Changes to Device Identifiers in Android O

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Changes to Device Identifiers in Android O

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Changes to Device Identifiers in Android O

Android O introduces some improvements to help provide user control over the use of identifiers.

Articles

The CommonsBlog — Android O and the Implicit Broadcast Ban

One of the more controversial changes in Android O — for apps with a sufficiently-high targetSdkVersion — is the effective ban on implicit broadcasts. Let’s take a deeper dive into what this means and why we are here.

A Clever, Flawed OkHttp Interceptor Hack

Hack OkHTTP configuration to use it with more than one Retrofit instance.

Android O to drop insecure TLS version fallback in HttpsURLConnection

To improve security, insecure TLS version fallback has been removed from HttpsURLConnection in Android O.

Using Glide ? Few tips to be a pro

Nilesh Deokar shares some known issues and best practises with using Glide.

Libraries

AndroidSnooper

Android library to record the network calls through the interceptor mechanism of the http clients.

RxDownloadManager

Download manager implemented using RxJava.

Videos/Podcasts

Kotlin 1.1 Event

In addition to the new features that Kotlin 1.1 brings to your projects, it is also a good reason to meet up with your local community and friends to learn about new opportunities behind the release.

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