Diving into O and the Support Library
summary
Covers concrete Android O changes and Support Library backports: adaptive launcher icons with 72–108 dp layered foreground/background and 25% padding for parallax; notification channels with per-category settings and mandatory channels for Oreo-targeted apps; new ShortcutManager and widget install API; Autofill with digital asset links; downloadable fonts via Google Play services (800+ fonts) and emoji font backport (API 19+); TextView autosizing, VectorDrawable fill-rule and animated path morphing, path interpolator, and a physics-based animation API (fling and spring) with chaining examples and API 14+ compatibility.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Start
- 3:18introduced notification channels
- 6:48share your login credentials between your website in your app
- 8:18add an accessibility button
- 11:09added downloadable fonts
- 12:11select more fonts
- 12:56support library has access to this new font
- 14:45use an array of preset sizes or an array of values
- 15:49generate compatible images with matching path formats
- 16:50use a path interpolator
- 17:26use the transition xml with the support library
- 19:01step through the mechanics of the two dynamic animations
- 20:48set the final position damping
- 21:51create your own external spring force
- 23:56create two flinging animations at the same time
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