I develop native Android apps since 2012 working on a wide range of different types of apps. I'm a big enthusiast of Android development since the days of Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and an avid user of Android since 2011 when the journey began with the Samsung Galaxy S Plus. Even outside my work I always stay up to date with current and upcoming developments in the Android ecosystem while also being interested in tech in general.Over the course of my career I've implemented a broad range of apps with many forms of UIs (custom or Material Design based) created by designers. I've seen best practices for Android come and go; from using Java, XML based layouts and the Android Support Library in Eclipse to the era of Modern Android Development with Android Studio, Kotlin, Jetpack and Compose. I always try to strike a balance between carefully adopting new APIs and modern practices while having a certain degree of conservatism by not disrespecting older languages and tools.Since the end of 2018 I've used Kotlin as my primary language and since 2021 I've primarily used Jetpack Compose (and Wear Compose) for implementing UIs. Yet of course I still can work with Java and XML based layouts; although I admit I might miss a semicolon here and there in Java.Working with databases, files and REST-APIs was always at the basis of most of those apps that I've implemented, so dealing with them and thinking about properly defined, maintainable database schemas and API is in fact something where I feel at home.Following the rebirth of Wear OS in 2021 with the introduction of Wear OS 3 I've implemented a few fitness and health oriented apps for Wear OS by leveraging the Health Services on Wear OS.Since 2017 I've implemented several Augmented Reality apps with ARCore and Sceneform. I'm looking forward to the upcoming Android XR platform and curious about future use cases for AR.I am occasionally active on the androiddev subreddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/) answering questions or taking part in discussions (https://www.reddit.com/user/Venthorus/).