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GDE for Android, Platform @ M&S, beer nerd and average photographer πΈ
This was a fun talk to put together, and gave me a chance to talk about all the neat little-known tools out there, like CodeSearch and AndroidX.dev. Bring on more live coding!
16.06.2025 11:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0They're pretty cool, and it's at least a little obvious that these will form the basis of some agentic Android future. The bad news is, you need to be a very privileged app to call them right now - EXECUTE_APP_FUNCTIONS is internal|privileged.
16.06.2025 11:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0App Functions seem to be more transactional `Intent`s - typed functions that can be called by other apps with schemas, versioning, and even some notion of backwards compatibility!
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Had a bunch of fun exploring Android App Functions at Leeds Mobile last month, and the recording is now ready
youtu.be/Sj4ebKD9OpY?...
Read on for a TL;DW:
+1! Iβve got a bunch of reckons from reading the source, but keen to hear what the integrations look like π
13.05.2025 08:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Weekly for our public-facing apps. As-needed for internal apps where we control the hardware! Weβve wanted to go nightly with some internal apps, but have a few constraints which means itβs not realistic right now.
17.04.2025 06:37 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Trying something new! Writing down "general programming" learnings. First up: Designing the right API jamie.sanson.dev/infinitely-m...
05.03.2025 18:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is great! Love seeing a tiny bit more opinion and a lot more reasoning. This will quickly become a reference, I think
21.11.2024 22:24 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Take me back to the @IntDef days
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