Stable version of Android Studio 2.2 is out with more than 20 features:
• new Layout Editor with Constraint Layout support
• new APK analyzer
• enhanced Layout Inspector
• full Android 7.0 Nougat features support
• IntelliJ 2016 fetures and much more

#AndroidStudio

Realm Java 2.0.0 released!

Here comes Realm Mobile Platform: realtime synchronization across all Android and iOS devices, conflict resolution, and reactive event handling!

Another awesome changes:
• More Сontext-free api now
• Default values for properties
• Realm log customization
• The primary key defining is mandatory now
• Performance improvements

#Realm

Do you like new Pixel phone by Google?
https://madeby.google.com/phone/

Mocking the un-mockable with Mockito 2.1.0!

https://github.com/mockito/mockito/wiki/What's-new-in-Mockito-2

2.1.0 is a major release with numerous features and changes (2.0.0 version was skipped for specific reasons):
• you can mock final classes in Java and consequently all classes and member functions in Kotlin: http://hadihariri.com/2016/10/04/Mocking-Kotlin-With-Mockito
• full-blown Java 8 support, and Java 9 support (depending on the release date)
• richer stubbing/mocking API
• improving & extracting the continuous delivery automation to a standalone library

#library #testing

Android Studio update 2.2.1 is available now

https://sites.google.com/a/android.com/tools/recent/androidstudio221isnowavailable

Fixes and features:
• An Updated JDK to address multiple issues with MacOS Sierra
• Improves the Native (C++) Development experience by resolving multiple critical bugs
• Several Instant Run and Gradle Bug Fixes
• Multiple issues in data binding
• Improved Reporting for Instant Run Issues

#AndroidStudio

Android 7.1 with 25 SDK is available now for Android Beta program devices and official emulators

Features:
• circular app icons support
• image keyboards (from API level 13)
• app shortcuts (in launchers)
• support page in settings
• silent app update
• restart button
• movies settings

SDK 25 already released for Android Studio.

http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2016/10/android71-dev-preview-available.html

Android Beta program: https://www.android.com/beta

#AndroidNougat #AndroidSDK

Firebase Dev Summit 2016 (Berlin, livestreaming)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zxys0FAXGg

#Firebase

RxJava and RxAndroid 2.x released!

RxJava2 release notes
RxAndroid2 release notes

Main changes:
• Func1 -> Function
• Func2 -> BiFunction
• CompositeSubscription -> CompositeDisposable
• limit operator has been removed - Use take in RxJava2
• onCompleted -> onComplete - (without the trailing d)
• and much more.

What's different in 2.0
Fragmented podcast: Jake Wharton on RxJava2
retrofit2 with rxjava2
GOTO Conference: Exploring RxJava 2 for Android
Taking glance at RxJava-2

#RxJava #RxAndroid

Conversation Actions is available for development now.

Conversation Actions, platform for the Google Assistant, let you engage your users to deliver information, services, and assistance.

Example:
- Remind me to pick up a birthday card
- Got it. Reminder saved.

Google Assistant available from Google Home, Pixel, Allo app. Actions developing available only in Early Access Program.

https://developers.googleblog.com/2016/12/start-building-actions-on-google.html?m=1

About Google Assistant

Actions on Google

Conversion Design tips

Early access to partners programm

Google Home simulator

How to Get Google Assistant On Any Phone Running Android Marshmallow or Higher

#GoogleAssistant #GoogleActions

Android Instant Apps, announced at Google I/O last year, starts initial testing

http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/01/23/android-instant-apps-announced-google-io-last-year-starts-initial-testing/

#InstantApps

Dagger released new 2.9 version
https://github.com/google/dagger/releases/tag/dagger-2.9

#Dagger

ConstraintLayout released! https://sites.google.com/a/android.com/tools/recent/constraintlayout10isnowavailable

#ConstraintLayout #UI

Retrofit 2 new version released with RxJava 2 support and other features
https://github.com/square/retrofit/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#version-220-2017-02-21

#Retrofit #RxJava

Kotlin 1.1 was rolled out

https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2017/03/kotlin-1-1/

#Kotlin

Android Studio 2.3 released

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2017/03/android-studio-2-3.html

#AndroidStudio

Android Studio 2.4 Preview 1 is now Available

http://tools.android.com/recent/androidstudio24preview1isnowavailable

#AndroidStudio

Android Studio 2.4 Preview 2 is available

http://tools.android.com/recent/androidstudio24preview2isnowavailable

#AndroidStudio

Android O Developer Preview now available!

What is Android O?
The next version of Android, with new power and performance optimizations and many new ways to extend your apps.

* NOTIFICATION CHANNELS
* PICTURE-IN-PICTURE
* AUTOFILL
* ADAPTIVE ICONS
* MORE

#Android #AndroidO #news
https://developer.android.com/preview/index.html

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2017/03/first-preview-of-android-o.html

Android Studio 2.4 Preview 3 is available with Android O DP support
https://androidstudio.googleblog.com/2017/03/android-studio-24-preview-3-is-now.html

#AndroidStudio