From natural language to UI tests: A deep dive into Journeys for Android Studio
Android Developers Backstage
Hosts Tor and Chet are joined by Adarsh Fernando, a Product Manager, and Ray Buse, a Software Engineer, to discuss Journeys for Android Studio. Powered by Gemini's vision and reasoning, Journeys aims to simplify end-to-end test creation and maintenance by converting the natural language you provide to describe the steps and assertions for each test, resulting in actions and evaluations performed directly on your app. Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:46 - Journeys: New AI-powered testing approach 3:40 - How Journeys Works with Gemini 4:27 - The natural language advantage 5:49 - Real-world use case:...
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Android developer verification
Android Developers Backstage
To protect users from malware and scams, Android has announced a new layer of security: developer verification. While this is nothing new for Google Play Store apps, Android is extending this to the entire Android ecosystem. Host Tor is joined by Matthew, Patrick, Naheed, and Raz to discuss this latest security update that deters bad actors and creates a safer environment.
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Autofill in Compose
Android Developers Backstage
In this episode of Android Back Stage, Hosts Tor, and Chet are joined by Melba and Ralston, Software Engineers on the Compose Team, to talk about Autofill in Compose. Learn about Autofill services, best practices, and more! Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:40 - What is Autofill? 1:21 - Autofill team journey and semantics 2:15 - Defining semantics in Compose 3:29 - Bridging views and Compose for Autofill 4:23 - Developer Experience: Early autofill in Compose 7:02 - Autofill services and communication flow 7:59 - User authentication and multiple autofill services 12:53 - The Autofill flow: From tap to...
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Back it up, bring it back: No data left behind
Android Developers Backstage
It can be a draw when setting up a new device. Some info transfers, while some don’t. Learn how developers can ensure the best user experience when people backup and restore an Android device. Hosts Tor and Chet are joined by Graham and Piyush on the Android Consumer Experience team and Alon on the Android Studio team to discuss Android backup and restore. Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction & the user pain point 1:38 - Why backup fails: Developer challenges 4:00 - Evolution of backup testing: From scripts to Android Studio 7:15 - Beyond testing: Backup for developer workflow 8:50...
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Bot to the Future: Two Years Later
Android Developers Backstage
Join Tor and Siva Velusamy and Sandhya Mohan from the Android Studio team to learn about the latest updates to Studio Bot (Gemini in Android Studio) that dropped at Google I/O 2025 including Agent Mode. Building on their conversation from two years ago about the Studio Bot, they explore Gemini’s role in every stage of development, from design to building, testing, and maintenance, the future of coding companions, and more. Studio Bot podcast episode →
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Kotlin Multiplatform: Have your code and eat it too
Android Developers Backstage
Software Engineers Dustin Lam and Yigit Boyar join host Tor Norbye to chat all about Kotlin Multiplatform. Resources: Tor’s Bluesky → Yigit’s Bluesky →
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Linting on the Side of Caution: Safety & Security
Android Developers Backstage
What is app safety for Android? What is the Android team working on to ensure developers and users alike enjoy safe and reliable apps? Watch along as Tor Norbye, Chet Haase, Romain Guy, Theresa Khuu, Naheed Vora take a deep dive backstage and discuss what’s new in the Android safety space. Resources: Enhanced Tools for Secure & Efficient Development → Watch more Android Developers Backstage → Subscribe to Android Developers → #Featured #Android #AndroidDevelopersBackstage Speakers: Tor Norbye, Chet Haase, Romain Guy, Theresa Khuu, Naheed Vora
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Episode 213: Compose runtime and performance
Android Developers Backstage
In this episode, Tor and Romain chat with Leland and Chuck from the Compose team about performance -- recent optimizations, upcoming optimizations, and challenges. Leland: Chuck: Tor: Romain: , , Catch videos on YouTube → Subscribe to Android Developers → #Featured #Compose #AndroidDevelopersBackstage
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Episode 212: Happy birthday, Android Studio!
Android Developers Backstage
In this episode Chet, Romain and Tor chat with Xav and Jamal from the Android Studio team to talk about the history of Android’s IDE. Chapters: Intro (00:00) Topic of the day - Android Studio releases (00:59) What was before Android studio? (2:33) Eclipse (7:22) Jamal joins Android (13:56) Android studio 1.0 (16:40) Android studio 1.0 - launch (21:56) Android studio 3.0 (25:17) Differences after the Kotlin announcement (28:02) Studio 2.1 big complaints (31:32) Code names in Android (33:23) Favorite versions of Android Studio (38:01) Team growth 2010 - 2017 (41:22) Android Studio 4.0 -...
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Episode 211: Rules about performance tools
Android Developers Backstage
In this episode Chet, Romain and Tor chat with Shai Barack about how the Android platform team studies performance and understands system health - and what is system health anyway? We talk about measuring performance, deciding trade-offs, and our favorite tools such as Perfetto, Compiler Explorer, and Android Studio's Memory Profiler. Chapters: Intro (00:00) System health (0:27) Efforts to make apps more efficient (3:35) Telemetry data (5:59) Trade offs between long battery life and good performance (8:21) Scheduling groups (10:38) Static drain (13:32) Collaborating with App developers...
info_outlineTo protect users from malware and scams, Android has announced a new layer of security: developer verification. While this is nothing new for Google Play Store apps, Android is extending this to the entire Android ecosystem. Host Tor is joined by Matthew, Patrick, Naheed, and Raz to discuss this latest security update that deters bad actors and creates a safer environment.