# Accelerating Android Talent Through Community Bootcamps

DevFeed: [Accelerating Android Talent Through Community Bootcamps](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/accelerating-android-talent-through-community-bootcamps-1286.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/accelerating-android-talent-through-community-bootcamps>)

Author: Julia Hurrelmann

Published: 2018-02-27T22:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shopify.md>), [coding-community](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding-community.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-development.md>), [mvc](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mvc.md>), [JSON](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/json.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [json](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/json.md>), [mvc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mvc.md>), [shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shopify.md>), [skills](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/skills.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-development.md>)

## AI overview

Shopify describes an Android Bootcamp designed to help developers transition into mobile development through a two-day workshop. Participants build a simple quiz app while learning Android views with XML, lifecycles, MVC, JSON parsing, libraries, and remote data retrieval.

## Source excerpt

6 minute read The mobile team knew they needed developers, particularly Android developers. A few years ago, Shopify pivoted to mobile-first, which led to the launches of Shopify Mobile, Shopify Pay, Frenzy, and others. To maintain momentum, Shopify had to keep building up its mobile talent. Back when Shopify's mobile teams spun up, many of our then-early mobile developers never did any mobile development before, instead teaching themselves how to do it on the job. From this observation, we had an insight: what if we could teach developers how to build an Android app, via a Shopify-hosted workshop? The benefits were obvious: this educational initiative could help our local developer community pick up some new skills, while potentially allowing us to meet exciting new talent. The idea for Android Bootcamp was born.