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Chapters:
Intro (00:00)
You may know Fabien from… (00:50)
Applying relevant knowledge to Android Studio (3:28)
Communicating with remote devices and debugging (12:18)
Accommodating a debugger (13:55)
Fixed protocols and how to work around (16:10)
What other versions of ADB do you use to get the suite faster? (19:27)
Other ways to make the debugger faster (20:38)
The differences between USB cables (21:51)
How to find the right cable (30:17)
ADB over wifi (32:41)
How to detect which usb port is faster on your laptop? (34:46)
Complexity of new cables (36:57)
Install time of APK's (37:41)
New ways of helping full stack devs (45:44)
Final thoughts (49:19)
Viewer questions (57:54)
Romain: @romainguy, threads.net/@romainguy, romainguy@androiddev.social
Tor: threads.net/@tor.norbye and tornorbye@androiddev.social
Fabien: @fabynou,
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