Delivery Hero Aug 11, 2022

Android Community Month at Delivery Hero

Article Summary

Sid Patil from Delivery Hero shares how his team turned Droidcon Berlin into a masterclass on scaling Android apps across 50 countries. Over 300 developers stopped by their booth to learn what it takes to build at this level.

Delivery Hero's Android team went all-in on community engagement during their Android Community Month in July 2022. They sponsored Droidcon Berlin, delivered three technical talks, and hosted local meetups to share hard-won lessons from managing 13 brands across 50 countries.

Key Takeaways

Critical Insight

Delivery Hero demonstrated how operating at massive scale (13 brands, 50 countries) drives innovation in crash reporting, modularization, and Material You implementation.

Their approach to crash reporting goes beyond standard tools, and the modularization journey reveals techniques most teams miss when breaking up monoliths.

About This Article

Problem

Delivery Hero runs 13 different Android brands across 50 countries. Managing app crashes at this scale is incredibly complex.

Solution

Tahsin Dane and Sevan Acemoglu built custom crash-reporting techniques and dashboards that worked better than existing tools for handling large volumes of crash data.

Impact

Over 300 developers came to Delivery Hero's booth at Droidcon Berlin to learn about their crash-reporting and modularization strategies for building scalable Android apps.