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Android Studio Narwhal | 2025.1.1 Canary 4 is now available in the Canary channel. If you already have an Android Studio build on the Canary channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Updates (or Android Studio > Check for Updates

Whenever we need to access the current time in Kotlin, one of the simplest approaches that comes to mind is using the System.currentTimeMillis() function. It’s straightforward, it returns the number of milliseconds since the Unix epoch (1970–01–01T00:00:00Z). However, when it comes to writing testable code,

Many mobile applications need to fetch data to display on the screen when a screen is shown. Additionally, when the application configuration changes, it may not always be necessary to send new API requests, read from the database, etc. In Android application development, we have

Many Android developers use Dagger or its “wrapper” Hilt for Dependency Injection. But not many of them use Dagger SPI. This mechanism gives us access to the dependency graph, allowing us to add our own graph checks and much, much more. In this article, I

Android Studio Meerkat Feature Drop | 2024.3.2 RC 1 is now available in the Beta channel. If you already have an Android Studio build on the Beta channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Updates (or Android Studio > Check

Build analyzing tools and different benchmark scenarios I hope this guide was helpful and gave you new insights into Gradle build analysis. If you have any questions or experiences to share, feel free to drop a comment! Happy coding! 🚀👨‍💻 Profile & Benchmark Android Builds

Conclusion This demonstrates the paradigm shift from linear, blocking execution to flexible, non-blocking concurrency. By leveraging suspension points and structured concurrency, coroutines enable efficient multitasking without sacrificing code clarity. This evolution from rigid subroutine execution to flexible coroutines represents a fundamental advancement in asynchronous programming.

As you can see in the above diagram the , for Invariant declaration, there are no keywords needed because generic classes defined in Kotlin are invariant by default. out out-types are type parameters that only occur in returning values of a function(Producer types) or on

Have you ever wondered “I like modal bottom sheets, but hot damn, that is an annoying API”? Well fear that thought no more! Because boy, will I show you something.Final thoughts Our own AnimatedBottomSheet reuses most of the normal ModalBottomSheet API, including the onDismissRequest when

In Android development, Kotlin coroutines have revolutionized how we handle asynchronous programming. The key to coroutines’ power lies in suspend functions, which allow us to write sequential-looking code while executing tasks asynchronously. But how do suspend functions work under the hood? In this article, we’ll

Conclusion The Android Security Lints Library is still new to the community, having been created less than a year ago. The number of detectors in the library is small, roughly a dozen, which is not enough to ensure we are delivering secure applications. However, I

In my previous article, we explored the basics of creating custom modifiers in Jetpack Compose. We learned how to extend the `Modifier` interface to add custom behaviour to our composable. Today, we’re taking a step further by diving into the Node API, a more powerful

Android Studio Narwhal | 2025.1.1 Canary 3 is now available in the Canary channel. If you already have an Android Studio build on the Canary channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Updates (or Android Studio > Check for Updates

This article is cross-published on Medium Media3 1.6.0 is now available! This release includes a host of bug fixes, performance improvements and new features. Read on to find out more, and as always please check out the full release notes for a comprehensive overview of

On the Android Developers Blog, we’re sharing how we're making it easier than ever for developers to build safe apps, while also continuing to strengthen our ecosys…

In summary, ensuring WebViews are compatible with an edge-to-edge display requires different approaches depending on whether the app owns the web content. For external content, wrap the WebView in a container and apply insets as padding. For owned content, either pad the container or inject

Knowing that you’re building on a safe, secure ecosystem is essential for any app developer. We continuously invest in protecting Android and Google Play, so millions of users around the world can trust the apps they download and you can build thriving businesses. And we’re

Android Studio Meerkat | 2024.3.1 Patch 1 is now available in the Stable channel. If you already have an Android Studio build on the Stable channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Updates (or Android Studio > Check for Updates

In our latest #WeArePlay film, which celebrates the people behind apps and games, we meet Bruce - a co-founder of Memory Lane Games. His company turns cherished memories into simple, engaging quizzes for people with different types of dementia. Discover how Memory Lane Games blends

Imagine having a Linux terminal right in your pocket, available on your Android device. This feature opens up a new possibilities for developers and advanced users, allowing for scripting and coding.

Android Studio Narwhal | 2025.1.1 Canary 2 is now available in the Canary channel. If you already have an Android Studio build on the Canary channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Updates (or Android Studio > Check for Updates

Android Studio Narwhal | 2025.1.1 Canary 1 is now available in the Canary channel. If you already have an Android Studio build on the Canary channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Updates (or Android Studio > Check for Updates

Android Studio Meerkat Feature Drop | 2024.3.2 Beta 1 is now available in the Beta channel. If you already have an Android Studio build on the Beta channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Updates (or Android Studio > Check

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TrustedTime for reliable timekeeping ⏰ The new TrustedTime API leverages Google’s secure infrastructure to provide a trustworthy timestamp that is independent of a device’s potentially manipulated local time settings. TrustedTime periodically syncs its clock to Google’s servers and even calculates the device’s clock drift to

Lifecycle 2.9.0-alpha01 introduced ViewModelScenario, a helper that simplifies unit testing for ViewModels.Why It Matters You can test a ViewModel by simply creating an instance using its constructor in your test code. However, this approach has limitations — there is no straightforward way to:Trigger ViewModelStore.clear() /

Android 16 has officially reached Platform Stability today with Beta 3! That means the API surface is locked, the app-facing behaviors are final, and you can push your Android 16-targeted apps to the Play store right now. Read on for coverage of new security and

We just dropped our Winter episode of #TheAndroidShow, on YouTube and on developer.android.com, and this time we were in Barcelona to give you the latest from Mobile World Congress and across the Android Developer world. We unveiled a big update to Gemini in Android Studio