Android Developers Backstage Episode 185: Play Store
May 3, 2022
Jon and Andrew from the Play team discuss the major refactoring of the Play Store app, including the adoption of Jetpack Compose. They highlight the improvements made to architecture, network fetching, UI rendering, and data storage. The podcast also covers tech debt issues, adoption of Kotlin and MVVM architecture, handling accessibility challenges, app performance improvements, and considerations in migrating code.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
Issues with tech debt, scalability, and architecture patterns in Place Talk
01:52 • 2min
Adopting Kotlin and MVVM Architecture for Play Store Rewrite
03:36 • 15min
Handling Accessibility and Migration Challenges
18:19 • 5min
App Performance and Future Improvements
23:18 • 2min
Soft Launch of Play Store and Adoption of New Framework
25:02 • 2min
Considerations and Challenges of Migrating Code
26:41 • 4min