[pcx]

1. The selected Java SDK API desugaring, though limited, is much awaited. Little things like supporting `java.time` up until API Level 14 make it less painful, don't have to end up using Joda Time even though it officially is not developed anymore.

2. Good to see Google focus on animations finally

3. The CPU profiler looks amazing

The transition to androidx has been slow and painful. But overall Android dev experience is improving consistently

[carstenhag]

Mostly [source needed] people use(d) https://github.com/JakeWharton/ThreeTenABP used for this.

[PunksATawnyFill]

Can you cite some examples where UI animations aren't counterproductive, annoying, amateur-hour crap? Swiping screens away to convey a stacked hierarchy is useful, but beyond that I struggle to imagine what I'd do with them.

There's a reason we hated Flash-based Web sites, and animation was a huge part of it.

Now I'm considering which is worse: animated UI, or transparent UI. The asinine transparent-UI fad largely and deservedly died in the '00s, with the exception of Apple suddenly jumping on its discredited and defunct bandwagon years later.

Don't see why we need to bring back animated UI either, but I'm happy to consider suggested uses.

Speaking of stacked hierarchies, the rotatable 3-D display of views in a UI might be pretty useful. I like that idea.