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ProAndroidDev - Medium

AI Coding Agents Are Silently Eating Your RAM If You Do Android Development

If you’re an Android developer using AI coding agents like Claude Code or Cursor, there’s a good chance your machine is slower than it should be right now.The problem AI agents trigger Gradle builds constantly. If your setup isn’t perfectly consistent across projects — different

31 March 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

Jetpack Compose: Animated Snake Border for Rectangle Shapes

Part 2 — Animated Snake Border for Rectangle Shapes . — Step 1 Extract animation STATE: By state here I mean the variable that describes the snake movement itself. If we treat the full perimeter as a closed contour of normalized length 1, then that

31 March 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

Finally find the Android Service of your dreams after 13 years

Then question that came to mind — can I create UI in Compose? So, lets try to implement it As long as setContentView requires only View , we have to make ComposeViewval composeView = ComposeView(this).apply { setContent { DreamServiceTheme { DreamScreen( onOpenSettings = { openSettingsAndExitDream()

30 March 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

I Stopped Using WebView for Login — Here’s Why Android Custom Tabs Win for SSO

A Senior Engineer’s Take — Why “more control” is often the wrong goal for login.Continue reading on ProAndroidDev »

30 March 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

The Surface That Was Too Big

ReferencesAOSP Graphics Architecture — the BufferQueue pipeline in detailBufferQueue and Gralloc — buffer allocation mechanics; confirms allocation is sized at surface creationChromium Graphics Dev — Use TextureView as compositing surface on Android? — Sami Kyostila (Google) independently confirms the triple-buffer formula (3 × view_width ×

29 March 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

Meet FlexBox: The Powerful New Layout System for Compose

ReferencesFlexBox | Jetpack Compose | Android DevelopersCompose Foundation | Jetpack | Android DevelopersStay in touch https://www.linkedin.com/in/navczydev/JavaScript is not available.navczydev - Overviewnavczydev.bsky.social Meet FlexBox: The Powerful New Layout System for Compose was originally published in ProAndroidDev on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting

29 March 2026 OPEN

Android Studio Release Updates

Android Studio Panda 4 | 2025.3.4 Canary 2 now available

Android Studio Panda 4 | 2025.3.4 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

27 March 2026 OPEN

Android Developers Blog

Redefining Location Privacy: New Tools and Improvements for Android 17

Posted by Robert Clifford, Developer Relations Engineer and Manjeet Rulhania, Software Engineer A pillar of the Android ecosystem is our shared commitment to user trust. As the mobile landscape has evolved, so does our approach to protecting sensitive information. In Android 17, we’re introducing a

27 March 2026 OPEN

Android Developers Blog

The Third Beta of Android 17

Posted by Matthew McCullough, VP of Product Management, Android Developer Android 17 has officially reached platform stability today with Beta 3. That means that the API surface is locked; you can perform final compatibility testing and push your Android 17-targeted apps to the Play Store.

27 March 2026 OPEN

Android Developers Blog

Meet the class of 2026 for the Google Play Apps Accelerator

Posted by Robbie McLachlan, Developer Marketing The wait is over! We are incredibly excited to share the Google Play Apps Accelerator class of 2026. We’ve handpicked a group of high-potential studios from across the globe to embark on a 12-week journey designed to supercharge their

26 March 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

Building a Deep Research Agent with Koog — Teaching Your Agent to Think in Phases

Now your research agent doesn’t just produce text: it produces structured data that your application can use. You could store it in a database, display it in a UI, feed it into another agent, whatever you need. For even more reliable structured output, you can

26 March 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

How to Configure Kotlin Any Serialization with Parcelable and Serializable in Android

The topic of data serialization is fundamental for any mobile developer, since it is used for working with the network, the file system, and communication between core components. However, there is one peculiarity in this area that I encountered for the first time in seven

26 March 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

Beyond Hype: The Evolving Android Architecture from Fat View Model to MVI

My Take: Why MVI is my favorite To be honest, I’ve become an MVI convert. Why? Because of Peace of Mind. In standard MVVM, you’re always one “copy-paste error” away from a state inconsistency bug. You might have five different functions updating the same StateFlow,

