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KMP Insider Weekly
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Localyze.app
Localize your strings.xml directly from Android Studio to 120+ languages using AI.
Android UI Development is Compose First
Existing view-based tools are now in maintenance mode and will not receive new features.
Android Studio now lets you publish to Google Play
You can do this by selecting a new option to continue to “Publish for Testing”
Agent Skills for Firebase are now integrated in Android Studio
Android developers can now get Agent Skills for Firebase with no additional setup.
Compose Navigation Observability
Kotzilla SDK bring first-class screen-level observability to Compose Navigation 2 and 3
AI Agent Skill for writing Tests
What Happens When You Give AI Agents the Map of Your Code’s Coverage?
New Styles API in Jetpack Compose
Stevdza-San explains the difference between Modifiers and the new Styles API in Jetpack Compose.
A New Default Project Structure for Kotlin Multiplatform
We are updating the default project structure for Kotlin Multiplatform projects to give modules clearer responsibilities.
4 Types of Offline Caches On Android
Four types of offline caches in Android and when to actually use each one.
What's new in Android (Google IO 26)
Explore new UI breakthroughs with Jetpack Compose, improvements in developer productivity.
Build adaptive layouts with Navigation 3
Simplify your app's architecture with the latest changes in Jetpack Navigation 3 1.1.
Jetpack Media3 and CameraX
Explore the end-to-end media pipeline and latest Android APIs that enable next-generation creative experiences.
What's new in Android development tools
Explore demos and features designed to accelerate your workflow across Android APIs.
Android Skills
Android skills are a dedicated repository of AI-optimized, modular instructions and resources,
Reorderable
Reorder items in Lists and Grids in Jetpack Compose and Compose Multiplatform with drag and drop.
ComposeCharts
Animated & Flexible Practical Charts For Jetpack Compose
Styles in Compose
The Style API is a new paradigm for customizing or "styling" elements and components in Jetpack Compose
Grid
Grid is a Jetpack Compose API that lets you flexibly implement a two-dimensional layout.
Flexbox
FlexBox is a container that lays out items in a single direction.
Compose Stability Plugin
Real-time analysis of Jetpack Compose composable functions' stability directly within Android Studio or IntelliJ.
Saved State v1.5.0
Enable saving and restoring SnapshotStateSet (created via mutableStateSetOf()) with rememberSerializable.
Navigation3 v1.2.0-alpha03
Introduced rememberBottomSheetState as the unified API for BottomSheet state.
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