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Android

Help find your lost luggage with Google’s Find Hub

Find Hub logo with airlines, travel and location icons

04 March 2026 OPEN

Android

New on Android: Find friends, lost luggage and great apps

A person customizes their Calling Card by adding a personal photo and a bold green font. They also watch a short video in Google Play previewing the Canva app on an Android phone.

04 March 2026 OPEN

Android Developers Blog

A new era for choice and openness

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

05 March 2026 OPEN

Android Developers Blog

Android devices extend seamlessly to connected displays

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

04 March 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

Exploring the EyeDropper API- Android 17

Keep in touch 🤜🤛Nav Singh (@navczydev@androiddev.social)navczydev - Overviewnavczydev.bsky.socialJavaScript is not available. https://www.linkedin.com/in/navczydev/ReferencesThe Second Beta of Android 17Get a result from an activity | App architecture | Android Developers https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.embermitre.pixolor.app Exploring the EyeDropper API- Android 17 was originally published in ProAndroidDev on Medium, where people are

04 March 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

The Camera That Launched Too Late

App startup time — cold, warm, and hot startsActivity launch modesMulti-display activity launch (AOSP)Android Binder IPC architectureAAOS developer guide The Camera That Launched Too Late was originally published in ProAndroidDev on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

04 March 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

The Speedometer Lied: Debugging Real-Time IPC in Android Automotive

The Speedometer Lied: Debugging Real-Time IPC in Android Automotive was originally published in ProAndroidDev on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

04 March 2026 OPEN

Android Studio Release Updates

Android Studio Panda 2 | 2025.3.2 now available

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

04 March 2026 OPEN

Android Developers Blog

Go from prompt to working prototype with Android Studio Panda 2

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

04 March 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

ContentScale in Jetpack Compose: The Ultimate Visual Guide

Under The Hood: How Does Compose Actually Do This? When you pass contentScale to an Image, here's what's really happening deep in the rendering pipeline:Step 1: Measurement The Image composable measures itself based on its Modifier constraints. If you say Modifier.size(300.dp, 400.dp), the container becomes

03 March 2026 OPEN

Android

Learn about our Android and Google AI updates at MWC Barcelona.

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.

02 March 2026 OPEN

Android Developers Blog

Supercharge your Android development with 6 expert tips for Gemini in Android Studio

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

03 March 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

Media3 PreloadManager Explained: Boosting Video Playback Performance

In our previous article: Building an Infinite Video Feed in Jetpack Compose: A Media3 Tutorial We built a robust foundation for a vertical video feed. We utilized `VerticalPager` for the UI, `ExoPlayer` for playback, and a custom `PlayerPool` to manage heavy resources. In our previous

03 March 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

How to Manage Open Source & Closed Source Code in One Android Project Using Multi-Modules & Git…

How to Manage Open Source & Closed Source Code in One Android Project Using Multi-Modules & Git Submodules Many Android developers eventually face the same architectural challenge. On one side, there is the desire to build in public, accept contributions, and grow a real community

03 March 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

Adding Navigation support to Large Content Viewer with Compose

In my previous blog post, Beyond Font Scaling: Large Content Viewer with Compose, I explained how to build a large content viewer from iOS using Jetpack Compose. The implementation did not include support for keyboard or other assistive tech navigation, so this blog post tackles

03 March 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

Animation Preview for ProgressBar

It is hard to imagine that a designer will attach this illustration of animation to the provided mockup, so the basic animation is the responsibility of the developer, and we should care about this, especially when it’s easy to make the simplest one. The simple

01 March 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

Stop Memorizing ‘in' and ‘out': Use This Simple Mental Model for Kotlin Variance

Stop Memorizing ‘in' and ‘out’: Use This Simple Mental Model for Kotlin VarianceClosing Thoughts Variance isn’t something you need to memorize. Once you understand how type flow works — up, down, or not at all — the rules become obvious. If this mental model helped

01 March 2026 OPEN

Android Studio Release Updates

Android Studio Panda 3 | 2025.3.3 Canary 2 now available

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

27 February 2026 OPEN

Android Developers Blog

The Second Beta of Android 17

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

27 February 2026 OPEN

Android

Let Gemini handle your multi-step daily tasks on Android.

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

26 February 2026 OPEN

Android

A more intelligent Android on Samsung Galaxy S26

A woman in a red turtleneck, camouflage shorts, and black boots poses against a bright red wall, while a smartphone to her right displays a Google search page with image recognition results.

26 February 2026 OPEN

Kotlin : A concise multiplatform language developed by JetBrains | The JetBrains Blog

15 Things To Do Before, During, and After KotlinConf’26

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

26 February 2026 OPEN

Android Developers Blog

The Intelligent OS: Making AI agents more helpful for Android apps

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

26 February 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

Jetpack Compose MeasurePolicy Explained

Let’s Build a Custom ColumnWhen Intrinsic Defaults Fail By default, the base MeasurePolicy attempts to calculate intrinsics by approximating them through the standard measure method. However, this approximation will freeze or crash for custom layouts that dynamically calculate sizes in non-standard ways. If you are

26 February 2026 OPEN

Android Studio Release Updates

Android Studio Panda 3 | 2025.3.3 Canary 1 now available

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

20 February 2026 OPEN

Android Studio Release Updates

Android Studio Panda 2 | 2025.3.2 RC 1 now available

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

20 February 2026 OPEN

Android

We’re sharing how we kept the Google Play and Android app ecosystems safe in 2025.

In 2025, we significantly enhanced the Google Play and Android app ecosystems.

20 February 2026 OPEN

Kotlin : A concise multiplatform language developed by JetBrains | The JetBrains Blog

Java to Kotlin Conversion Comes to Visual Studio Code

At JetBrains, we aim to make Kotlin development as accessible and efficient as possible across the entire ecosystem. While IntelliJ IDEA remains the premier IDE for Kotlin, we recognize that many developers use Visual Studio Code for a variety of tasks and projects. To help

20 February 2026 OPEN

Kotlin : A concise multiplatform language developed by JetBrains | The JetBrains Blog

Kodee’s Kotlin Roundup: KotlinConf ’26 Updates, New Releases, and More

KotlinConf 2026 is starting to take shape, and there’s a lot happening across the Kotlin ecosystem right now. From the first conference speakers and community awards to new releases, tools, and real-world Kotlin stories at serious scale, I’ve gathered all the highlights you won’t want

18 February 2026 OPEN

Android Developers Blog

Get ready for Google I/O May 19-20

Google I/O returns May 19–20 Google I/O is back! Join us online as we share our latest AI breakthroughs and updates in products across the company, from Gemini to Android, Chrome, Cloud, and more.Tune in to learn about agentic coding and the latest Gemini model

18 February 2026 OPEN