How Open Source Powers Facebook on Android - Development and Release Lifecycle

Explore how open source software powers Facebook's Android app development in this OSCON 2014 talk. Dive into the full release lifecycle, from organizing git repositories and conducting code reviews in Phabricator to building with Buck and improving release quality using Selendroid. Learn about Facebook's commitment to being good open source citizens and discover tools like Exo Package, Origami, Quartz Composer, Rebound, and Watchman. Gain insights into handling large repositories, integration testing with Selenium, and release scheduling. Address common questions about code reviews, synchronization methods, tool choices, and app development strategies for one of the world's largest social media platforms.

Introduction
Facebook and Open Source
Open Source Tools
Android
Android App
Buck
Exo Package
Incremental Build
Distributed Caching
Android Versions
Origami
Quartz Composer
Rebounce
Spring
Reba
Source Tree
Mercurial
Watchman
Large repos
Remote File Log
Animated Gifts
Testing
Integration Testing
Selenium
Release schedule
Questions
Code Reviews
How do we stay in sync
Why dont we use commercial tools
Why dont we use Espresso
HTML vs native apps
QA vs curation
Froyo support