13: Android UI Infrastructure with Hilal

May 17, 2019

Did you watch F8 this year? You've probably seen the new Facebook blue and your app got a sleeker, more modern icon. Hilal is part of the team that made that happen and he joins Mihaela and Pascal on episode 13 to talk about how to scale packaging and distributing UI resources to devices. Hilal also helps fight UI regressions and inconsistencies with the screenshot tests infrastructure he contributes to.

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Topics

• F8 Talks: https://developers.facebook.com/videos/
• mvfst: https://github.com/facebookincubator/mvfst
• The Diff: https://thediffpodcast.com/
• idb: https://github.com/facebook/idb
• Urban Computing Foundation: https://venturebeat.com/2019/05/07/uber-google-ibm-and-others-join-the-urban-computing-foundation-to-create-tools-for-cities-of-tomorrow/
• Chris Banes - Becoming a master window fitter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mGDMVRO3iE

Timestamps

Intro	00:00
News: F8 talks	00:47
News: mvfst	01:27
News: The Diff	01:52
News: idb	02:10
News: Urban Computing Foundation	06:29
Hilal Intro	07:05
Current projects	08:12
UI Scaling Problems	08:52
APK Size	09:56
Shipping Icons	10:45
New FB Colours	15:00
Screenshot Tests	18:33
Design Library	25:19
Ad: The Diff	30:23
Kotlin at FB	30:53
Notches and Status Bars / Chris Banes Talk	32:06
Supporting Foldables	34:42
Hilal's Team	36:52
Outro	37:16
Theme	39:21
Bloopers	39:29