26 March 2026 OPEN

Android Developers Blog

Contact Picker: Privacy-First Contact Sharing

Posted by Roxanna Aliabadi Walker, Senior Product Manager Privacy and user control remain at the heart of the Android experience. Just as the photo picker made media sharing secure and easy to implement, we are now bringing that same level of privacy, simplicity, and great

25 March 2026 OPEN

ProAndroidDev - Medium

87 Results in Find Usages: Fixing Navigation Hell in Jetpack Compose

If you’re working with a theme where colors are defined via Color(0xFF...), YACT renders a slick little color swatch right in the gutter:https://medium.com/media/01f9db7bb6226d66dbf016c2330eb7a2/href You get to see the color way before you even build the app. This is powered by ElementColorProvider—IntelliJ's standard extension point for

25 March 2026 OPEN

Android

3 new Gemini features are coming to Google TV

Image of a Google TV device displaying an NBA brief in a bright living room.

25 March 2026 OPEN

Android

Connecting your car beyond the dashboard

A dark-colored electric vehicle (EV) charging from a yellow charging station in a city setting.

25 March 2026 OPEN

Android Developers Blog

Beyond Infotainment: Extending Android Automotive OS for Software-defined Vehicles

Posted by Eser Erdem, Senior Engineering Manager, Android Automotive At Google we’re deeply committed to the automotive industry--not just as a technology provider, but as a partner in the industry's transformation. We believe that car makers and users should have choice and flexibility, and that

25 March 2026 OPEN

Android Studio Release Updates

Android Studio Panda 4 | 2025.3.4 Canary 1 now available

Android Studio Panda 4 | 2025.3.4 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

20 March 2026 OPEN

Android Studio Release Updates

Android Studio Panda 3 | 2025.3.3 RC 1 now available

Android Studio Panda 3 | 2025.3.3 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 March 2026 OPEN

Android Developers Blog

Android developer verification: Balancing openness and choice with safety

Posted by Matthew Forsythe, Director Product Management, Android App Safety Android proves you don't have to choose between an open ecosystem and a secure one. Since announcing updated verification requirements, we've worked with the community to ensure these protections are robust yet respectful of platform

20 March 2026 OPEN

Android Developers Blog

Get inspired and take your apps to desktop

Posted by Ivy Knight, Senior Design Advocate, Android We're thrilled to announce major updates to our design resources, giving you the comprehensive guidance you need to create polished, adaptive Android apps across all form factors! We now have Desktop Experience guidance and a refreshed Android

17 March 2026 OPEN

Android Developers Blog

Room 3.0 - Modernizing the Room

Posted by Daniel Santiago Rivera, Software Engineer The first alpha of Room 3.0 has been released! Room 3.0 is a major breaking version of the library that focuses on Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) and adds support for JavaScript and WebAssembly (WASM) on top of the existing

14 March 2026 OPEN

Android Developers Blog

TikTok reduces code size by 58% and improves app performance for new features with Jetpack Compose

TikTok is a global short-video platform known for its massive user base and innovative features. The team is constantly releasing updates, experiments, and new features for their users. Faced with the challenge of maintaining velocity while managing technical debt, the TikTok Android team turned to

14 March 2026 OPEN

Android Studio Release Updates

Android Studio Panda 3 | 2025.3.3 Canary 4 now available

Android Studio Panda 3 | 2025.3.3 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

13 March 2026 OPEN

Android Developers Blog

Level Up: Test Sidekick and prepare for upcoming program milestones

Posted by Maru Ahues Bouza, PM Director, Games on Google Play Last September, we shared our vision for the future of Google Play Games grounded in a core belief: the best way to drive your game’s success is to deliver a world-class player experience. We

12 March 2026 OPEN

Android Studio Release Updates

Android Studio Panda 3 | 2025.3.3 Canary 3 now available

Android Studio Panda 3 | 2025.3.3 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

10 March 2026 OPEN

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 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