Android Textual Layout - Advanced Typography Features
Explore the advancements in Android typography in this 41-minute conference talk from Android Dev Summit 2015. Dive into recent Android versions' typographic capabilities, including automatic hyphenation, balanced paragraph layout, OpenType features, and support for multiple scripts. Learn how to leverage these improvements in your apps as Raph Levien, software engineer and tech lead of Android Text, discusses challenges, opportunities, and modern display technology. Discover the impact of Material Design, Roboto II, and global reach considerations. Gain insights into ligatures, number formatting, letter spacing, and high-quality layout techniques. Enhance your understanding of Android's textual layout capabilities to create more sophisticated and visually appealing applications.