# Droidcon App! - Kevin Galligan

DevFeed: [Droidcon App! - Kevin Galligan](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/droidcon-app-kevin-galligan-38193.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://touchlab.co/droidcon-app>)

Published: 2017-07-14T16:00:38Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Touchlab | Enterprise Mobile Innovation & Development](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/touchlab-enterprise-mobile-innovation-development.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin.md>), [RxJava](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rxjava.md>), [Mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [built-by-touchlab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/built-by-touchlab.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [idea](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/idea.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>), [libraries](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/libraries.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [mobile-dev](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile-dev.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networking.md>), [rxjava](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rxjava.md>), [thoughts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/thoughts.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes a planned modernization of the Droidcon Android app, including migration from older Kotlin, libraries, architectures, and Retrofit v1. The authors discuss moving to Room or SQLDelight, using RxJava 2 for non-persisted tasks, retaining a persisted queue for offline support, and adopting new architecture components while exploring compatibility with iOS through Doppl.

## Source excerpt

We're gearing up to have our 4th year of Droidcon NYC! Keep an eye on the Droidcon example app. We'll be modifying a few things over the next few weeks.