Matt McKenna

@mmckenna.me

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🤖 #AndroidDev and GDE 💼 Mobile @ ramp.com 🌐 International Speaker 🐾 Dog lover 📝 blog.mmckenna.me

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Claude usage with opus 4.7 equalling 30 days of Opus 4.6 use
A video showing an android app UI reacting to state on the screen and applying a new theme to the app based on that state in real time. The example is a weather app where the themes are driven by the weather such as yellows for sunny, blues for rainy.
Islands Dark Theme in Zed
A screenshot of code that reads: // Create a Recomposition Tracking Rule @get:Rule val composeTestRule = createRecompositionTrackingRule() @Test fun incrementCounter_onlyValueRecomposes() { // Perform an action composeTestRule.onNodeWithTag("inc_button") .performClick() // Assert that Composables change like you expect composeTestRule.onNodeWithTag("counter_value") .assertRecompositions(exactly = 1) // Or assert that they remain stable composeTestRule.onNodeWithTag("counter_title") .assertStable() // asserts recompositions = 0 }
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An Android robot that looks like Darth Vader. Text around it says "I'm am altering the deal, Pray I don't alter it any further."
Github PR settings menu showing options: Unified, Split (selected), Minimize comments (selected), Hide whitespace, Compact line height (selected).
The quick settings internet tile on Android 16 on a pixel 9 pro showing Wi-Fi with a hyphen.
Apples new Liquid Glass UI
Promotional graphic for the Droidcon New York 2025 session "Ready Layer One: Intro to the Model Context Protocol" presented by Matt McKenna, who works on Android at Square and is an Android GDE. The graphic features Matt McKenna's headshot, the session title in orange text, his name in bold blue, his affiliations in a lighter blue, and the conference dates of June 25th-26th, 2025. The background is a vibrant coral color with abstract blue and white geometric shapes and a line drawing of a New York City building. The Droidcon New York logo and the hashtag #dnyc25 are visible in the upper corners.
A notification from Tuple that says "Soloing: 'You've been waiting for someone to join for quite awhile' with options to 'Stay' or 'Leave'."
A Latte with latte art on a wooden cutting board.
Android 16 animation gif showing a little android shaped rocket orbit a diamond design with a starry backdrop.
My dog, Dexter the Great Dane, in a giant bean bag laying on his back.
A screenshot from the article showing the old and new Android volume sliders. The old ones are rounded like a vertical pill. The new ones are squared off with a line indicating where the level of volume is.
The title card for Pantheon showing one of the main characters, Maddie.
A 3 by 5 grid of latte art that I made in 2024.
The image is a meme using the “Galaxy Brain” template, depicting the evolution of Android developer naming conventions over the years: 1. AndroidDev in 2013: Text: String sUserName Image: A simple brain with minimal activity. 2. AndroidDev in 2015: Text: String userName Image: A brain with slightly increased activity, showing progression. 3. AndroidDev in 2017: Text: val userName: String Image: A glowing brain, representing further enlightenment and modernization. 4. AndroidDev in 2025: Text: val aaaUserName: String Image: A radiant brain with beams of light emanating from it, symbolizing the pinnacle of creativity (or absurdity) in naming conventions.
Adam McNeilly and Matt with the Android XR logo statues.
Orbiters slide showing how a navigation rail becomes a floating piece of UI attached to the main content.
Adapting android apps for XR.
A photo of Madona, Adam, and Matt
A screenshot of the Bluesky composer screen highlighting the plus button to make threads.
a screenshot of my blog on Hashnode with the github, youtube, linkedin, mastodon, bluesky, and rss feed icons.
a homemade latte with latte art in a nested heart pattern.
Dexter the Great Dane on a twin bed.
A photo of a fawn Great Dane looking down as if he was using the phone and took a selfie.
A photo of Dexter my Great ,Dane on his bed with a blanket over his head.
A screenshot of my GitHub profile showing blue sky rendering with a butterfly
A screenshot of Journeys with Gemini showing what is essentially plain text UI tests
My work Google Calendar now supports dark mode in browsers!
#AndroidDev on Bluesky starter pack QR code
an Android head that has a rose teeth and an Android head that has two teeth like a vampire
a cappuccino with a nice latte art that also has a skull in it
a pixel 9 pro XL screenshot with two apps in split screen. the top app is settings showing the battery screen. the bottom one is Mastodon showing Matt's profile. the middle of the screen shows the rounded corners and a lot of empty space
A close-up photo of a latte with beautifully crafted latte art in the shape of a leaf. The warm tones of the coffee and the intricate design create a cozy, autumnal feel.
on Android notification, saying that Balatro is ready to download