Tor Norbye

Android Developers Blog: Android CLI: Build Android apps 3x faster using any agent share.google/WxTQV2u9rbbA...

In the next version of AGP - R8 makes coroutines 2x faster

The IntelliJ documentary is out now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kour... And it also covers the origin of Android Studio!

IntelliJ is turning 25 -- and there's a documentary coming: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwMX... Can't wait to see it. I'm really interested in history -- and there are a lot of good books about the tech industry too, but not developer tools!

Jetpack Navigation 3 is stable🎉 android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/jetp...

Here's another episode of the ADB podcast! There's been a lot of confusion and misunderstanding about Android's new developer verification requirement, so I spoke with Matthew, Patrick, Raz and Naheed to dig into what it is, what it isn't, and how it works. youtu.be/A7DEhW-mjdc

Compose 1.9 is now stable! android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/what... On top of the many new features, there are significant performance improvements (which you can configure further, see the prefetch API for LazyList), and for debug builds, you can turn on richer stack trace information!

We have a new episode of the Android Developers Backstage podcast up -- this time @chethaase.com and I are talking to Melba Nuzen and Ralston Da Silva from the Compose team about Autofill! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb6b...

We have a new episode of the ADB podcast up -- I'm chatting with Siva Velusamy and Sandhya Mohan about the new features in Gemini in Android Studio -- the new agent mode and the upgrade agent! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlh6...

My favorite "hidden" feature on Android is turning on the screen zoom by long pressing both volume keys. I use it all the time to read tiny text when apps don't properly support or limit zooming...

Our annual "What's new in Android Developer tools" presentation is now online! Most of these features are already available, but though the upgrade agent and the general agent are baking a little bit longer, should be out very soon if all goes according to plan! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXKP...

We have some great new library updates for Android developers: navigation 3 android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/05/anno... and -- look at all these Compose improvements: android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/05/what...

Gearing up for Google I/O next week. The team is super hard at work putting the final touches on things for @jamaleason.bsky.social and I to present. Hope you can tune in! io.google/2025/explore...

We have a new episode of the ADB podcast up, this time covering KMP -- Kotlin multiplatform. Yigit Boyar (@yboyar.bsky.social), Dustin Lam and I discuss library support, developer experience and a lot more. I found it fascinating, but Yigit's dog fell asleep... www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP7O...

There's #JetpackReleaseNotes for *40* new releases today, headlined by bug fix releases in DataStore 1.1.4 (corruption fixes!), Benchmark 1.3.4, Camera 1.4.2, and Graphics Core 1.0.3, Compose 1.8.0-rc02, and a brand new Biometric API in its 1.4.0-alpha03 release developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...

Forgot to post about this last week, but we have a new episode of ADB up where we delve into Compose performance with @intelligibabble.bsky.social and @chuckjaz.bsky.social (and of course @romainguy.dev ) There are a lot of cool optimizations on the way! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr_e...

The traffic on the freeway this morning was so slow that Google Maps concluded I must have stopped at a nearby business.... 😂😭

Hello, World! 🌍 IntelliJ IDEA is now on Bluesky. We’re here to share coding tips, provide updates, and stay connected with you. 📢 Follow us, tag your dev friends, and help spread the word!

I hate it when restaurant servers take orders without writing them down. Instead thinking the service is top notch and feeling flattered that my order is important enough to be committed to memory, I'm just stressed on their behalf that they're going to forget something...

None of us are very excited about turkey, so our tradition is tri-tip (which apparently is a California thing -- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-tip). The plan is 4 hours sous vide and then finish on the grill!

Kotlin 2.1 is out! kotlinlang.org/docs/whatsne... I'm excited about better dollar substitution in raw strings! In lint's test DSL there's a workaround for it. Look at the screenshot -- unescaped $'s? But how? If you look carefully, it's a lookalike! cs.android.com/search?q=%22...

The latest episode of ADB is out! @tornorbye.bsky.social and I had a chat with Shai Barack about system health and performance tools, including Compiler Explorer from @matt.godbolt.org. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvXW...

📢 Exciting news for Android developers! 📢 The first Developer Preview of Android 16 is here! 🎉 With a shift towards more frequent API releases, starting with a major release in Q2 2025, bringing faster innovation to your apps and devices. Test your apps and give us your feedback! goo.gle/4fBRcek

@tornorbye.bsky.social and I were just discussing one of his new lint checks, and it reminded me that Kotlin lambdas can lead to boxing of primitive types if you're not careful. A non-inline function that takes a lambda will compile down to the generic Function* types and your primitives will box.

Android Studio Meerkat has arrived! developer.android.com/studio/preview

I stopped using Twitter two years ago, deleted my tweets and set my profile to private. Maybe I'd return one day? But that appears unlikely now, so I just pulled the trigger and deleted my 15 year old account. Since I've been absent for 2 years, I already know I won't miss it!

Re-watching demos from #dcldn24, what Tor was saying last week is sinking in. Journeys are not just a natural language test definition on top of Espresso. But also, the AI is LOOKING 👀 at the UI as you, a human, would for correct behaviors. That's… so powerful. www.youtube.com/live/iKTgKGe...

Did my part to save democracy!

I'll be at droidcon London tomorrow, where we'll be showing off a number of new updates. If you're there in person, I'd love to say hello! If not, we'll be livestreaming the keynote as part of TheAndroidShow - here's how to watch goo.gle/3NuXwrt

We have a new episode of the Android Developers Backstage podcast out! This time @romainguy.bsky.social and I chat with @sebastiano.dev from the Android Studio team (and codewiththeitalians.it) about Compose+Jewel and its increasing use in the Studio code base. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmjK...