Material’s latest evolution helps you make products even more engaging and easier to use.
https://m3.material.io/blog/building-with-m3-expressive
https://blog.google/products/android/material-3-expressive-android-wearos-launch
Tag: android
Android Studio Meerkat Feature Drop
Вышла стабильная версия Android Studio Meerkat Feature Drop
Список изменений:
Developer Productivity:
- Analyze Crash Reports with Gemini
- Generate Unit Test Scenarios with Gemini
- Gemini Prompt Library
Compose and UI:
- Themed Icon Preview
- Compose Preview Enhancements (Zoom, Collapsible Groups, View Modes)
Build and Deploy:
- KMP Shared Module Template
- Updated UX for Adding Devices
- Google Play SDK Insights: Deprecated SDK Warnings
- Updated Build Menu & Actions
- Standardized Config Directories
IntelliJ Platform Update
- Feature complete K2 mode
- Improved Kotlin and Java** inspection reliability
- Debugger improvements
- Speed and quality of life improvements in Terminal
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/05/android-studio-meerkat-feature-drop-is-stable.html
Upgrading your build from Gradle 8.x to the latest
Relying on automatic test framework implementation dependencies
testRuntimeOnly("org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher")Gradle 2
Convention plugin
Gradle Convention Plugins — Shared build logic — Android muti-module Project
[https://levelup.gitconnected.com/gradle-convention-plugins-shared-build-logic-android-muti-module-project-6bf090ee043a]
Gradle Convention Plugins: A Powerful Tool for Reusing Build Configuration
[https://medium.com/@yudistirosaputro/gradle-convention-plugins-a-powerful-tool-for-reusing-build-configuration-ba2b250d9063]
Gradle Convention Plugins: как облегчить себе жизнь и уменьшить boilerplate в gradle-файлах
[https://habr.com/ru/companies/tbank/articles/843648/]
[https://habr.com/ru/companies/tbank/articles/843662/]
[https://habr.com/ru/companies/tbank/articles/843786/]
[https://habr.com/ru/companies/tbank/articles/846340/]
What’s new in the Jetpack Compose April ’25 release
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/04/whats-new-in-jetpack-compose-april-25.html
Today, as part of the Compose April ‘25 Bill of Materials, we’re releasing version 1.8 of Jetpack Compose, Android’s modern, native UI toolkit, used by many developers. This release contains new features like autofill, various text improvements, visibility tracking, and new ways to animate a composable’s size and location. It also stabilizes many experimental APIs and fixes a number of bugs.
To use today’s release, upgrade your Compose BOM version to 2025.04.01 :
implementation(platform("androidx.compose:compose-bom:2025.04.01"))
Note: If you are not using the Bill of Materials, make sure to upgrade Compose Foundation and Compose UI at the same time. Otherwise, autofill will not work correctly.