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Matt McKenna
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🤖 #AndroidDev and GDE @ Block

🌐 International Speaker

🐾 Dog lover

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An Android robot that looks like Darth Vader. Text around it says "I'm am altering the deal, Pray I don't alter it any further."
October 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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TIL about the "Minimize comments" option in Github PRs.

Hide all pre-existing review comments on a PR to review without distraction.
Github PR settings menu showing options: Unified, Split (selected), Minimize comments (selected), Hide whitespace, Compact line height (selected).
August 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Weird. What device or OS? Mine is fine. Pixel 9 Pro, Android 16.
The quick settings internet tile on Android 16 on a pixel 9 pro showing Wi-Fi with a hyphen.
July 7, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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It's giving 2013 Cydia
Apples new Liquid Glass UI 2013 Translucent Cydia iOS theme
June 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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I'm very excited to show off some crazy things with this talk at @droidcon.bsky.social NYC!

#dcnyc25
Promotional graphic for the Droidcon New York 2025 session "Ready Layer One: Intro to the Model Context Protocol" presented by Matt McKenna, who works on Android at Square and is an Android GDE. The graphic features Matt McKenna's headshot, the session title in orange text, his name in bold blue, his affiliations in a lighter blue, and the conference dates of June 25th-26th, 2025. The background is a vibrant coral color with abstract blue and white geometric shapes and a line drawing of a New York City building. The Droidcon New York logo and the hashtag #dnyc25 are visible in the upper corners.
May 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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When you're waiting for your pair partner but get into a flow state.
A notification from Tuple that says "Soloing: 'You've been waiting for someone to join for quite awhile' with options to 'Stay' or 'Leave'."
April 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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☕💚
A Latte with latte art on a wooden cutting board.
March 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Love the little #Android16 animation 🚀🚀🚀
February 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Behold. The king of comfort.
My dog, Dexter the Great Dane, in a giant bean bag laying on his back.
January 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Those actually seem better to me, but since they all need to be consistent...

This is the real travesty imo
A screenshot from the article showing the old and new Android volume sliders. The old ones are rounded like a vertical pill. The new ones are squared off with a line indicating where the level of volume is.
January 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Just finished Pantheon on Netflix and it was fantastic. Highly recommend it.
The title card for Pantheon showing one of the main characters, Maddie.
January 7, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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2024 in #latte art
A 3 by 5 grid of latte art that I made in 2024.
December 31, 2024 at 5:36 PM
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oh no
The image is a meme using the “Galaxy Brain” template, depicting the evolution of Android developer naming conventions over the years: 1. AndroidDev in 2013: Text: String sUserName Image: A simple brain with minimal activity. 2. AndroidDev in 2015: Text: String userName Image: A brain with slightly increased activity, showing progression. 3. AndroidDev in 2017: Text: val userName: String Image: A glowing brain, representing further enlightenment and modernization. 4. AndroidDev in 2025: Text: val aaaUserName: String Image: A radiant brain with beams of light emanating from it, symbolizing the pinnacle of creativity (or absurdity) in naming conventions.
December 20, 2024 at 5:22 PM
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Had the best day at #XRUnlocked looking at new tech. It's always exciting seeing a new frontier powered by #Android!

It's a very cool time to be an Android Dev. 💚
Adam McNeilly and Matt with the Android XR logo statues.
December 13, 2024 at 2:02 AM
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Learning about Orbiters, love the name.

A new way to show content that orbits the main content, like this navigation rail.
Orbiters slide showing how a navigation rail becomes a floating piece of UI attached to the main content.
December 12, 2024 at 6:32 PM
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Adapting apps for Android XR with @yasmine.bsky.social!

#XRUnlocked
Adapting android apps for XR.
December 12, 2024 at 6:32 PM
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Met up with @adammc.bsky.social and @madonawambua.bsky.social at #XRUnlocked!
A photo of Madona, Adam, and Matt
December 12, 2024 at 5:48 PM
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You can also do this in the composer now!
A screenshot of the Bluesky composer screen highlighting the plus button to make threads.
December 2, 2024 at 1:20 PM
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Hashnode now supports bluesky links!
a screenshot of my blog on Hashnode with the github, youtube, linkedin, mastodon, bluesky, and rss feed icons.
November 29, 2024 at 2:07 AM
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Slowly getting consistent #coffee
a homemade latte with latte art in a nested heart pattern.
November 27, 2024 at 3:06 PM
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This is Dexter, he just turned 2. He's a Great Dane and a very good boy.
Dexter the Great Dane on a twin bed.
November 21, 2024 at 1:57 PM
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Curious pup wants to learn Bluesky
A photo of a fawn Great Dane looking down as if he was using the phone and took a selfie.
November 21, 2024 at 1:32 PM
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Election day mood.
A photo of Dexter my Great ,Dane on his bed with a blanket over his head.
November 5, 2024 at 1:43 PM
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I picked up @adammc.bsky.social's template to start a new side project!

Here's how you can see what your icons look like in monochrome in your IDE!
November 4, 2024 at 12:51 AM
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GitHub now supports Bluesky social links!
A screenshot of my GitHub profile showing blue sky rendering with a butterfly
November 1, 2024 at 3:32 AM