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04 August 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

AI, Meet App: Testing Android App Functions

Make sure you are calling the right app and getting the right response You will see the agent process the prompt (note — it may take a bit longer than the video above!), discover the queryGames App Function, map "4 friends" and "2 hours" to

04 August 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

Android AppFunctions: Teaching AI Agents How to Use Your App

Introduction For most of Android’s history, we have built applications for people. A user opens an app, looks at a screen, finds a button, navigates through a menu, enters some data, and finally performs an action. This model works well when the user is a

04 August 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

Master Android Binder IPC & AIDL with a Hands-On Jetpack Compose Example

Master Android Binder IPC & AIDL with a Hands-On Jetpack Compose Example was originally published in ProAndroidDev on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

04 August 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

What Happened When I Lost My KeyStore File

Google reviewed my request, approved it, and told me exactly when my new upload key would become active. Losing your keystore is stressful, but it doesn’t necessarily mean your application is lost forever. If your application uses Play App Signing, you can request an upload

03 August 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

Android Modularization That Holds Up: 5 Lessons for Large Codebases

A practical way to evaluate module boundaries, dependency direction, build conventions, and the rules that keep an Android architecture understandable as it grows. Welcome to this article! 👋 My goal is to help you evaluate Android modularization beyond module count and folder names. We are

01 August 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

Android Architecture Is Quietly Moving Beyond ViewModel as a State Holder

Compose didn’t replace ViewModel. Navigation 3 didn’t replace it either. Together, they’re redefining where state belongs. For years, Android developers followed one simple rule:Put your screen state into a ViewModel. It wasn’t just common advice, it became one of the foundations of Android architecture.TextField valuesSelected

31 July 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

UPI Payment Flow on Android: From URI Construction to Result Verification

UPI has become the default payment mechanism for Android applications in India. Most Android apps integrate UPI using standard intent-based flows, where payments are executed inside external UPI apps and results are returned back to the calling app. This article explains how to build a

31 July 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

Beyond Semantics: How to Test Internal Compose State with snapshotFlow

snapshotFlow is a bridge that transforms Jetpack Compose state into a cold Kotlin Flow, allowing you to reactively stream state changes into the world of asynchronous coroutines.Summary While snapshotFlow is often tucked away in the 'Side Effects' documentation, it is truly the bridge that connects

31 July 2026 OPEN

Android Studio Release Updates

Android Studio Quail 3 now available

Android Studio Quail 3 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 macOS). Otherwise,

31 July 2026 OPEN

Android Studio Release Updates

Android Studio Quail 4 Canary 3 now available

Android Studio Quail 4 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 on

31 July 2026 OPEN

Android Developers Blog

Delivering safer, age-appropriate experiences on Google Play

Posted by Paul Feng, VP of Product Management, Google Play Providing a safe online experience and protecting users from harm is a top priority at Google Play. We take this responsibility seriously and have been investing continuously to offer baseline protections on our platform while

29 July 2026 OPEN

Android Developers Blog

Celebrating 5 years of Jetpack Compose

Posted by Rebecca Franks, Developer Relations Engineer, Nick Butcher, Product Manager, Loryn Hairston, Product Marketing Manager, Android Today, we officially celebrate five years since the release of Jetpack Compose 1.0. From version 1.0, announced on July 28th, 2021, to our latest 1.11 release, we’ve seen

29 July 2026 OPEN

Android Developers Blog

How R8 made Kotlin Coroutines on Android 2x faster

Posted by Andrei Shikov, Senior Software Engineer, Android Toolkit and Jonathan Starup, Software Engineer, R8 Team Starting from AGP 9.2.0, R8 optimizes most Atomic*FieldUpdater calls into Unsafe variants that perform 2x to 4x better on common operations. This has a particularly large impact on the

27 July 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

Understanding retain: A New Way to Retain State in Jetpack Compose

Is retain the beginning of the end for ViewModel? Let's find out.No Android dependency -> Just Kotlin.Does this replace ViewModel? Not entirely -> ViewModel still provides several useful capabilities:viewModelScopeSavedStateHandleNavigation integrationHilt supportLifecycle-aware cleanup If your screen relies on those features, ViewModel is still the right choice.retain

