CZ Podcast 77 — Petr Nálevka and Android development

Our guest on episode 77 was independent developer Petr Nálevka. We talked about Android and what it’s like to develop for the platform. Petr created the successful app Sleep as Android, which has over three million downloads. We talked about his early days with the strategy game Red Dragon in 1999, about Sleep as Android and Pumpdroid, and about a psychedelic Walkman. Android development is the thread that runs through the whole interview. One point Petr made really stuck with me. You can see all the technical problems caused by Android fragmentation as a hurdle to development or as an opportunity.