The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development Version 8.5 Released

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Some firm ��� who shall remain nameless, but whose name rhymes with ���Fnoogle��� ���
decided to ship the O Developer Preview 1 the day after
I published Version 8.4 of the book.
So, hot on the heels of 8.4 comes 8.5, where I:

Added a large new appendix on Android O, with light coverage of most
significant changes and in-depth coverage of:

The new attacks in ���the war on background processing���, such as the ban
on implicit broadcasts and the limited life of background services

Notification channels

Picture-in-picture mode for phones and tablets

Multi-display mode, where you can run an activity on an attached TV,
monitor, or projector

The new user flow for apps that wish to install other apps via ACTION_INSTALL_PACKAGE

Adds a new chapter on Android O���s autofill feature

Plus your typical roster of bug fixes and the like.

We continue to be in a Google Play Books-free zone,
for those of you keeping score at home.

The next book update should be in early June, to allow me to cover anything
significant coming out of O Developer Preview 2 and the Google I|O conference.