Hello! The first experience of publishing a “Question-Answer” format post on our blog has been successful and useful for all participants, so today we continue. This time we will talk about the development for Android in general and the features of the Avito application in particular.

How to work with the application of the most popular site ads in Russia? Ask us! We will respond to all comments of the first level, which will appear here today, from 12 to 19 hours Moscow time. Under the cut, I present six of my colleagues who will be in touch with you today, talk a little about Avito’s Android development and possible dialogue topics.

AMA!

UPD, 19:20 MSK: Thank you all for the questions!
Officially, we end the AMA and say goodbye, but if possible we will respond to comments.

AMA members

Eugene Krivobokov eugenekrivobokov

Mobile application architect. In Avito since 2014. Now working in the architectural team.

Dmitry Kostyrev nemezis

Lead mobile application developer. In Avito 2 years. Works in a team that develops functionality for customers.

Dmitry Voronin divor

Mobile application architect. In Avito since 2014, deals with testing infrastructure, CI.

Anton Danshin ntoskrnl

Lead mobile application developer. In Avito since 2015. Currently working in the Messenger team.

Mikhail Yudin warabei

Lead mobile application developer. In Avito works in the architectural team.

Nikolay Nesterov nnesterov

Lead mobile application developer. In mobile development, 5 years, 2 of them - in Avito. Develops release processes and automated testing.

Some facts about Avito Android development

• We at Avito pay a lot of attention to mobile applications. And we plan to maintain this trend.
• The Android team uses Kotlin, which gradually replaces Java in our products.
• We invest in the development and promotion of engineering practices - CI, CD, Code Review, test automation.
• An important feature of Android development in Avito is a loosely coupled, scalable architecture that allows several development teams to develop a large project without collisions and respond quickly to the needs of users.

Possible questions and topics for discussion

• How our application works.

  
  

• How we are developing our android application with a large team.

  
  

• Monorepository for code related to android.

  
  

• Workflows: code review, pull requests, run tests, checks.

  
  

• CI / CD.

  
  

• Automated testing.

  
  

• Legacy: how do we fight it?

  
  
• Features of the Russian market of devices and how to live with it.

Materials on Android development with Avito employees

• Video recording of the mitap “Android development with Kotlin” (2016)
• MBLTdev 16: Immersion in Robolectic, Dmitry Kostyrev, Avito
• Toggle your app / Eugene Krivobokov (Avito)
• Kotlin Native: New Perspectives - Dmitry Gryazin (Avito)
• Kotlin Coroutines - Dmitry Kostyrev (Avito)
• We read, listen, use. Guide on the sources for the development of Android-developer