15 Issues to know for Android builders at Google I/O

AI is unlocking experiences that weren’t even attainable just a few years in the past, and we’ve been laborious at work reimaging Android with AI on the core, to assist allow you to construct a complete new class of apps. At this yr’s Google I/O, we’re overlaying how new instruments like Gemini can energy constructing the following generations of apps on Android. Plus, we showcased a spread of updates to our instruments and companies grounded in productiveness, serving to you make it quicker and simpler to construct glorious experiences throughout kind elements. Let’s dive in!

#1: AI in your instruments, with Gemini in Android Studio

Gemini in Android Studio (previously Studio Bot) is your coding companion for Android growth, and due to your suggestions since its preview ultimately yr’s Google I/O, we’ve advanced our fashions, expanded to over 200 nations and territories, and introduced it into the Gemini household of merchandise. Earlier at the moment, we previewed plenty of new options coming quickly, like Code options, App High quality Insights that leverage Gemini, and a preview of the multi-modal inputs which can be coming utilizing Gemini 1.5 Professional. You may learn extra concerning the updates right here, and ensure to take a look at What’s new in Android growth instruments.

#2: Constructing with Generative AI

Android gives the answer you should construct Generative AI apps. You should utilize our most succesful fashions over the Cloud with the Gemini API in Google AI or Vertex AI for Firebase immediately in your Android apps. For on-device, Gemini Nano is our best mannequin. We’re working intently with just a few early adopters corresponding to Patreon, Grammarly, and Adobe to make sure we’re creating the perfect APIs that unlock essentially the most progressive experiences. For instance, Adobe is experimenting with Gemini Nano to reinforce the on-device expertise of Acrobat AI Assistant, a software that permits their customers to summarize and work together with paperwork. You’ll want to take a look at the Construct your individual generative AI powered Android app, Android on-device gen AI underneath the hood, and the What’s New in Android classes to study extra!

#3: Assume adaptive: apps on telephones, foldables, tablets and extra

Construct and design apps that adapt past the cellphone, with the brand new Compose adaptive format libraries constructed with Materials steerage in beta. Add wealthy stylus and keyboard help to extend person productiveness. Take a look at three of our key Android adaptive classes at Google I/O: Designing adaptive apps, Constructing adaptive Android apps, and Enhance person productiveness with massive screens and equipment.

#4: Improve homescreens with Widgets and Jetpack Look

Jetpack Look 1.1 is now obtainable in launch candidate and allows you to construct top quality widgets utilizing your Compose abilities. Take a look at our new canonical layouts, design steerage and figma updates to the Android UI package. To study extra take a look at our Enhance the person expertise of your Android app workshop and Construct Android widgets with Jetpack Look technical session.

#5-9: come again right here tomorrow and Thursday!

We’ll proceed to share extra updates for Android Builders all through Google I/O, so test again right here tomorrow!

#10: Use Kotlin Multiplatform for sharing enterprise logic

Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) allows sharing Kotlin code throughout totally different platforms and a number of other of our Jetpack libraries, like DataStore and Room, have already been migrated to benefit from KMP. We use Kotlin Multiplatform inside Google and advocate utilizing KMP for sharing enterprise logic between platforms. Be taught extra about it right here.

#11: Compose: Shared Parts, efficiency enhancements and extra

The upcoming Compose June ‘24 launch is filled with the options you’ve been asking for! Shared aspect transitions, lazy record merchandise reordering animations, robust skipping mode, efficiency enhancements, a brand new lazy stream format and extra. Learn extra about it in our weblog.

#12: Android Studio: the most recent preview, with Gemini and extra

Android Studio Koala 🐨Characteristic Drop (2024.1.2) obtainable at the moment within the canary channel, builds on high of IntelliJ 2024.1 and provides new progressive options unlocked by Gemini, corresponding to insights for crashes in App High quality Insights, code transformations and a Gemini API starter template to get you shortly began with Gemini. Moreover, new options corresponding to USB pace detection, shortcut UI to manage gadget settings, a brand new solution to signal into Google companies, up to date and speedier UI for profilers with a brand new process centric strategy and a deep integration with the Google Play SDK index are meant to make the event course of extraordinarily productive. Learn extra right here.

#13: Develop your corporation with the most recent Google Play updates

Uncover new methods to draw and interact customers with enhanced customized retailer listings. Optimize income with expanded cost choices. Reinforce belief via safe, high-quality experiences made simpler with our newest SDK Console enhancements. Study these updates and extra, together with our new vertical strategy, in our weblog.

#14: Simplify app compliance with Checks

Streamline your app’s privateness compliance with Checks, Google’s AI-powered compliance answer! Checks empowers builders to swiftly establish, deal with, resolve privateness points, and allows you to launch apps quicker and with confidence. Harness the facility of automation with Checks’ clever reviews, saving you priceless time and sources. Get began now at checks.google.com.

#15: And naturally, Android 15

…however for that, you’ll have to remain tuned tomorrow, after we’ve received a bit extra up our sleeve!