27 July 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

The Complete Guide to Getting Started with Android XR Development

A practical roadmap for Android developers A practical roadmap for Android developers — from your first emulator to spatial UI, 3D content, perception, and intelligent glasses Android development is no longer limited to the rectangular screen in your hand. With Android XR, developers can build

27 July 2026 OPEN

Android Studio Release Updates

Android Studio Quail 4 Canary 2 now available

Android Studio Quail 4 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 on

24 July 2026 OPEN

Android Studio Release Updates

Android Studio Quail 2 Patch 1 now available

Android Studio Quail 2 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 on

24 July 2026 OPEN

Android Developers Blog

Optimize your apps for the next generation of Samsung Galaxy devices

Posted by Fahd Imtiaz, Senior Product Manager and Miguel Montemayor, Developer Relations Engineer, Android Developer Experience Today at Galaxy Unpacked, Samsung unveiled its latest lineup of foldable and wearable devices. For developers, this means that the variety of form factors, screen sizes, and device postures

23 July 2026 OPEN

Android

Switch to Android easily — and bring your data with you.

A new migration experience built directly into Android 17 that lets you transfer more data wirelessly from an iPhone.

22 July 2026 OPEN

Android

3 Google updates from Galaxy Unpacked 2026

Gentle Monster glasses, Warby Parker glasses, a prompt asking for the history behind a pictured building, and a prompt asking to book a table at a pictured restaurant

22 July 2026 OPEN

Android Developers Blog

Build intelligent Android apps: Cloud and hybrid inference

Posted by Thomas Ezan, Jolanda Verhoef, Caren Chang, Senior Developer Relations Engineers, Android Developer Relations Welcome back to the blog post series "Build intelligent Android apps" where we take a basic Android app and transform it into a personalized, intelligent, and agentic experience. In our

21 July 2026 OPEN

Android Developers Blog

Build intelligent Android apps: Integrate into Android's intelligence system using AppFunctions

Posted by Ben Weiss, Senior Developer Relations Engineer, Android Developer Relations Welcome back to the blog post series "Build intelligent Android apps" where we take a basic Android app and transform it into a personalized, intelligent, and agentic experience. In our previous post, we explored

21 July 2026 OPEN

Android Developers Blog

Build intelligent Android apps: Introduction to Jetpacker

Posted by Jolanda Verhoef, Senior Developer Relations Engineer, Android Developer Relations Building GenAI features in your app usually means navigating through various models, APIs and architecture choices: Execution location: Where does your model run? On device, in the cloud, or both? Complexity: How complex is

21 July 2026 OPEN

Android Developers Blog

Build intelligent Android apps: On-device inference

Posted by Caren Chang, Developer Relations Engineer, Android Developer Relations Welcome back to the blog post series "Build intelligent Android apps" where we take a basic Android app and transform it into a personalized, intelligent, and agentic experience. In our previous post we introduced Jetpacker,

21 July 2026 OPEN

Android Studio Release Updates

Android Studio Quail 3 RC 2 now available

Android Studio Quail 3 RC 2 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 Updates on

20 July 2026 OPEN

Android Developers Blog

Upcoming Changes to the Nearby Connections API

Posted by Wei Wang, Engineering Manager, Android BeTo User privacy and transparency are core to the Android experience. To better align with these principles, we are updating the default behavior of the Nearby Connections API regarding how it interacts with device radios. What is changing?

20 July 2026 OPEN

Android

Designing emoji for the way we communicate today

A series of emoji's: pancakes, tennis, sloth, fried egg, squidthumbs up

18 July 2026 OPEN

Android Studio Release Updates

Android Studio Quail 4 Canary 1 now available

Android Studio Quail 4 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 on

16 July 2026 OPEN

Android

The DMA should not undercut security & privacy for Europeans

Today's decisions risk undermining vital privacy and security guardrails for millions of Europeans. We have repeatedly offered solutions to safeguard users while satisfy…

16 July 2026 OPEN