Switching which device test you want in Android Studio will now have configuration cache hits! This should make your test inner development loop so much faster!
To make this work you need @gradle.com >=9.4.0 and AGP >=9.1.0
#gradle #androiddev
Loved this inspirational example of building out motion blurring in #JetpackCompose from @piotr_prus 💓
Sometimes the smallest of effects can make your app just feel *that* much more fun!
proandroiddev.com/motion-blur-...
It's satisfying to see the integration point between Navigation 3 and ListDetailPaneScaffold come together after the previous approaches - the list and detail panes can finally be proper backstack entries _and_ be displayed simultaneously without nesting!
Pointing out key parts of the new setup:
We just released Jetpack Compose 1.10 with new features and a number of performance improvements.
What's your favourite thing in this release? I 💚 the improvements to shared elements.
android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/12/what...
My talk: The Busy Android Developers Guide to Perfetto is now up on YouTube !
Root-causing problems is a lot of fun. Once you start you can't stop 😜
Happy Tracing !!
Don't ignore this tip! We've switched to using the optimized proguard file & shrinking resources in our latest release and have seen a massive drop in all performance related metrics, with slow app launch metrics dropping >30%. All from a 5 minute code change!
Jetpack Navigation 3 is stable! 🎉🎉🎉
Leaning into Jetpack Compose and the idea of combining smaller building blocks together really helped make Nav3 a much more flexible library that made it a joy to work on and hopefully for you to use as well!
android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/jetp...
The single biggest performance impact for the Reddit app came from enabling the R8 optimizer's full potential.
android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/how-...
One of the questions I get asked most about Navigation 3 is "how can I create multiple back stacks?". Now there's a recipe for that: github.com/android/nav3...
If using Gemini in Android Studio is not your cup of tea, you can now use whatever model you want via API key! Now available in latest canaries developer.android.com/studio/gemin...
My talk on Navigation 3 from #dcldn25 is live (very impressive publishing from the droidcon team!). www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1Oi...
Also the remote MCP server support is very cool e.g. accessing a Figma design and converting it into Compose code
developer.android.com/studio/previ...
✨ New and improved Agent features for Compose now in Canary! 🦦
Generate & transform composables with imgs and text, generate Previews, improve code quality... I can't fit it all🙃
Get the latest Canary & the release notes, submit issues, have fun! 😊
developer.android.com/studio/previ...
Then keep using it! The `icons-extended` artifact continues to work, it just won't be receiving any further updates (like the underlying 'Material Icon' set which has been replaced by 'Material Symbols')
What is Framework??
Not an ebike but the gears are electronic. Generally I love them as they change perfectly every time, even under load. But having something else to charge and maintain can be a pain.
www.sram.com/en/sram/road...
Last week I had to upgrade the firmware on my bike's gears and today I have to factory reset my sunglasses. What a time to be alive!
Compose 1.9 just hit beta01 & another exciting feature landing is a way to reliably determine if something is visible on screen & a way to get notified of visibility changes 📣
💅 New modifiers are entering the chat in this space: Modifier.onFirstVisible() & Modifier.onVisibilityChanged().
Playing around with the UI for fun. Designing such micro-interactions and animations is a breeze thanks to Compose.
P.S. If you didn't catch it, a full vinyl rotation takes exactly 1800ms. That's 33 RPM 🎶💿
I'm excited to be speaking at #DroidconNYC next Thursday, hope to see you there!
I'll be covering how to handle configuration changes in Compose, and specifically trying to answer the question of what you should put in android:configChanges and - probably more importantly - why.
#AndroidDev
You've asked for this... and now Compose 1.9 alpha introduces two new modifiers 👀 Modifier.innerShadow() and Modifier.dropShadow()
Allowing you to more closely align your designs to your Figma specs, unlocking fun effects like Neumorphic type UIs 😍
github.com/riggaroo/com...
🥳 Excited to share our latest blog post on Material 3 Expressive Motion Theming!
🤿 Dive into how the new physics-based system brings interactions and transitions to life.
Read it here: m3.material.io/blog/m3-expr...
#AndroidDev
Our #IO25 talk on how to build more accessible apps with Compose is out! 🥳 Lots of tips on choosing appropriate semantics, merging, clearing & hiding, inspection & debug, accessibility checks in tests 🫶
Check it out ☺️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=80qk...
@tornorbye.bsky.social “… and that's why we have coffee” 😂
Scenes!
If there's only one concept to call out for Navigation 3, it's scenes. The abstraction layer allows showing multiple panes at a time, and in different ways.
It's the integration hook that integrates Navigation3 with ListDetailPaneScaffold in a flexible, satisfying way.
Bravo, excellent work 👏
✨🎬 New video on creating delightful path animations in #JetpackCompose
youtu.be/20b_bshZo84
#AndroidDev #Kotlin #ComposeMultiplatform
We work closely with the Compose Multiplatform team, what would you like to see change?
👀 Jetpack Compose updates from #googleio
What are you excited about using? What do you want us to add to Compose?
android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/05/what...
