Strategies and tactics for incrementally refactoring while keeping the app releasable
summary
Strategies and concrete tactics for performing incremental refactors on Android apps while keeping them releasable are presented, covering migrations like Java→Kotlin, replacing obsolete libraries, breaking up large Activities/Fragments, introducing ViewModel and Hilt, and migrating from View to Jetpack Compose. The talk explains how to prioritize and order refactor steps and gives practical techniques used in real projects to apply those changes safely without halting releases.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Clarity improvements
- 9:21Refactoring strategies
- 13:36Preparation steps
- 22:41Refactoring order
- 33:48Code cleanup and Kotlin
- 35:31Compose migration
- 39:24Summary
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