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Android Backstage, a podcast by and for Android developers. Hosted by developers from the Android engineering team, this show covers topics of interest to Android programmers, with in-depth discussions and interviews with engineers on the Android team at Google.Subscribe to Android Developers YouTube → https://goo.gle/AndroidDevs
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- 3 weeks ago1h 4m
From Android to QuakeCon: What 90s Game Engines Teach Us About Extreme Optimization
Hear how recent rewrites of the ADB stack and Android Studio debugger directly improve developer workflows. By updating the mDNS implementation and rebuilding Windows USB drivers, you can rely on stable Wi-Fi connections and eliminate system freezing. The updated debugger agent provides accurate stepping and variable inspection for apps written in Kotlin. Watch Android Developers Backstage on YouTube → https://goo.gle/adb-podcast Speakers: Speakers: Tor Norbye, Romain Guy, Fabien Sanglard
- Aug 5, 20261h 16m
Android AI Tools: Vibe coding, sub-agents, and the Android CLI
Learn how the latest Android Studio AI features can streamline your daily development tasks. While the original agent mode chat was helpful, we rebuilt it with a re-architected experience that supports parallel tool calls and background sub-agents. For instance, you can now have an agent analyze code in the background while you continue working on a different feature. Try out the updated Journeys feature to see how plain text instructions can automatically test your critical user paths. Subscribe to our YouTube channel → https://goo.gle/AndroidDevs Speakers: Tor Norbye, Chet Haase, Xavier Durcohet, Esteban de la Canal
- Jul 29, 20261h 7m
The inside story of Jetpack Compose
Discover the origin story of Jetpack Compose and how it changed the way Android developers build applications. We discuss the original challenges of unbundling the UI toolkit from the operating system to deliver faster updates. By adopting Kotlin and a declarative approach, the team reduced the boilerplate necessary to build user interfaces. While earlier systems relied heavily on XML, Jetpack Compose shifts to a code-first model for easier iteration. Listen to the team share their insights on modifiers, performance improvements, and the future of Android design. Resources: Android is Compose-first → https://goo.gle/compost-first Jetpack Compose overview → https://goo.gle/compose-overview Subscribe to our YouTube channel → https://goo.gle/AndroidDevs Speakers: Clara Bayarri, Tor Norbye, Chet Haase, Romain Guy
- Feb 18, 20261h 6m
What's so great about R8?
Join hosts Tor and Romain as they sit down with Søren Gjesse, Chris Craik, and Shai Barack. This week, the team dives into R8, the whole-program optimizer that handles the "last mile" of your code before it runs on a device. Learn why implementing R8 is effectively like giving your users a "free hardware upgrade" by making their current devices perform like models that are years newer. Enable app optimization → https://goo.gle/R8-Optimizer Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:23 - What is R8? 1:16 - R8 vs D8 1:40 - Tree Shaking & Dead Code 4:14 - Handling Reflection 10:10 - Performance Co-Optimization 13:03 - Kotlin-Specific Gains 16:22 - Real-World Impact 41:50 - Jetpack Compose & R8 50:51 - Keep annotations 1:03:49 - The "Free Hardware Upgrade"
- Jan 14, 202643 min
XR: Virtually here
Join hosts Tor, Chet, and Romain as they sit down with Diego Perez (Android Studio) and Patrick Fuentes (Developer Relations) to explore the new frontiers of Android XR. This episode of Android Developers Backstage breaks down the latest announcements and Developer Preview 3, offering a technical look at how developers can start building for spatial environments today. Resources: Hello Android XR sample → https://goo.gle/3Nbnrre Build for AI Glasses with the Android XR SDK Developer Preview 3 → https://goo.gle/49lUjGr Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 4:42 - Latest announcements 5:46 - AI Glasses 8:28 -Developer preview 3 16:13 - Spatialization 18:29 - Tools team perspective 24:07 - Using the XR Emulator 29:00 - What is an Orbiter? 37:33 - What hardware is currently available 38:39 - Final thoughts
- Dec 10, 202558 min
Bring your own model - Android Developers Backstage
In this episode Tor and Chet chat with Raluca Saucic and Eugene Yakavets about the new "Bring Your Own Model" feature in Android Studio which allows using other models than Gemini for agent mode, including models from Anthropic, OpenAI, and more. We also discuss using local models via Ollama and LM Studio. Resources: Use a remote model → https://goo.gle/43N2Z5E Use a local model → https://goo.gle/3Xij27V Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:49 - Bring your own model 4:13 - Bring your own key 7:24 - Anthropic model 13:17- How often do you need to remind the model of the context? 17:40 - Thinking vs planning 20:25 - What happens when the API needs to give multiple answers to a complex question? 24:14 - Supported models 31:18 - Are there any barriers when using a different model? 34:07 - Support for code completion 38:16 - GitHub's relationship with agents 44:35 - Using agents for development 56:36 - Studiobot 57:56 - Wrap up
- Oct 14, 202544 min
From natural language to UI tests: A deep dive into Journeys for Android Studio
Hosts Tor and Chet are joined by Adarsh Fernando, a Product Manager, and Ray Buse, a Software Engineer, to discuss Journeys for Android Studio. Powered by Gemini's vision and reasoning, Journeys aims to simplify end-to-end test creation and maintenance by converting the natural language you provide to describe the steps and assertions for each test, resulting in actions and evaluations performed directly on your app. Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:46 - Journeys: New AI-powered testing approach 3:40 - How Journeys Works with Gemini 4:27 - The natural language advantage 5:49 - Real-world use case: Google Maps 6:53 - Debugging with AI reasoning 8:08 - Why Journeys is important: Bridging the testing gap 9:56 - Journeys and End-to-End Testing 12:18 - Performance and Cached Journeys 24:14 - Android Studio and Firebase integration 25:27 - The development workflow 31:22 - AI for everyone: Beyond end-to-end testing 33:28 - Looking ahead: Feedback and the future Resources: Journeys for Android Studio → https://goo.gle/4m9YOr3 App Testing (Android) → https://goo.gle/3HVKTqB Tor on Bluesky → https://goo.gle/3ViCAYS Chet on Bluesky → https://goo.gle/4gzpccM Ardash on Bluesky → https://goo.gle/47JGNw9
- Sep 30, 202545 min
Android developer verification
To protect users from malware and scams, Android has announced a new layer of security: developer verification. While this is nothing new for Google Play Store apps, Android is extending this to the entire Android ecosystem. Host Tor is joined by Matthew, Patrick, Naheed, and Raz to discuss this latest security update that deters bad actors and creates a safer environment.
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