A page out of Server driven UI on Android

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Server-driven UI uses JSON configs to change screens, run A/B tests and flip feature flags without shipping an APK update. Implementation uses Epoxy (RecyclerView-based) for a JSON→EpoxyModel pipeline and Jetpack Compose hoisted composables for declarative mappings. The prototype wires Moshi polymorphic adapters and discriminator keys to pick component types, builds a reusable design-system library, and shows Epoxy running in production for ~2.5 years while the Compose version renders dynamic homepages and per-user experiments successfully.

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1. 0:00Introduction and overview
2. 2:11What is server-driven UI
3. 10:13Core principles and goals
4. 15:31Epoxy library deep dive
5. 22:57Code implementation with Epoxy
6. 33:45Jetpack Compose approach
7. 38:54Dynamic screen configuration
8. 40:17Resources and Q&A

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