From Android to QuakeCon: What 90s Game Engines Teach Us About Extreme Optimization
Hear how recent rewrites of the ADB stack and Android Studio debugger directly improve developer workflows. By updating the mDNS implementat...
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20 of 226 episodesAndroid AI Tools: Vibe coding, sub-agents, and the Android CLI
Learn how the latest Android Studio AI features can streamline your daily development tasks. While the original agent mode chat was helpful,...
The inside story of Jetpack Compose
Discover the origin story of Jetpack Compose and how it changed the way Android developers build applications. We discuss the original chall...
What's so great about R8?
Join hosts Tor and Romain as they sit down with Søren Gjesse, Chris Craik, and Shai Barack. This week, the team dives into R8, the whole-pro...
XR: Virtually here
Join hosts Tor, Chet, and Romain as they sit down with Diego Perez (Android Studio) and Patrick Fuentes (Developer Relations) to explore the...
Bring your own model - Android Developers Backstage
In this episode Tor and Chet chat with Raluca Saucic and Eugene Yakavets about the new "Bring Your Own Model" feature in Android Studio whic...
From natural language to UI tests: A deep dive into Journeys for Android Studio
Hosts Tor and Chet are joined by Adarsh Fernando, a Product Manager, and Ray Buse, a Software Engineer, to discuss Journeys for Android Stud...
Android developer verification
To protect users from malware and scams, Android has announced a new layer of security: developer verification. While this is nothing new fo...
Autofill in Compose
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...
Back it up, bring it back: No data left behind
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 experien...
Bot to the Future: Two Years Later
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...
Kotlin Multiplatform: Have your code and eat it too
Software Engineers Dustin Lam and Yigit Boyar join host Tor Norbye to chat all about Kotlin Multiplatform. Resources: Tor's Bluesky → https:...
Linting on the Side of Caution: Safety & Security
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...
Episode 213: Compose runtime and performance
In this episode, Tor and Romain chat with Leland and Chuck from the Compose team about performance -- recent optimizations, upcoming optimiz...
Episode 212: Happy birthday, Android Studio!
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. Chapte...
Episode 211: Rules about performance tools
In this episode Chet, Romain and Tor chat with Shai Barack about how the Android platform team studies performance and understands system he...
Episode 210: Studio Jewelry
In this episode Chet, Romain and Tor chat with Sebastiano about how the Android Studio team builds UIs. We talk about how Compose for Deskto...
Episode 209: Compose animations
In this episode Chet, Romain and Tor chat with Doris Liu from the Compose team about animations in Compose -- covering everything from the b...
Episode 208: Micro optimizations
In this episode Tor and Romain find themselves without a guest and decide to chat about micro optimizations and writing custom tools. Tor an...
Episode 207: AI development assistance
In this episode we talk with Kathy Korevec from the AIDA team at Google about AI assisted developer tools, such as Android Studio -- which i...