effective android development. ua mobile 2016

EFFECTIV E

ANDROID

DEVELOPMENT

S E R G I I Z H U K

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HELLO!

My name is Sergii Zhuk

• Android Developer @ Zalando SE

• Author of DOU.ua Android Digest

• In Berlin since August 2015

• twitter.com/sergiizhuk

• medium.com/@sergii

http://www.twitter.com/sergiizhuk


mailto:medium.com/@sergii


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ZALANDO SE

• Europe’s leading online fashion platform

• ~ 10,000 employees in Europe

• ~ EUR 3bn revenue in 2015

• ~ 60% of shop traffic came from mobile

• 10M+ downloads Android app

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AGENDA

• Android Studio

• Test Devices

• Dev & Environment

• App Performance

• Gradle Hacks

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ANDROID STUDIO

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ANDROID STUDIO – T IP 0

Show line numbers, please!

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How often to update your IDE version?

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How often to update your IDE version?

• Use two installations: stable and canary

• Enable auto-update for the relevant channel

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How to make a code review?

Switch between branches could be slow:

•stash your changes

•checkout branch

• reload gradle config

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How to make a code review?

Switch between branches could be slow:

•stash your changes

•checkout branch

• reload gradle config

• Launch two IDE instances: one for the review, another one for the main work

• Yes, you will need a powerful machine

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Use Android Studio Live Templates

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Use Android Studio Live Templates

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Learn how to debug

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Learn how to debug

• Attach the debugger

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Learn how to debug

• Use Frames Debug window

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Learn how to debug

• Breakpoint only during interesting iterations

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Fast preview & build

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JRebel

• Multidex only in expensive “Business” version

• 21-day trial

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JRebel

• Multidex only in expensive “Business” version

• 21-day trial

Instant Run

• minSdkVersion 15+, 21+ recommended

• Free & accepted by community

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TEST DEVICES

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TEST DEVICES – T IP 1

A lot of UI issues could be discovered if compare app on Lollipop and pre-Lollipop

devices

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A lot of UI issues could be discovered if compare app on Lollipop and pre-Lollipop

devices

• Use at least two emulator instances or devices during dev tests

• Use both 4.* and 5+ OS versions

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Emulators question

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Emulators question

Genymotion

• Free only for private use & limited functionality

• Latest OS version with the delay

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Emulators question

Genymotion

• Free only for private use & limited functionality

• Latest OS version with the delay

New Android SDK Emulator

• push apps/data 10x faster than to a device

• includes Google Play Services built-in

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(Cloud) Test Platforms

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• Can execute scenarios (Espresso tests, Robotium etc.)

• Can take screenshots, measure device metrics, track logs

• Example: AWS Device Farm , TestDroid, Cloud Test Lab

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• Also you can create your own device farm

• Open-source tools available like Square Spoon

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APP PERFORMANCE

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APP PERFORMANCE – T IP 1

Follow Android Performance Patterns

• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWz5rJ2EKKc9CBxr3BVjPTPoDPLdPIFCE

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWz5rJ2EKKc9CBxr3BVjPTPoDPLdPIFCE

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWz5rJ2EKKc9CBxr3BVjPTPoDPLdPIFCE

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Measure execution time

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Measure execution time

• Hugo by Jake Wharton

@DebugLog

public String getName(String first, String last) {/* ... */}

V/Example: --> getName(first="Jake", last="Wharton")

V/Example: <-- getName [16ms] = "Jake Wharton"

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Check the frame rate (FPS)

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Check the frame rate (FPS)

• TinyDancer library (API 16+)

• Takt library (API 16+)

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Which options has Developer?

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Know your

Developer Options!

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DEV & ENVIRONMENT

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DEV & ENVIRONMENT – T IP 1

Support Annotations are your friends

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Support Annotations are your friends

• Metadata annotations you can decorate your code with, to help catch bugs

• Dependency 'com.android.support:support-annotations:23.3.0‘

• Integrated with Android Studio & Lint

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How to read logcat output from your device?

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How to read logcat output from your device?

• Jake Wharton’s pidcat

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Click on device/emulator screen every time you are testing some functionality

• BUT what if you have 5 test devices?

• AND you have a regression plan for 30 scenarios?

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• Use ADB commands/scripts to replace manual interactions

adb shell input keyevent 4

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DEV & ENVIRONMENT – T IP 3 .5


• Use adb-ninja script to submit your command to several devices simultaneously

https://github.com/romannurik/env/blob/master/bin/ninja-adb






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Think about application tracking

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Think about application tracking

• A lot of projects with overlapping functionality:

• Google Analytics

• Adjust

• Answers Events by Fabric

• Integration requires huge architecture effort

• Testing is always hard

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Network output logging/analyzing?

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Network output logging/analyzing

Use Http Monitoring & Proxy tools like Charles

• HTTP/HTTPS traffic monitoring

• Rewrite values

• Set breakpoints

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All-in-one inspection tool by Facebook?

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All-in-one inspection tool by Facebook!

• Stetho

• SQLite database

• Network proxy

• Hierarchy Viewer

• App preferences

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GRADLE HACKS

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GRADLE HACKS – T IP 1

Check your config

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Check your config

build.gradle:

• Get rid of mavenCentral, use jcenter

• Check Gradle plugin version

• DON’T specify version ranges for the dependencies

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Check your config

gradle.properties:

• org.gradle.daemon=true

• # if multiple modules:

org.gradle.parallel=true

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How much time spent on building the app?

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• Track your time!

https://github.com/passy/build-time-tracker-plugin

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• Track your time!

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Build faster using target API 21 for debug

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Build faster using target API 21 for dev needs

productFlavors {

// Define separate dev and prod product flavors

dev21 { minSdkVersion 21 }

dev14 { minSdkVersion 14 }

prod {

// The actual minSdkVersion for the application.

minSdkVersion 14

}

}

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CONCLUSION

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CONCLUSION

• Keep optimizing time spent on repeating things

• Keep looking for ways how to build app faster

• It’s never too late to improve tools knowledge

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THANKS!

• tech.zalando.com/jobs

• @sergiizhuk

• medium.com/@sergii

http://www.tech.zalando.com/jobs





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