WeAreDevelopers Logo WeAreDevelopers
Sign in
For You LIVE
World Congress 2022 β€’ Jun 15, 2022

For the Cars and the Curious: Android Drift

Stephan Schuster

How are developers safely bringing multi-screen experiences natively to the dashboard? Dive into Android Automotive OS to see how Kotlin and Jetpack Compose power tomorrow's smart vehicles.

Pause
Mute Enter Fullscreen
#1 about 2 min

Introducing software engineering for electric vehicle prototypes

Creating a comprehensive software suite for concept cars requires integrating various safety, entertainment, and adaptability features.

#2 about 3 min

Processing data and visualizing interfaces across multiple vehicle displays

Managing diverse usage contexts requires adapting human-machine interfaces across numerous screens and sensors simultaneously.

#3 about 3 min

Standardizing vehicle software architecture and infotainment operating systems

Connecting instrument clusters and infotainment systems involves using standardized platforms alongside specialized operating systems.

#4 about 2 min

Differentiating standalone automotive operating systems from projected mobile experiences

Integrating an operating system directly into the head unit offers deeper vehicle access compared to decoupled mobile projection tools.

#5 about 3 min

Building a custom in-vehicle infotainment system from source

Combining the open-source codebase with hardware-specific drivers enables original equipment manufacturers to create localized car functionalities.

#6 about 4 min

Understanding the layered architecture and hardware abstraction levels

The lower-level core system relies on an extended kernel, hardware interfaces, and efficient runtime environments to manage critical device features.

#7 about 3 min

Developing customized native applications for automotive user interfaces

Implementing original equipment manufacturer applications requires modern native tools and a component-driven architecture to maintain strict safety standards.

#8 about 3 min

Adapting third-party mobile applications for automotive safety standards

Using specialized template libraries simplifies adapting existing mobile functionality to strict vehicle interface requirements without excessive visual distractions.

#9 about 3 min

Generating dynamic user interface themes using centralized design tokens

A connected toolchain seamlessly translates design tokens from initial mockups into runtime resource overlays across the target system.

#10 about 2 min

Addressing data collection and application safety in smart vehicles

Ensuring application safety involves strict manual checks while local regulations govern the extent of cloud-based telemetry collection.

#11 about 6 min

Interfacing with core vehicle systems and handling software permissions

Abstracting hardware networks to expose vehicle properties enables adaptive applications that enforce access using robust kernel-level security rules.

Matching moments

2:53 min

Understanding the foundations of the Android Automotive system

Maxim Lebold +1 Β· World Congress 2023

6:46 min

Comparing tethered Android Auto protocols with native Automotive OS

Fedor Tсymbal · LIVE

3:18 min

Adopting Android natively to scale automotive applications

Maxim Lebold +1 Β· World Congress 2023

2:26 min

Securing vehicle systems through Android permission management

Maxim Lebold +1 Β· World Congress 2023

9:13 min

Tackling functional complexity with localized vehicle electronic architectures

Hans-JΓΌrgen Eidler Β· LIVE

1:09 min

Managing the complexity of modern car software architectures

Jan Zawadzki Β· LIVE

More from World Congress 2022

What the heck do "declarative" and "reactive" actually mean? thumbnail
30:40
about 4 years ago

What the heck do "declarative" and "reactive" actually mean?

AndrΓ© Kovac

The Design and Evolution of C++ thumbnail
1:01:15
about 4 years ago

The Design and Evolution of C++

Bjarne Stroustrup

But, you're not Facebook thumbnail
31:12
about 4 years ago

But, you're not Facebook

Kristijan Ristovski

Communicate efficiently with Software Architecture Diagrams thumbnail
28:11
about 4 years ago

Communicate efficiently with Software Architecture Diagrams

Simon Lasselsberger

Get Ready for Jakarta EE 10! thumbnail
42:53
about 4 years ago

Get Ready for Jakarta EE 10!

Ivar Grimstad

Keep your code refactorable thumbnail
26:46
about 4 years ago

Keep your code refactorable

Gerrit Stapper

Upcoming sessions on this topic

Open session

World Congress 2026 North America

September 24, 2026 Β· 16:10–16:40

Stage 5

From Software Agents to Physical Devices: Inside the Agentic Hardware Stack

Michael Yuan, Vivian Hu

Michael Yuan
Vivian Hu
Open session

World Congress 2026 North America

September 24, 2026 Β· 14:50–15:20

Stage 9

How to generate business value through performance optimizations

Nikolai Sidiropulo

Software Engineer at Meta

Nikolai Sidiropulo
Open session

World Congress 2026 North America

September 25, 2026 Β· 16:50–17:20

Stage 1

Honey, look! I vibe-coded an OS!

Ian Smith

CTO, LYOS

Ian Smith
Open session

World Congress 2026 North America

September 25, 2026 Β· 15:45–15:55

Outdoor Stage

Closing the Visibility Gap: Lessons from Safety Critical Agentic Systems

Vivek Pandit

Frontier AI Lead at Turing

Vivek Pandit
Open session

World Congress 2026 North America

September 24, 2026 Β· 11:10–11:15

Outdoor Stage

Architecting the 100X SDLC: Building Production Trust into AI-Assisted Delivery

Ranjan Parthasarathy

Founder, CPTO/CEO at AXIOMSTUDIO.AI

Ranjan Parthasarathy
Open session

World Congress 2026 North America

September 25, 2026 Β· 16:50–17:20

Outdoor Stage

Beyond the Code: Human-AI Synergies in Product Development

Ajita Kanchivakam Ananth

Staff Technical Program Manager at Google

Ajita Kanchivakam Ananth

Related videos

An inside look into the Group Application Store thumbnail
26:56
World Congress 2023 β€’ almost 3 years ago

An inside look into the Group Application Store

Maxim Lebold, Sven Eckoldt

Android beyond mobile: Cars, TVs, and Wearables thumbnail
57:24
LIVE β€’ over 3 years ago

Android beyond mobile: Cars, TVs, and Wearables

Fedor Tсymbal

On developing smartphones on wheels thumbnail
1:51:43
LIVE β€’ almost 5 years ago

On developing smartphones on wheels

Hans-JΓΌrgen Eidler

Software defines the vehicle: Why customers and developers will love cars even more thumbnail
27:17
World Congress 2024 β€’ about 2 years ago

Software defines the vehicle: Why customers and developers will love cars even more

Peter Bosch

The best of two worlds - Bringing enterprise-grade Linux to the vehicle thumbnail
41:03
LIVE β€’ almost 6 years ago

The best of two worlds - Bringing enterprise-grade Linux to the vehicle

Joachim Werner

Developing an AI.SDK thumbnail
38:12
World Congress 2021 β€’ about 5 years ago

Developing an AI.SDK

Daniel Graff, Andreas Wittmann

Related articles

From learning to earning

Jobs that call for the skills explored in this talk.