Go the extra mile for your media app on Android

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Quick, actionable checklist of features that actually ship: enable Android Auto via MediaBrowserService and ExoPlayer (min SDK 23, declare icons and hierarchy), add offline downloads with a DownloadService, cache and CacheDataSourceFactory to download DASH/HLS and resume, hook up Media3 bundle (ExoPlayer, MediaSession, MediaController, UI) for future-proofing, add PiP via manifest/enterPictureInPictureMode, Google Assistant voice actions and search, subtitles for accessibility, HDR via SurfaceView, foldable half-open UI, Cast sender/receiver and media resumption on TV.

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1. 0:00Introduction and speaker intro
2. 1:09Supporting Android Auto
3. 2:33Extending to Wear OS and Android TV
4. 3:41Special audio and picture-in-picture
5. 5:23Downloading media content
6. 7:09Google Assistant integration
7. 8:12Using Media 3 library
8. 8:53Better Together features
9. 9:56Cast Connect implementation
10. 11:02Improving accessibility
11. 12:05Supporting foldables
12. 12:47Enabling HDR playback
13. 13:29Media resumption and performance

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