--- title: Droidcon App! | daily.dev description: Touchlab is revamping the Droidcon NYC Android app for its 4th year, modernizing the codebase from 2014-era Kotlin and outdated libraries. Key changes include... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/droidcon-app--ml1tdsu5h twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Droidcon App! | daily.dev og:description: Touchlab is revamping the Droidcon NYC Android app for its 4th year, modernizing the codebase from 2014-era Kotlin and outdated libraries. Key changes include... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/droidcon-app--ml1tdsu5h og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ML1TDSU5h.png og:image:alt: Droidcon App! og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Droidcon App! **[Touchlab](https://daily.dev/sources/touchlab)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Touchlab is revamping the Droidcon NYC Android app for its 4th year, modernizing the codebase from 2014-era Kotlin and outdated libraries. Key changes include migrating the database to Room or SQLDelight, replacing a custom threading queue with RxJava 2, upgrading from Retrofit v1 to v2, and adopting new Android architecture components. The app also serves as a public example of a well-designed Android app whose architecture can be shared with iOS via Doppl. Login functionality is being removed to simplify the codebase. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#java](https://daily.dev/tags/java), [#android](https://daily.dev/tags/android), [#kotlin](https://daily.dev/tags/kotlin) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/droidcon-app--ml1tdsu5h) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Droidcon App!","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/droidcon-app--ml1tdsu5h","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/droidcon-app--ml1tdsu5h"},"datePublished":"2026-08-02T07:15:47.019Z","dateModified":"2026-08-02T07:42:05.685Z","description":"Touchlab is revamping the Droidcon NYC Android app for its 4th year, modernizing the codebase from 2014-era Kotlin and outdated libraries. Key changes include...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Touchlab","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Touchlab","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--CQ0u6GwB--/f_auto,q_auto/v1785654902/logos/touchlab?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/touchlab"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/droidcon-app--ml1tdsu5h","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"java,android,kotlin","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Touchlab","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/touchlab"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Droidcon App!"}]} ```