Android Lollipop Internalsand our inferiority complex

or impostor syndrome

+AleksanderPiotrowski@pelotasplus

About presentationand the gap between us mortals

and rockstar developers fromSquare and Google

History

● originally as “What’s new in Lollipop”● about new APIs● how it works under the hood● the devil is in the detail

http://nelenkov.blogspot.de/@kapitanpetko

What to look for

● technical informationa bit

● motivationhopefully lot more

● are we rockstar devsor not?

Disclaimer

Disclaimer

● nothing against the Google● actually make a living thanks to their

technologies

Disclaimer

● don’t want to diminish their achievements● or suggest anything bad about their devs

Disclaimer

● have never been recruited by them

The APIs arms race

The APIs arms race

● each new release thousands new APIs● iOS 8 includes over 4,000 new APIs● thousands of new Material Designs or new

Bluetooth stacks?

The APIs arms race

● the more, the better● … or just a marketing?

● Android Weekly pressure ;-)

LollipopOr any other Android version, I guess

Significant changes

● Material Design

● WebView updated via Play Store

● FDE

Significant changes

● Bluetooth stack changes

● Android Work/Multi-user - BYOD

● JobScheduler API

One random change

● new package android.util.Range● immutable range

android.util.Range

● check if a value is in a range● check if ranges are equal● get lower/upper values● intersect two ranges

Range::contains(value)public boolean contains(T value) {

checkNotNull(value, "value must not be null");

boolean gteLower = value.compareTo(mLower) >= 0;

boolean lteUpper = value.compareTo(mUpper) <= 0;

return gteLower && lteUpper;

}

The Projects

Project Butter

● in JellyBean

● smoother UI60fps

Other projects

● Svelte in KitKatrunning low-end on deviceswith 512MB or less

● Pi ;-)Google as a telecom

Project Volta

● improve battery life

Project Volta

● at platform level● at developers level● at users level

Project Volta

● ART runtime● JobScheduler API and Battery Historian● Battery Saver

JobScheduler API

Our task

Our App

Task

● non user-facingbackground task ;-)

● can wait to be run laterexecution time doesn’t matter

● resource intensive

The old way

Our App

Task

AlarmManager

NetworkManager

BatteryManager

JobInfo.Builder builder = new JobInfo.Builder(jobId, serviceComponent) .setMinimumLatency(4000) .setOverrideDeadline(5000) .setRequiredNetworkType( JobInfo.NETWORK_TYPE_UNMETERED) .setRequiresCharging(true) .setPersisted(true);JobInfo jobInfo = builder.build();

constraints

our task

task is now a job

JobScheduler

Our App JobInfo

JobInfo.Builder

JobScheduler

Our App JobInfo

JobInfo.Builder schedule()Job

Scheduler

JobScheduler

SystemService

JobScheduler

SystemService

BatteryService

android.content.Intent#ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED

JobScheduler

SystemService

BatteryService

android.content.Intent#ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED

WebViewUpdateService

android.content.Intent #ACTION_PACKAGE_REPLACED

JobScheduler

JobScheduler

JobInfo

JobScheduler

JobScheduler

#1

JobInfo

#2

JobInfo

#3

JobInfo

/data/system/job/jobs.xml

JobScheduler

JobScheduler

#1

JobInfo

#2

JobInfo

#3

JobInfo

/data/system/job/jobs.xml

Battery TimeNetwork ***

BatteryControllerpublic class ChargingTracker extends BroadcastReceiver { private final AlarmManager mAlarm; private final PendingIntent mStableChargingTriggerIntent;

[...]

