AI is unlocking experiences that weren’t even attainable a couple of years in the past, and we’ve been laborious at work reimaging Android with AI on the core, to assist allow you to construct an entire new class of apps. At this 12 months’s Google I/O, we’re masking how new instruments like Gemini can energy constructing the subsequent generations of apps on Android. Plus, we showcased a variety of updates to our instruments and companies grounded in productiveness, serving to you make it sooner and simpler to construct glorious experiences throughout type components. 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 improvement, and due to your suggestions since its preview finally 12 months’s Google I/O, we’ve advanced our fashions, expanded to over 200 international locations and territories, and introduced it into the Gemini household of merchandise. Earlier right this moment, we previewed quite a few new options coming quickly, like Code strategies, 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 improvement instruments.
#2: Constructing with Generative AI
Android offers the answer it’s essential to construct Generative AI apps. You should use our most succesful fashions over the Cloud with the Gemini API in Google AI or Vertex AI for Firebase straight in your Android apps. For on-device, Gemini Nano is our most effective mannequin. We’re working carefully with a couple of early adopters reminiscent of Patreon, Grammarly, and Adobe to make sure we’re creating the most effective APIs that unlock probably the most modern experiences. For instance, Adobe is experimenting with Gemini Nano to reinforce the on-device expertise of Acrobat AI Assistant, a instrument that permits their customers to summarize and work together with paperwork. You should definitely 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 periods 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. Try three of our key Android adaptive periods at Google I/O: Designing adaptive apps, Constructing adaptive Android apps, and Enhance person productiveness with giant 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. Try 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 examine again right here tomorrow!
#10: Use Kotlin Multiplatform for sharing enterprise logic
Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) permits sharing Kotlin code throughout totally different platforms and several other of our Jetpack libraries, like DataStore and Room, have already been migrated to make the most of KMP. We use Kotlin Multiplatform inside Google and suggest 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 full of the options you’ve been asking for! Shared component transitions, lazy listing merchandise reordering animations, sturdy skipping mode, efficiency enhancements, a brand new lazy movement format and extra. Learn extra about it in our weblog.
#12: Android Studio: the newest preview, with Gemini and extra
Android Studio Koala 🐨Function Drop (2024.1.2) obtainable right this moment within the canary channel, builds on high of IntelliJ 2024.1 and provides new modern options unlocked by Gemini, reminiscent of 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 reminiscent of USB velocity detection, shortcut UI to regulate machine settings, a brand new option to signal into Google companies, up to date and speedier UI for profilers with a brand new process centric method and a deep integration with the Google Play SDK index are supposed to make the event course of extraordinarily productive. Learn extra right here.
#13: Develop your corporation with the newest Google Play updates
Uncover new methods to draw and interact customers with enhanced customized retailer listings. Optimize income with expanded fee choices. Reinforce belief by safe, high-quality experiences made simpler with our newest SDK Console enhancements. Find out about these updates and extra, together with our new vertical method, 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 determine, tackle, resolve privateness points, and allows you to launch apps sooner and with confidence. Harness the facility of automation with Checks’ clever studies, saving you precious time and assets. Get began now at checks.google.com.
#15: And naturally, Android 15
…however for that, you’ll have to remain tuned tomorrow, once we’ve acquired a bit extra up our sleeve!
