competing products?
Working with analytics gaps to help make this more obvious, but choose the thing that works best for what you're doing and enjoy it. #io19
Flutter question! Can you use it with Kotlin? Flutter is its own thing, Android Team is focused on Jetpack Compose (Kotlin) which should look pretty familiar and be comfortable to use.
What can the team do to make coming to Android as a Dev easier? There's so much to learn!
Steph says they're working on how to improve documentation and samples to fix this, lower the barrier to entry! #io19
Who starts the conversation on things like Foldables?
@davey_burke Supply chain makes a part, OEM thinks about adoption, Google gets involved.
Burke is very excited about Foldables, especially next year. #io19
Can I access visual voicemail with my app? No. It's an IMAP client and has no API
Where was WearOS? Is it dead?
@davey_burke No, we had a sandbox. WearOS is still very much alive, we've hired more people and are investing. #io19
What are you doing for diversity and inclusion?
@davey_burke software industry is super skewed male, need to get more folks into the hiring chain so they can hire more people. Trying, he recognizes it's an industry level problem. #io19
Locking down Android limits developer innovation. Why are you doing this?
Dianne - Finding balance as the ecosystem changes is a constant thing, and battery life suffers eyeglasses developers are allowed to exploit background processes. Ultimately better for everyone #io19
Steph - We try really hard to minimize change where possible.
Jetpack Compose question - layout changing? Yes, eventually.
How do I decide which framework to go with?
Depends on what you're doing, each has cost focuses on things like native stability and cross platform. #io19
Thoughts on fragmentation, having to choose between supporting older API and drawing a line and focusing on new things? Extremely difficult problem at scale, but Project Travel helps. Pie has a 4X growth over Oreo at the same time. The changes over time are gradual, but working
Last question, Google Play in-app updates? Available now! That's all, folks!
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