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Autofill in Compose

In this episode of Android Developers Backstage, Tor, Chet, Ralston, and Melba discuss Autofill in Compose. Melba and Ralston, from the Compose team, explain how Autofill works with semantics to automatically fill in forms, such as usernames and passwords, using password managers. They detail the process of how Compose...

Back it up, bring it back: No data left behind

In this episode of Android Developers Backstage, Tor Norbye and Chet Haase host Alon Albert, Graham Hipsley, and Piyush Mehrotra to discuss the improvements and challenges of Android's backup and restore functionality. The panel explores the new Android Studio tools designed to simplify backup testing for developers, i...

Bot to the Future: Two Years Later

​​Kotlin Multiplatform: Have your code and eat it too

In this episode of Android Developers Backstage, Tor Norbye hosts Dustin Lam and Yigit Boyar to discuss Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP). They explain KMP as Kotlin plus compilers for other platforms, emphasizing its native interoperability and the ability to compile to JavaScript, Android, and Kotlin Native for iOS, Linux, ...

Linting on the Side of Caution: Safety & Security

In this episode of Android Developers Backstage, Tor Norbye, Chet Haase, and Romain Guy host Theresa Khuu and Naheed Vora to discuss app safety on the Android platform. The discussion covers the various protections and tools available to developers to ensure the safety and trustworthiness of their apps, as well as the ...

Episode 213: Compose runtime and performance

In this episode of Android Developers Backstage, Romain Guy, Tor Norbye, Leland Richardson, and Chuck Jeske discuss recent advancements and internal workings of Compose, focusing on performance improvements. They introduce "Pausable Composition," a feature that allows compositions to span frames during prefetch, partic...

Episode 212: Happy birthday, Android Studio!

Episode 211: Rules about performance tools

In the latest episode of the Android Developers Backstage podcast, the focus is on maintaining system health in Android, particularly the delicate balance between performance and battery life. Shai Barack, who heads the Android platform performance and system health team, shares insights on how they achieve this balanc...

Episode 210: Studio Jewelry

In this episode of the Android Developer Backstage podcast, the hosts explore the transformation of Android Studio's user interface, tracing its journey from Swing-based beginnings to the current shift towards Jetpack Compose for Desktop. They focus on the Jewel library, a JetBrains initiative that facilitates this tra...

Episode 209: Compose animations

Episode 208: Micro optimizations

In this episode of the Android Developers Backstage podcast, Tor Norby and Romain Guy dive into the world of micro-optimizations in Android development, focusing on Kotlin and Jetpack Compose. They discuss the delicate balance between writing code that is easy to read and achieving top-notch performance. The conversati...

Episode 207: AI development assistance

In this episode of the Android Developers Backstage podcast, the speakers delve into how AI, particularly the Gemini models, is being integrated into Android Studio to boost developer productivity and creativity. They discuss the teamwork between the Android Studio team and the Google Labs AI Developer Assistance (AIDA...

Episode 206: Make it faster

In this episode of the Android Developers Backstage podcast, Fabien Sanglard from the Android Studio team shares his journey of optimizing the Android Studio debugger and ADB. Drawing from his background in reverse-engineering classic video games, Fabien gained a deep understanding of low-level systems, which he levera...