Good architecture smooths the development path of your Android app for years to come. Bad architecture results in developers spending more time maintaining code and fixing bugs than adding features.

Google's best practice guidelines have changed considerably recently, and the way we develop Android apps is very different from even just a few years ago. But more important than learning the rules is understanding the principles that underpin them, so you can make your own decisions.

So what does good Android app architecture look like? This talk is all about how to be a better, more forward-thinking developer.

After a brief tour of SOLID principles (beloved of interviewers for almost any programming role), we will explore the purpose of Clean Architecture, as well as patterns like MVVM. And finally we will see how a lot of this converges in Google's Modern App Architecture, and how more recent technologies like Hilt, Kotlin Flows and Jetpack Compose make life a lot easier.

This session is aimed at seasoned developers and those looking start a career in software development. Whilst all the examples are with Kotlin + Android, the underlying principles apply whatever your language.

This is an intermediate level talk which assumes a working knowledge of programming. Whilst all examples use Android + Kotlin, the basic principles apply equally to any programming language.