Posted by Thomas Ezan, Sr Developer Relation Engineer
With the appearance of Generative AI, Android builders now have entry to capabilities that had been beforehand out of attain. For example, now you can simply add picture captioning to your app with none laptop imaginative and prescient information.
With the upcoming launch of the secure model of VertexAI in Firebase in a number of weeks (accessible in Beta Since Google I/O), you can effortlessly incorporate the capabilities of Gemini 1.5 Flash and Gemini 1.5 Professional into your app. The inference runs on Google’s servers, making these capabilities accessible to any gadget with an web connection.
A number of Android builders have already begun leveraging this expertise. Let’s discover a few of their creations.
Generate your meals for the week
The group behind Meal Planner, a meal planner and procuring listing administration app, is leveraging Gemini 1.5 Flash to create unique meal plans. Primarily based on the person’s food plan, the variety of individuals you might be cooking for and any meals allergy symptoms or intolerances, the app robotically creates a meal plan for the chosen week.
For every dish, the mannequin lists substances and portions, considering the variety of parts. It additionally supplies directions on put together it. The app robotically generates a procuring listing for the week primarily based on the ingredient listing for every meal.
To allow dependable processing of the mannequin’s response and to combine it within the app, the group leveraged Gemini’s JSON mode. They specified responseMimeType = “software/json” within the mannequin configuration and outlined the anticipated JSON response schema within the immediate (see API documentation).
Following the launch of the meal era characteristic, Meal Planner acquired overwhelmingly constructive suggestions. The characteristic simplified meal planning for customers with dietary restrictions and helped scale back meals waste. Within the months after its introduction, Meal Planner skilled a 17% surge in premium customers.
Journaling whereas chatting with Leo
Just a few months in the past, the group behind the journal app Life needed to offer an modern approach to let their customers log entries. They created “Leo”, an AI diary assistant chatting with customers and changing conversations right into a journal entry.
To change the habits of the mannequin and the tone of its responses, the group used system directions to outline the chatbot persona. This enables the person to set the habits and tone of the assistant: Choose “Skilled and formal” and the mannequin will hold the dialog strict, choose “Pleasant and cheerful” and it’ll loosen up the dialogue with numerous emojis!
The group noticed a rise of person engagement following the launch of the characteristic.
And if you wish to know extra about how the Life builders used Gemini API of their app, we had an awesome dialog with Jomin from the group. This dialog is a part of a brand new Android podcast collection referred to as Android Construct Time, that you could additionally watch on YouTube.
Create a nickname on the fly
The HiiKER app supplies offline mountain climbing maps. The app additionally fosters a group by letting customers score trails and leaving feedback. However customers signing up don’t all the time add a username to their profile. To keep away from the chance of reducing the conversion charge by making username choice obligatory at signup time, the group determined to make use of the Gemini API to counsel distinctive usernames primarily based on the person’s nation or space.
To generate unique usernames, the group set a excessive temperature worth and performed with the top-Okay and top-P values to extend the creativity of the mannequin.
This AI-assisted characteristic led to a big carry within the share of customers with “full” profiles contributing to a constructive impression on engagement and retention.
It’s time to construct!
Generative AI continues to be a really new area and we’re simply beginning to have quick access to those capabilities for Android. From enabling superior personalization, creating pleasant interactive experiences or simplifying signup, you might need distinctive challenges that you’re attempting to unravel as an Android app developer. It’s a nice time to start out these challenges as alternatives that generative AI will help you deal with!
You may study extra concerning the superior options of the Gemini Cloud fashions, discover an introduction to generative AI for Android builders, and get began with Vertex AI in Firebase documentation.
To study extra about AI on Android, take a look at different sources we’ve got accessible throughout AI in Android Highlight Week.
Use #AndroidAI hashtag to share your creations or suggestions on social media, and be part of us on the forefront of the AI revolution!