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Boost Android Development with the Gemini CLI in 5 Minutes

Mickco Lai presents a 5-minute guide to set up Gemini CLI for Android, covering installation, model control, and workspace-aware prompts via GEMINI.md.

Live Notifications and Now Bar in Samsung One UI 7

Explore Samsung's One UI 7 Live Notifications and Now Bar, explaining how ongoing notifications gain enhanced visibility and control.

Passkeys & Credential Manager in Android

Anand Gaur shows how Credential Manager centralizes passkeys, passwords, and federated sign‑ins into a secure biometric-based login flow with synced credentials across Android devices.

Kotlin Value Class: Type Safety Without Runtime Overhead

Shakarim Bazhenov explains Kotlin’s value class offers type-safe wrappers over primitives with zero runtime overhead via inlining, detailing boxing cases and JvmInline usage.

Top 3 Updates for Android Developer Productivity @ Google I/O ‘25

A recap of the top 3 updates for Android Developer Productivity from Google I/O ‘25.

Initial exploration of using Koog for developing Kotlin based AI agents

John O'Reilly explores Koog, a Kotlin-based AI agent framework, to generate Compose UI in Android Studio using LLMs and MCP server integrations.

Real-Time Android Preference Editing Guide

Charles Muchene shows you how to eliminate the rebuild-test cycle when working with Android preferences. Pref Editor lets you modify values instantly.

Reducing App Size: Proguard, R8, App Bundles & Resource Shrinking

Ignacio Carrión details using Proguard/R8, resource optimization, App Bundles, and monitoring for continuous Android app size reduction.

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News

Agentic AI takes Gemini in Android Studio to the next level

Google introduces Agent Mode, enabling Gemini in Android Studio to handle complex tasks from natural-language prompts.

Announcing the Swift on Android Workgroup

Announcing the Swift on Android Working Group, with the goal of establishing and maintaining Android as an officially supported platform for Swift.

Kotlin 2.2.0 Released

The Kotlin 2.2.0 release is out! This version includes both new and stable language features, tooling updates, performance improvements for different platforms, and important fixes.

Videos & Podcasts

Test APIs Without Leaving Android Studio! For Free!

Learn how to test APIs without leaving Android Studio! For Free!

✅ The Full Android 16 Migration Checklist - Your Todos For API Level 36

Philipp Lackner shares every major change about Android 16 with you so afterwards you'll clearly know what you have to adjust in your code.

Clipping To Custom Shapes & Auto Text Size

Jov Mit's live stream recording, getting into creating custom shapes, clipping to custom shapes and auto sizing text in Compose.

(69) The Full Jetpack Compose Responsive UI Crash Course

Philipp Lackner teaches about all kinds of different ways to make your Compose Multiplatform UI dynamic and responsive while minimizing duplicate code.

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