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 a giant replace to Gemini in Android Studio (multi-modal assist, so you’ll be able to 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} units 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 obtainable for Gemini in Android Studio
At each stage of the event lifecycle, Gemini in Android Studio has change into your AI-powered companion. Right this 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 potentialities that enhance collaboration and design workflows. You possibly can check out this new characteristic by downloading the most recent canary – Android Studio Narwal, and skim extra about multimodal picture attachment – now obtainable 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 can assist you ship longer, extra steady gameplay classes. Study 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 following technology of Android XR units. Within the newest episode of #TheAndroidShow we dove into this new type issue and spoke with a developer who has already been constructing. Growing for this new platform leverages your current Android growth abilities and acquainted instruments like Android Studio, Kotlin, and Jetpack libraries. The Android XR SDK Developer Preview is out there 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 a giant second for Android, with companions from around the globe exhibiting off their newest units. And if you happen to’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” massive display screen – making it as compact or expansive as wanted.
- Xiaomi: Xiaomi debuted the Xiaomi Pad 7 collection. Xiaomi Pad 7 offers 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 units are a fantastic purpose to construct adaptive apps that scale throughout display screen 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 need to put together. That can assist you get began, the Compose Materials 3 adaptive library allows you to rapidly and simply create layouts throughout all display screen sizes whereas decreasing the general growth value.
Watch the Winter episode of #TheAndroidShow
That’s a wrap on this quarter’s episode of #TheAndroidShow. A particular because of our co-hosts for the Fall episode, Simona Milanović and Alejandra Stamato! You possibly can watch the total present on YouTube and on developer.android.com/occasions/present.
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