@Override public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) { onReceiveInternal(intent); }}

public void startTracking() { IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter();

// Battery health. filter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_LOW); filter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_OKAY); // Charging/not charging. filter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_POWER_CONNECTED); filter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_POWER_DISCONNECTED); // Charging stable. filter.addAction(ACTION_CHARGING_STABLE); mContext.registerReceiver(this, filter);

[...]}

public void onReceiveInternal(Intent intent) { final String action = intent.getAction(); if (Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_LOW.equals(action)) { [...] mBatteryHealthy = false; } else if (Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_OKAY.equals(action)) { [...] mBatteryHealthy = true; maybeReportNewChargingState(); } [...]}

JobSchedulerCompat

JobSchedulerFacebook

Google+

Ebay

JobScheduler

Service

System Service

Job

Battery

Time

Network

***

JobInfo

JobInfo

JobInfo

JobSchedulerCompatFacebook

Google+

Ebay

Battery

Time

Network

***

JobInfo

JobInfo

JobScheduler

Service

JobScheduler

Service

JobScheduler

Service

JobInfo Battery

Time

Network

***

System Service

GCMNetworkManagerFresh from Google I/O 2015

Cloud Messaging 3.0

GCMNetworkManager

setRequiresChargingsetRequiresIdlesetRequiredNetworksetPersisted

setRequiresChargingsetRequiresDeviceIdlesetRequiredNetworkTypesetPersisted

● based on GPS not API 21so portable

● tasks vs jobsso similar API

● jobs executed on a serviceso similar API again ;-)

GCMNetworkManager

The Idle mode

***

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueT9hSPaRFc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzSKIpJepUw

Idle mode

system has determinedthat phone is not being usedand is not likely to be used

anytime soon

Idle mode example

Job criteria:idle state + charging

When:at night, when the phone is next to your bed

Digression #1Many Googles

Many Googles

● not the same Google for every one of us● different search results● different ads● fine-grained targeting of contents

Almost there...

● strong technology marketingvideos, blog posts, APIs arms race

● bold statements about possibilitiesidle state, at night, next to the bed

● proven track recordsearch and ads tailored to our behaviour

The idle state algorithmor is it “idle”?

// Policy: we decide that we're "idle" if the device has been unused /// screen off or dreaming for at least this longprivate static final long INACTIVITY_IDLE_THRESHOLD = 71 * 60 * 1000;// millis; 71 min

private static final long IDLE_WINDOW_SLOP = 5 * 60 * 1000;// 5 minute window, to be nice

quotes are here ;-)

The “idle” state algorithm

1. display turns off2. start the timer for 71 minutes +/- 5 minutes3. alarm goes off4. if screen still turned off

we are in the idle state

@Overridepublic void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) { final String action = intent.getAction();

[...]

} else if (action.equals(Intent.ACTION_SCREEN_OFF) || action.equals(Intent.ACTION_DREAMING_STARTED)) { final long nowElapsed = SystemClock.elapsedRealtime(); final long when = nowElapsed + INACTIVITY_IDLE_THRESHOLD; mAlarm.setWindow(AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP, when, IDLE_WINDOW_SLOP, mIdleTriggerIntent); }

[...]

@Overridepublic void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) { final String action = intent.getAction();

if (action.equals(Intent.ACTION_SCREEN_ON) || action.equals(Intent.ACTION_DREAMING_STOPPED)) { // possible transition to not-idle if (mIdle) { [...] mAlarm.cancel(mIdleTriggerIntent); mIdle = false; reportNewIdleState(mIdle); } [...]

@Overridepublic void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) { final String action = intent.getAction();

[...]

} else if (action.equals(ACTION_TRIGGER_IDLE)) { // idle time starts now if (!mIdle) { [...]

mIdle = true; reportNewIdleState(mIdle); } }}

The “idle” state algorithm

● time is not a factorat night

● sensors not usedlying next to the bed

Android Doze to the rescue?

The “idle” state algorithm

● display the only factorhow long is being turned off

● not tuned per usersame for everyonenot based on our own behaviour

The “idle” state algorithm

● random 71 minutesor maybe there is some magic here?

Takeaways

● don’t be afraid to look at the codenot a rocket science therecan cure from inferiority complex

● write code to get betterit always sucks with the first versiongets better which each commit or PR

Thanks

● droidcon Berlin

● YOUfor attending my talkand others too ;-)

+AleksanderPiotrowski@pelotasplus