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As Android development moves toward Jetpack Compose, managing UI state and business logic becomes more important than ever. Many developers struggle with keeping UI code clean while handling complex logic. When UI and logic are mixed together, the code becomes difficult to maintain and test.

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Android’s Gradle build system is extremely powerful — and frequently misunderstood. A common architectural mistake is placing environment logic (Dev, QA, UAT, Prod) inside buildTypes. While this may work initially, it breaks separation of concerns and becomes difficult to scale. A clean, production-ready setup clearly

*not really Personally, I like it. It does feel a bit hacky though for something that should just work™. ViewModel was also made KMP compatible, which is great — but it still carries a lot of pre-compose baggage, having been retrofitted into KMP after the

Deep links feel like navigation. Security-wise, they’re public entry points into your app. Android’s own security guidance treats unsafe deep link handling as a real, exploitable vulnerability class. If your deep link:opens privileged screensauto-executes actionstrusts query parametersroutes into WebViewsor relies on “user must have come

If you have been building Android apps with Jetpack Compose since its early days, you likely share a specific memory: the pure joy of building reactive UIs, abruptly followed by the friction of string-based navigation routes. While the core Compose UI framework was modern and

We obsess over clean architecture, reactive UIs, and robust testing, but often treat our release process like a messy, secretive script we’re afraid to touch. If you’ve ever experienced that pit in your stomach right after clicking “Rollout” on the Play Console — wondering, arbitrary

For years, the Android “Contacts” permission has been a point of friction for both developers and users. To pick a single phone number, an app historically required the READ_CONTACTS permission—effectively granting access to a user's entire social circle. Android 17 changes the narrative with the

PhysicsBox is a thin wrapper around JBox2. This library was inspired by PhysicsLayout. In this article, I will show you how to quickly and easily add physics to Kotlin projects using PhysicsBox. This way, with a few simple steps, you can quickly implement physics-like screens.

When building NCHETA, a Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) app, the shared business logic layer felt almost effortless. Dependency injection was handled with Koin, networking with Ktor, and local caching with SQLDelight. Everything inside commonMain felt cohesive, testable, and predictable. Eventually, though, you have to leave the

Posted by Mayuri Khinvasara Khabya, Developer Relations Engineer (LinkedIn and X) In the dynamic world of social media, user attention is won or lost quickly. Meta apps (Facebook and Instagram) are among the world's largest social platforms and serve billions of users globally. For Meta,

Posted by Matthew McCullough, VP of Product Management, Android Developer We want to make it faster and easier for you to build high-quality Android apps, and one way we’re helping you be more productive is by putting AI at your fingertips. We know you want

Posted by Alice Yuan, Senior Developer Relations Engineer In recognition that excessive battery drain is top of mind for Android users, Google has been taking significant steps to help developers build more power-efficient apps. On March 1st, 2026, Google Play Store began rolling out the

Building an Android app for a wearable means the real work starts when the screen turns off. WHOOP helps members understand how their body responds to training, recovery, sleep, and stress, and for the many WHOOP members on Android, reliable background syncing and connectivity are

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Posted by Sameer Samat, President of Android Ecosystem Android has always driven innovation in the industry through its unique flexibility and openness. At this important moment, we want to continue leading the way in how developers distribute their apps and games to people on billions

Posted by Francesco Romano, Senior Developer Relations Engineer on Android We are excited to announce a major milestone in bringing mobile and desktop computing closer together on Android: connected display support has reached general availability with the Android 16 QPR3 release! As shown at Google

Android Studio Panda 2 | 2025.3.2 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 on

Posted by Matt Dyor, Senior Product Manager Android Studio Panda 2 is now stable and ready for you to use in production. This release brings new agentic capabilities to Android Studio, enabling the agent to create an entire working application from scratch with the AI-powered

At the Android Avenue, attendees of MWC Barcelona can experience the latest AI features through hands-on demos on the newest devices and prototype glasses.

Posted by Trevor Johns, Developer Relations Engineer In January we announced Android Studio Otter 3 Feature Drop in stable, including Agent Mode enhancements and many other updates to provide more control and flexibility over using AI to help you build high quality Android apps. To

Android Studio Panda 3 | 2025.3.3 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

Posted by Matthew McCullough, VP Product Management, Android Developer Today we're releasing the second beta of Android 17, continuing our work to build a platform that prioritizes privacy, security, and refined performance. This update delivers a range of new capabilities, including the EyeDropper API and

Launching soon for Pixel 10 and Samsung Galaxy S26 Series, you can offload multi-step tasks to Gemini.

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So, you’re coming to KotlinConf’26? Maybe it’s your first time in Munich, or even your first time at KotlinConf. You have your tickets, you’ve learned the schedule by heart, but it might still feel a little overwhelming. Let me show you how you can have

User expectations for AI on their devices are fundamentally shifting how they interact with their apps. Instead of opening apps to do tasks step-by-step, they're asking AI to do the heavy lifting for them. In this new interaction model, success is shifting from getting users

Android Studio Panda 3 | 2025.3.3 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

Android Studio Panda 2 | 2025.3.2 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 for