Posted by Anirudh Dewani – Director, Android Developer Relations

We simply dropped our Winter episode of #TheAndroidShow, on YouTube and on developer.android.com, and this time we had been in Barcelona to provide the newest from Cell World Congress and throughout the Android Developer world. We unveiled an enormous replace to Gemini in Android Studio (multi-modal help, so you possibly can translate picture to code) and we shared some information for video games builders forward of GDC later this month. Plus we unpacked the most recent Android {hardware} gadgets from our companions popping out of Cell World Congress and recapped the entire newest in Android XR. Let’s dive in!

Multimodality image-to-code, now out there for Gemini in Android Studio

At each stage of the event lifecycle, Gemini in Android Studio has develop into your AI-powered companion. At the moment, we took the wraps off a brand new characteristic: Gemini in Android Studio now helps multimodal picture to code, which helps you to connect pictures on to your prompts! This unlocks a wealth of latest prospects that enhance collaboration and design workflows. You’ll be able to check out this new characteristic by downloading the most recent canary – Android Studio Narwal, and browse extra about multimodal picture attachment – now out there for Gemini in Android Studio.

Constructing glorious video games with higher graphics and efficiency

Forward of subsequent week’s Video games Developer Convention (GDC), we introduced new developer instruments that may assist enhance gameplay throughout the Android ecosystem. We’re making Vulkan the official graphics API on Android, enabling you to construct immersive visuals, and we’re enhancing the Android Dynamic Efficiency Framework (ADPF) that will help you ship longer, extra steady gameplay periods. Be taught extra about how we’re constructing glorious video games with higher graphics and efficiency.

A deep dive into Android XR

Since we unveiled Android XR in December, it has been thrilling to see builders making ready their apps for the subsequent technology of Android XR gadgets. Within the newest episode of #TheAndroidShow we dove into this new kind issue and spoke with a developer who has already been constructing. Growing for this new platform leverages your current Android growth expertise and acquainted instruments like Android Studio, Kotlin, and Jetpack libraries. The Android XR SDK Developer Preview is accessible now, full with an emulator, so you can begin experimenting and constructing XR experiences instantly! Go to developer.android.com/xr for extra.

New Android foldables and tablets, at Cell World Congress

Cell World Congress is an enormous second for Android, with companions from around the globe displaying off their newest gadgets. And should you’re already constructing adaptive apps, we needed to share a few of the cool new foldable and tablets that our companions launched in Barcelona:

• OPPO: OPPO launched their Discover N5, their slim 8.93mm foldable with a 8.12” giant display – making it as compact or expansive as wanted.
• Xiaomi: Xiaomi debuted the Xiaomi Pad 7 sequence. Xiaomi Pad 7 gives a crystal-clear show and, with the productiveness equipment, customers get a desktop-like expertise with the comfort of a pill.
• Lenovo: Lenovo showcased their Yoga Tab Plus, the most recent highly effective pill from their lineup designed to empower creativity and productiveness.

These new gadgets are an ideal purpose to construct adaptive apps that scale throughout display sizes and system sorts. Plus, Android 16 removes the flexibility for apps to limit orientation and resizability on the platform degree, so that you’ll wish to put together. That will help you get began, the Compose Materials 3 adaptive library lets you shortly and simply create layouts throughout all display sizes whereas lowering the general growth price.

Watch the Winter episode of #TheAndroidShow

That’s a wrap on this quarter’s episode of #TheAndroidShow. A particular due to our co-hosts for the Fall episode, Simona Milanović and Alejandra Stamato! You’ll be able to watch the complete present on YouTube and on developer.android.com/occasions/present.

Have an thought for our subsequent episode of #TheAndroidShow? It’s your dialog with the broader neighborhood, and we’d love to listen to your concepts for our subsequent quarterly episode – you possibly can tell us on X or LinkedIn.