The Android Q engineering team is doing an AMA on Reddit next week

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With the most recent Android Q beta having been released just two weeks ago, the Android Q engineering team has decided to host an AMA (ask me anything) session on Reddit next week. Each developer preview of Android Q has revealed more features and improvements over the last, with the most recent having finalized APIs, the official API 29 SDK, and updated build tools for Android Studio. There aren’t going to be many user-facing features as we enter the release candidate stage, so most of the changes are all under-the-hood from now on.

The AMA that the Android Q engineering team will host is aimed at developers and those with technical questions only. The list of participants from the Android team can be seen below. These are the topics that the team looks forward to talking about, although it’s certainly non-exhaustive.

Android Jetpack

Android Studio

Kotlin

Notifications

Dark Theme

New Gesture Nav

Security & Privacy

Location changes in Q

Project Mainline

Google Play

Every year since Android Nougat, the Android engineering teams have done an AMA on Reddit, so this is nothing new. The AMA will take place on Thursday, August 1 at 12:00 PM PST / 3:00 PM EST (UTC 1900) and will continue until 1:20 PM PST / 4:20 PM EST that same day. Users can already begin to submit their questions now in the thread which is linked below.

Participants from the Android team Adam Cohen: TLM on Android Launcher / System UI

TLM on Android Launcher / System UI Adam Powell: TLM on UI toolkit/framework; views, lifecycle, fragments, support libs

TLM on UI toolkit/framework; views, lifecycle, fragments, support libs Alan Viverette : TLM, Jetpack / AndroidX

TLM, Jetpack / AndroidX Allen Huang: PM for UI, launcher, notifications, search integrations and more!

PM for UI, launcher, notifications, search integrations and more! Andrew Sappirstein: TLM on Android Settings

TLM on Android Settings Brahim Elbouchikhi : PM Director for Android Machine Learning and Camera (NN API, ML Kit, CameraX, Camera Platform)

: PM Director for Android Machine Learning and Camera (NN API, ML Kit, CameraX, Camera Platform) Chad Brubaker : Software Engineer, Android Platform Security

: Software Engineer, Android Platform Security Charmaine D’Silva: PM for Privacy

PM for Privacy Chet Haase : Android Chief Advocate, Developer Relations

Android Chief Advocate, Developer Relations Diana Wong: PM, App Compatibility, non-SDK API usage, ART, NDK

PM, App Compatibility, non-SDK API usage, ART, NDK Dianne Hackborn : Manager of the Android framework team (Resources, Window Manager, Activity Manager, Multi-user, Printing, Accessibility, etc.)

Manager of the Android framework team (Resources, Window Manager, Activity Manager, Multi-user, Printing, Accessibility, etc.) E.K. Chung: Director of UX

Director of UX Ian Lake: Software Engineer, Jetpack (Fragments, Navigation, Architecture Components)

Software Engineer, Jetpack (Fragments, Navigation, Architecture Components) Iliyan Malchev: Principal Software Engineer, Project Mainline

Principal Software Engineer, Project Mainline Jacob Lehrbaum: Director of Developer Relations for Android

Director of Developer Relations for Android Jake Wharton : Software Engineer, Jetpack

: Software Engineer, Jetpack Jamal Eason : PM, Android Studio

PM, Android Studio Jeff Bailey : TLM, Android Open Source Project (AOSP)

: TLM, Android Open Source Project (AOSP) Jeff Sharkey : Software Engineer, Android Framework

: Software Engineer, Android Framework Jeffrey van Gogh : Android Studio, Compilers

: Android Studio, Compilers Jen Chai: PM, Location and Context, Auth, Autofill, non-SDK API usage, ART

PM, Location and Context, Auth, Autofill, non-SDK API usage, ART Karen Ng: Group PM for Android Developer Tools, Android Studio, Android Tookit and Jetpack

Group PM for Android Developer Tools, Android Studio, Android Tookit and Jetpack Paul Bankhead: Director of Product Management, Google Play

Director of Product Management, Google Play Rohan Shah: Product Manager, Android System UI

Product Manager, Android System UI Romain Guy : Manager of the Android Toolkit/Jetpack team

Manager of the Android Toolkit/Jetpack team Sagar Kamdar: Director of Product Management, Android

Director of Product Management, Android Sat K: Director of Engineering, Android Connectivity

Director of Engineering, Android Connectivity Selim Cinek : Software Engineer, Android System UI

: Software Engineer, Android System UI Stephanie Saad Cuthbertson : Senior Director of Product Management, Android

Senior Director of Product Management, Android Sumir Kataria: Software Engineer, Jetpack (WorkManager)

Software Engineer, Jetpack (WorkManager) Travis McCoy: PM, Android Platform

PM, Android Platform Trystan Upstill: Distinguished Engineer, Lead for Android System UI & Intelligence

Distinguished Engineer, Lead for Android System UI & Intelligence Vinit Modi: PM, Android Camera

Source: /r/AndroidDev