For the first time ever, Boston Android is teaming up with our Canadian comrades to deliver a cross-border event. Join us in welcoming Jigar and all of the GDG Toronto Android community to our Boston family!

Come and learn about the present and future of Android Development as we learn improvements for how we use Kotlin, and how to prepare for adopting the next major change in Android UI development.

Schedule:
6:45PM - 7:15PM: Introductions
7:15PM - 7:45PM: What to Expect When You're Expecting... Jetpack Compose by Mark Murphy
7:45PM - 8:15PM: Kotlin tips and tricks by Jigar Brahmbhatt
8:15PM - 8:30PM: Closing

Talk #1: What to Expect When You're Expecting... Jetpack Compose by Mark Murphy
Google is pouring a lot of resources into Jetpack Compose, a next-generation way of creating Android UIs. This declarative, Kotlin-first option is likely to be a focus for Google in the coming years, on par with Kotlin itself. While Compose is still in early development, we know enough now to have a sense for what Compose-centric apps will look like. In this presentation, Mark will talk about how to start preparing your app now for adopting Compose when it ships a stable release and in the years that follow.
Checkout Mark's website, https://commonsware.com/, if you're interested in all the work he's doing!

Talk #2: Kotlin tips and tricks by Jigar Brahmbhatt
In this talk, you'll learn about various Kotlin related topics including:
- Building Kotlin based Android SDKs
- Kotlin's collection mutability
- Writing more Kotlinish code compared to writing Kotlin code in Javaish way
- And more!