Posted by Anirudh Dewani, Director – Android Developer Relations
We simply dropped our summer season episode of #TheAndroidShow, on YouTube and on developer.android.com, the place we unpacked the entire goodies popping out of this month’s Made by Google occasion and what you as Android builders must know. With two new Put on OS 5 watches, we present you easy methods to get constructing for the wrist. And with the newest foldable from Google, the Pixel 9 Professional Fold, we present how one can leverage out of the field APIs and multi-window experiences to make your apps adaptive for this new type issue.
Constructing for Pixel 9 Professional Fold with Adaptive UIs
With foldables just like the Pixel 9 Professional Fold, customers have choices for easy methods to have interaction and multitask primarily based on the show they’re utilizing and the folded state of their system. Constructing apps that adapt primarily based on display measurement and system postures means that you can scale your UI for cell, foldables, tablets and past. You’ll be able to learn extra about easy methods to get started building for devices like the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, or learn more about building for large screens.
Getting ready for Pixel Watch 3: Put on OS 5 and Bigger Shows
With Pixel Watch 3 ringing within the secure launch of Put on OS 5, there’s by no means been a greater time to organize your app for the conduct modifications from Put on OS 5 and bigger display sizes from Pixel. We lined easy methods to get started building for wearables like Pixel Watch 3, and you’ll learn more about building for Wear OS 3.
Gemini Nano, with multi-modality
We additionally took you behind the scenes with Gemini Nano with multimodality, Google’s newest mannequin for on-device AI. Gemini Nano, the smallest model of the Gemini mannequin household, could be executed on-device on succesful Android units together with the newest Pixel 9. We caught up with the staff to listen to extra about how the Pixel Recorder team used Gemini Nano to summarize customers’ transcripts of audio recordings, with knowledge remaining on-device.
And a few voices from Android devs such as you!
Throughout the present, we heard from some superb builders constructing glorious apps, throughout units. Like Rex Jin and Bismark Ito, Android Builders at Meta: they advised us how the team at Instagram was able to add Ultra HDR in less than three months, dramatically enhancing the person expertise. Later, SAP advised us how inside 5 minutes, they built-in NavigationSuiteScaffold, swiftly adapting their navigation UI to completely different window sizes. And AllTrails advised us they’re seeing 60% larger month-to-month retention from Put on OS customers… fairly spectacular!
Have an concept for our subsequent episode of #TheAndroidShow? It’s your dialog with the broader group, and #TheAndroidShow is your dialog with the Android developer group, this time hosted by Huyen Tue Dao and John Zoeller. You will hear the newest from the builders and engineers who construct Android. You’ll be able to watch the total present on YouTube Remark begin and on developer.android.com/events/show!
