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Use your preferred coding agent directly in @AndroidStudio.
You can now choose from over 40 coding agents inside the IDE, giving your agents project context and access to Android Studio tools 🧵👇
Android Developers retweeted
I’ve just stepped off the stage at Android Developer Summit and am excited to share the updates my team and I gave there. We covered transforming how you build apps with agentic AI & tools that help you build for multiple devices.
Here’s the bits in a quick thread:
Bring your app to Search and Gemini 👀
The new Connected Apps Platform (preview) is built on the open MCP standard, so you keep your brand and business logic, and users stay in control of key actions.
Start building today → goo.gle/4ssIS7W
#AndroidDevSummit
Android Developers retweeted
✨ This is huge 👀: We're launching Android MCP, powered by the AppFunctions API!
This lets your app integrate with @GeminiApp on Android so your users can ask questions that pull info from your app or take actions in it.
To support this, we're also launching a preview of the Connected Apps Platform.
This is the announcement I'm most excited about from #AndroidDevSummit!
Setup takes seconds and you can switch between agents.
Open Settings > Tools > AI > Agents, browse the marketplace, and install your coding agents.
It's the best of both worlds: your preferred agents AND Android Studio's tools (Emulator, Compose Preview rendering, and more).
Your 5-minute challenge. 🧪
Update to Android Studio Rabbit 2.
Settings > AI > Agents → install your agent
Then use this prompt:
"Build an Android 3D app that features popular attractions in [city name] using Material 3 design"
Show us what you make!👇
#AndroidDevSummit
ALT Example of Bring Your Own Agent
The Android ecosystem is expanding, and XR devices are here and shipping.
Now is the perfect time to get your apps ready. Here are three ways to jump in today. 🧵⬇️
#AndroidDevSummit.
🛠️ Core Jetpack XR SDK libraries and Android XR emulators are officially STABLE.
See your app on XR glasses, no hardware needed: Android Studio → Device Manager → add an XR Glasses emulator → run your app. Screenshot it and tag us! 👓
goo.gle/4zX8tZ9
⚡ The Android XR Engine Hub graduates to 1.0, with easy access to start and analyze performance traces across Unity, Godot, and Unreal.
Streamline your engine workflows using the Android XR Engine Hub. 🔥
goo.gle/4BvLl5I
Too busy shipping to catch #AndroidDevSummit?
Whether you want to use Claude Agent or Codex in Android Studio, render native Jetpack Compose UI from agent replies, or scale instantly to the new Googlebook, we got you covered → goo.gle/3W4tYsx
ALT 5 things to know from Android Dev Summit
ALT 1 - Bring Your Own Agent in Android Studio: Use any agent of your choice in Android Studio 2 - 8 new Android CLI commands and 30+ skills
ALT 3 - Build intelligent,agentic experiences insie your app. Now in Alpha: A2UI for Jetpack Compose & ML Kit Agent API 4 - Extend your app's reach with Googlebook. Transform mobile layouts into adaptive UI for Googlebook
ALT 5 - XREAL AURA has launched - core Jetpack XR SDK libraries and device emulator are now stable Ready to dive deeper? Read the blog for more goo.gle/ads26blog
You can now watch the #AndroidDevSummit keynote! Learn what the future of Android development looks like for you and your agent → goo.gle/4jDFIfm
Clear your cache and your calendar. #AndroidDevSummit goes live at 10 AM PT. 👀
Claude Sonnet 5.5, Gemini 4 Argon, and GPT 6.1 Sol have been added to Android Bench. 📊🤖
And we have a new #1 on the leaderboard.
More data means more informed model selection for your next project. Check out the full rankings → goo.gle/3QKwMsh
ALT New models in Android Bench" ranking Claude Sonnet 5.5 at #1 (40.0), GPT-6.1 Sol at #3 (29.3), and Gemini 4 Argon at #6 (21.3)
Let's talk about the future of Android development.
Tune in to #AndroidDevSummit for the latest technical updates, new tools, and deep dives to help you build your best apps.
🔗 October 28 at 10 AM PT: goo.gle/ADS26
Android Developers retweeted
Super excited to share our latest case study featuring Grab! 🚀
developer.android.com/blog/p…
Tackling performance across a decade-old codebase with 10M+ lines of code isn't an overnight flick of a switch—the Grab team achieved it by rolling out R8 Compat Mode with Startup Profiles, moving to Full Mode, and using the R8 Configuration Analyzer and refining their keep rules to push their optimization scores past 78% alongside strict CI guardrails.
The overall wins across the rollout:
📉 ~32.5% fewer ANRs
📦 ~30% smaller app size
⚡ 35% faster cold startup
#Android #MobileEngineering #R8 #AndroidDev
Slashing app download size by ~30% across a 10-million line codebase is easier than ever with R8 and Profile guided optimization. 🛠️
See how @GrabSG rolled out R8 Full Mode and Baseline Profiles to dramatically shrink their app and cut ANRs by 32% → goo.gle/4ysSUHC
Android Developers retweeted
Hey Friends! 👋
Can you believe we're 7 days away from #AndroidDevSummit?
If you're curious about whats happening at ADS, check out: rsvp.withgoogle.com/events/a…
can't make it in person? Check out the Livestream and session on YouTube👉lnkd.in/e6vEG49q
#XR #AndroidXR
Android Developers retweeted
We've been improving the #JetpackCompose documentation with loads of small fixes, but also new docs in general! 🔥
For ex: The Dragging composables documentation was updated to showcase Modifier.anchorredDraggable(), showcasing how to make custom navigation drawers with overscroll effects.
developer.android.com/develo…
Grab a front row seat to #AndroidDevSummit right from your couch. We’re bringing the action directly to you!
Catch all the big announcements as they happen. Save the date for the keynote livestream → goo.gle/4dqsQVQ