Vivek Chanddru

Android Developer and Fanboy at @amazon. Loves to write and talk about android. Organizer of @droidconIN

[Vivek Chanddru @Vivek_Chanddru]

🚨 The Agenda is LIVE! 🚨

Honored to be on the droidcon India 2025 Program Committee! The talks we selected are 🔥. Time to plan your deep dives!

➡️Agenda: https://t.co/yPpMjsBL25

I have DISCOUNT CODES for Android Pros! DM/comment below!

#AndroidDev #droidconIN #Bengaluru

[droidcon India 🇮🇳 @droidconIN]

It’s here! The #dcin25 agenda is LIVE & speakers are locked in 🚨

Get ready for two days of cutting-edge #Android content — from #JetpackCompose & #AI-powered tools to performance, architecture, & stories from #India’s top Android minds! View it here: https://t.co/1Goqsd26uC

[droidcon India 🇮🇳 @droidconIN]

LAST DAY TO SUBMIT! Get from behind the laptop to centre stage 🚨🇮🇳

If you're building, scaling, or experimenting in #Android—you have something worth sharing. 📣 Submit your talk & inspire #India’s next generation of #AndroidDevs →
https://t.co/eIUadK4wkr

[Vivek Chanddru @Vivek_Chanddru]

Back in 2019, I along with a few other interested folks wanted to make droidcon India a thing. It was a great success but we couldn't do it again the next year. I'm Excited to be part of droidcon India once again! CFP is open and tickets selling fast! Hurry up!

#droidconIndia25

[droidcon India 🇮🇳 @droidconIN]

India’s #Android community deserves its spotlight—& this is it.

Whether you're a junior #MobileDev or leading an #engineering org, you’ll find your tribe at #dcin25.💡 60+ sessions. 🧠 Expert panels. 🤝 Peer-led roundtable discussions. Don't miss out: https://t.co/l1u6vnhr5i

[Vivek Chanddru @Vivek_Chanddru]

What's going on with the cut scenes in #GoogleIO2021 ? Too many white dressed people going about doing chores 😂

[Vivek Chanddru @Vivek_Chanddru]

Just noticed that #droidconAPAC is offering "Free Tickets" in addition to "Pay what you can" tickets! Shows how truly committed @droidcon is towards the community! So glad to be part of the program committee bringing the best sessions to you this year! #AndroidDev

[droidcon India 🇮🇳 @droidconIN]

If speaking isn't your thing, then you can always register as an attendee. A pay what you want ticket is available!

Go register now, we know you're not doing anything else on Dec 14th anyway 🤷‍♂️

Register here:
https://t.co/qwyA8Fntry

[Vivek Chanddru @Vivek_Chanddru]

You should be attending this!

[droidcon India 🇮🇳 @droidconIN]

If speaking isn't your thing, then you can always register as an attendee. A pay what you want ticket is available!

Go register now, we know you're not doing anything else on Dec 14th anyway 🤷‍♂️

Register here:
https://t.co/qwyA8Fntry

[Vivek Chanddru @Vivek_Chanddru]

That should have been "to endure" 🤦‍♂️Got too much carried away reminiscing, I guess.

[Vivek Chanddru @Vivek_Chanddru]

"minSdk 14 was never a thing for iOS devs"

Ahh the pains we had too endure 😓😥

[Kaushik Gopal @kaushikgopal]

iPhones, Pixels and lazy Android developers 😇

https://t.co/p1FjLT8p5x

[Vivek Chanddru @Vivek_Chanddru]

@AdnanM0123 Yeah, and it's available on other Google apps as well!

[Vivek Chanddru @Vivek_Chanddru]

Countless calls with @AdnanM0123 and @subhankar_rj but never once we thought about compromising our values - we wanted sponsors who would fit with the audience and would provide value to them.

[Vivek Chanddru @Vivek_Chanddru]

Organizing @droidconIN was a big commitment. Our main goal was "We are not in it to make a profit. Let's try and raise as much as we can to cover the event cost". It was a wonder we ended up with a surplus which can be used for #droidconIN2021

[Adnan A M @AdnanM0123]

We organized @droidconIN last year and were able to make a profit on our first event ever. Here's how the sponsorship bit of the event looks like.

A thread 🧵

[Vivek Chanddru @Vivek_Chanddru]

I remember spending sleepless nights thinking about the loss we would suffer - up until a week before the event when we signed our last sponsor.

[Vivek Chanddru @Vivek_Chanddru]

So true! 💯

[Shubheksha ✨ @ScribblingOn]

Quickest way to burn out? Being in a job you deeply care about but had no autonomy to bring about change.

[Vivek Chanddru @Vivek_Chanddru]

@AdnanM0123 I have never thought about option 1 before this 🙄

[Vivek Chanddru @Vivek_Chanddru]

I often say to my daughter what she is going to do anyway just so it looks like she is hearing and obeying me 😅 #ParentLife

[Adnan A M @AdnanM0123]

Advice I would give my younger self on how to be better in the tech industry.

🧵 below 👇

[Vivek Chanddru @Vivek_Chanddru]

And now people are going to ask, "Do you have something similar to Home Screen Widgets on Android?" 🤦‍♂️

[AJ ❄️ @Levance_]

Know the difference.

[Vivek Chanddru @Vivek_Chanddru]

Today, on one of the projects I'm working on (which is still 100% Java), I saw "consider rewriting apps with #Flutter" as one of possible future works. Where is this world heading?! #AndroidDev

[Vivek Chanddru @Vivek_Chanddru]

Why should this @awscloud console have to be so hard to understand and navigate around!! Spent an entire day setting up something on an EC2 instance.