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ProAndroidDev - Medium

How to Connect ESP32 to Wi-Fi on Android (The Right Way) | EasyEsp

Stop frustrating your IoT users. Build a seamless ESP32 Wi-Fi provisioning flow using Jetpack Compose, Ktor, and MVI Architecture. The Painless Way to Connect ESP32 Devices to Wi-Fi on Android 📱⚡ How to build seamless IoT provisioning flows using Jetpack Compose, Ktor, and MVI Architecture.

07 November 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

Android 17 on a 4.9 Kernel: LineageOS 24.0 on the Pixel 3a

This article provides a step by step guide to running LineageOS 24.0, which is Android 17, on a Google Pixel 3a and its original 4.9 Linux kernel. It continues the LineageOS 23.2 port on the same phone. Every patch, script and build is published.So, Which

07 November 2026 OPEN

Android Studio Release Updates

Android Studio Rabbit 3 Canary 3 now available

Android Studio Rabbit 3 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

06 November 2026 OPEN

Android Studio Release Updates

Android Studio Rabbit 2 Patch 1 now available

Android Studio Rabbit 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

06 November 2026 OPEN

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

The Kotlin Multiplatform Contest Is Open: Win a Trip to KotlinConf

The Kotlin Multiplatform Contest is back! Students and recent graduates, turn your idea into a cross-platform project with Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP). The authors of the top three projects will each win a trip to KotlinConf 2027 in KrakĂłw, Poland, with conference tickets, travel, and accommodation

06 November 2026 OPEN

Android Developers' Blog

Build for an expanding lineup of Android XR devices with production-ready tools from Android Developer Summit

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06 November 2026 OPEN

Android Developers' Blog

What’s new in intelligent apps at the Android Developer Summit

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05 November 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

Why a 1B On-Device LLM Needs a Harness

. If it is rejected, verified data stays available and the app returns a fallback. The text is not published fragment by fragment before validation completes.Testing the system around the model A harness can replace inference with controlled output in tests. Feed it an invented

05 November 2026 OPEN

Android Developers' Blog

Build for every screen with the latest Jetpack Compose updates from Android Developer Summit

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04 November 2026 OPEN

Android

Google Messages, Phone by Google, and Google Contacts get new, updated icons.

Google is updating the icons for Messages, Phone, and Contacts with a sleeker, cohesive design. See the new look for your home screen.

03 November 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

Migrating a Real Android App to Kotlin Multiplatform 2/4 — What Moved for Free, and What Hurt

Migrating a Real Android App to Kotlin Multiplatform 2/4 — What Moved for Free, and What HurtPart 2: What Moved for Free, and What Hurt In Part 1 I described the foundations: a modular Android codebase with Ktor, Koin and SQLDelight already in place, and

03 November 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

Inside Android Layoutlib: How View and Compose Previews Reach the Canvas

Trace the rendering pipeline from XML inflation and compiled composables to measurement, drawing, and the final preview image and understand where Layoutlib’s responsibilities end. There are several reasons. The runtime environment differs. Android Studio doesn’t run the full OS of the device. Network and file

03 November 2026 OPEN

Android Developers' Blog

Developing for Today: 50+ New Developer Sessions on Building Apps Today

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02 November 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

Android Developer Roadmap 2027: What to Learn, What Interviews Ask, and Where AI Fits

If you already work as an Android developer, do not start at stage 1 by default. Use the “done when” checksas a test, and start at the first stage you cannot pass.The nine stages Every stage has the same parts: why it matters, what you

01 November 2026 OPEN

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

Kodee’s Kotlin Roundup: Shipaton 2026 Winners, Kotlin 2.5.0-Beta2, and KotlinConf 2027

Hi everyone! It’s been a busy few weeks since my last roundup: the Shipaton 2026 winners are in, and three Kotlin Multiplatform apps took the Ship Kotlin Everywhere Award. In other news, Kotlin 2.5.0 is taking shape with its second Beta, KotlinConf 2027 is officially

30 October 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

AI Can Write My Kotlin. Who’s Going to Debug It at 2 AM?

Process death, OEM battery managers, R8 in release builds, unexpected recomposition, and main-thread work on low-memory devices rarely show up in a diff. Most don’t show up on a flagship emulator either. Here’s what “almost right” looks like. Both versions compile and pass a simple

31 October 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

Beyond Default Claude: Running DeepSeek, MiniMax and GLM in Claude Code and Android Studio

Beyond Default Claude: Running DeepSeek, MiniMax and GLM in Claude Code and Android Studio was originally published in ProAndroidDev on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

31 October 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

Under the Hood: How Room 3.0 and SQLDelight 2.x Detect Database Changes

Room and SQLDelight both let us observe database queries as Kotlin Flows. When the underlying data changes, the Flow emits an update, allowing the UI to react without manually refreshing the data.Does SQLDelight always execute fewer queries? Not necessarily. Room’s table-based invalidation can cause a

30 October 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

Migrating a Real Android App to Kotlin Multiplatform 1/4 — Before the Migration

Here’s how the code is split today:https://medium.com/media/6ace88d94220b0e2291c42df6f9204ee/href Worth mentioning, that around 9,500 lines of androidMain code are @Preview functions. The largest platform specific source sets are in the :core:messaging module, which is responsible for notifications. Other than that, there is a platform specific code for

30 October 2026 OPEN

Android Studio Release Updates

Android Studio Rabbit 3 Canary 2 now available

Android Studio Rabbit 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 Updates on

29 October 2026 OPEN

Android Studio Release Updates

Android Studio Rabbit 2 now available

Android Studio Rabbit 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 macOS). Otherwise,

29 October 2026 OPEN

Android

XREAL AURA: Wired XR glasses to watch, work, and play

XREAL AURA

29 October 2026 OPEN

Android Developers' Blog

Agentic and Flexible: A next era of Android development

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28 October 2026 OPEN

Android Developers' Blog

What's new in Android developer tools and performance at Android Dev Summit

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28 October 2026 OPEN

Android Developers' Blog

Your favorite agents are now integrated in Android Studio

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28 October 2026 OPEN

Android Studio Release Updates

Android Studio Rabbit 2 RC 2 now available

Android Studio Rabbit 2 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

27 October 2026 OPEN

Android Studio Release Updates

Android Studio Rabbit 3 Canary 1 now available

Android Studio Rabbit 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 Updates on

23 October 2026 OPEN

Android Studio Release Updates

Android Studio Rabbit 2 RC 1 now available

Android Studio Rabbit 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 Updates on

22 October 2026 OPEN

Android

Get hands-free personalized help on the road with Gemini

Center of image is a photo of a 1st-person point of view of driving a car. On the circumference of the circle are the Gemini logo and various prompts. The bottom of the image has the text "Personal Intelligence hits the road".

21 October 2026 OPEN

Android Developers' Blog

A more reliable way to add and edit contacts on Android

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21 October 2026 OPEN