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PyTorch machine learning models on Android

Posted by Paul Ruiz โ€“ Senior Developer Relations Engineer Earlier this year we launched Google AI Edge, a suite of tools with easy access to ready-to-use ML tasks, frameworks that enable you to build ML pipelines, and run popular LLMs and custom models โ€“ all on-device. For AI on Android Spotlight Week, the Google team is highlighting various ways that Android developers can use machine learning to help improve their...

Published on: October 02, 2024 | Source: Android Developers Blog favicon Android Developers Blog

How to bring your AI Model to Android devices

Posted by Kateryna Semenova โ€“ Senior Developer Relations Engineer and Mark Sherwood โ€“ Senior Product Manager During AI on Android Spotlight Week, we're diving into how you can bring your own AI model to Android-powered devices such as phones, tablets, and beyond. By leveraging the tools and technologies available from Google and other sources, you can run sophisticated AI models directly on these devices, opening up...

Published on: October 02, 2024 | Source: Android Developers Blog favicon Android Developers Blog

An introduction to privacy and safety for Gemini Nano

Posted by Terence Zhang โ€“ Developer Relations Engineer, and Adrien Couque โ€“ Software Engineer AI can enhance the user experience and productivity of Android apps. If you're looking to build GenAI features that benefit from additional data privacy or offline inference, on-device GenAI is a good choice as it processes prompts directly on your device without any server calls. Gemini Nano is the most efficient model in...

Published on: October 01, 2024 | Source: Android Developers Blog favicon Android Developers Blog

Gemini Nano is now available on Android via experimental access

Posted by Taj Darra โ€“ Product Manager Gemini, introduced last year, is Googleโ€™s most capable family of models yet; designed for flexibility, it can run on everything from data centers to mobile devices. Since announcing Gemini Nano, our most efficient model built for on-device tasks, we've been working with a limited set of partners to support a range of use cases for their apps. Today, weโ€™re opening up access to...

Published on: October 01, 2024 | Source: Android Developers Blog favicon Android Developers Blog

iOS Dev Weekly - Issue 680 - Sep 30th 2024

Comment Stop! Donโ€™t pack up your desk and welcome the weekend just yet. Itโ€™s Monday, not Friday. As you may have seen there was a hiccup with publishing last Fridayโ€™s issue where the software I use to publish it was completely broken for the day. Thankfully itโ€™s back now, and I can keep my promise to publish today. 13 years and 7 weeks isnโ€™t a bad streak for publishing every Friday, though, is it! -- The big Swift...

Published on: September 30, 2024 | Source: iOS Dev Weekly favicon iOS Dev Weekly

Welcome to AI on Android Spotlight Week

Posted by Joseph Lewis โ€“ Technical Writer, Android AI AI on Android Spotlight Week this year runs September 30th to October 4th! As part of the Android โ€œSpotlight Weeksโ€ series, this weekโ€™s content and updates are your gateway to understanding how to integrate cutting-edge AI into your Android apps. Whether you're a seasoned Android developer, an AI enthusiast, or just starting out on your development journey, get...

Published on: September 30, 2024 | Source: Android Developers Blog favicon Android Developers Blog

Gemini in Android Studio: Code Completion Gains Powerful Model Improvements

Posted by Sandhya Mohan โ€“ Product Manager, Android Studio and Sarmad Hashmi โ€“ Software Engineer, Labs The Android team believes AI has the potential to revolutionize coding, drive unprecedented innovation and productivity in software development, and supercharge your development productivity. AI code completion is a key part of this effort within Gemini in Android Studio. Since launching in May 2024, we've been hard at...

Published on: September 30, 2024 | Source: Android Developers Blog favicon Android Developers Blog

Quick introduction to Large Language Models for Android developers

Posted by Thomas Ezan, Sr Developer Relation Engineer Android has supported traditional machine learning models for years. Frameworks and SDKs like LiteRT (formerly known as TensorFlow Lite), ML Kit and MediaPipe enabled developers to easily implement tasks like image classification and object detection. In recent years, generative AI (gen AI) and large language models (LLMs), have opened up new possibilities for...

Published on: September 30, 2024 | Source: Android Developers Blog favicon Android Developers Blog

Issue 680

What day is it? I'm confused...

Published on: September 30, 2024 | Source: iOS Dev Weekly favicon iOS Dev Weekly

AllTrails gains over 1 million downloads after implementing its Wear OS app

Posted by Kseniia Shumelchyk โ€“ Developer Relations Engineer With more than 65 million global users, AllTrails is one of the worldโ€™s most popular and trusted platforms for outdoor exploration. The app is designed to be the ultimate adventure companion, so the AllTrails team always works to improve usersโ€™ outdoor experience using the latest technology. Recently, its developers created a new Wear OS application. Now,...

Published on: September 25, 2024 | Source: Android Developers Blog favicon Android Developers Blog

Attestation format change for the Android FIDO2 API

Posted by Christiaan Brand โ€“ Group Product Manager In 2019 we introduced a FIDO2 API, adopted by many leading developers, which allows users to generate an attested, device-bound FIDO2 credential on Android devices. Since this launch, Android has generated an attestation statement based on the SafetyNet API. As the underlying SafetyNet API is being deprecated, the FIDO2 API must move to a new attestation scheme based...

Published on: September 24, 2024 | Source: Android Developers Blog favicon Android Developers Blog

AI on Android Spotlight Week begins September 30th

Posted by Joseph Lewis โ€“ Technical Writer, Android AI AI on Android Spotlight Week is our latest installment of the Spotlight Weeks series. We'll have a full week of investigation into the latest advancements in AI for Android developers. Weโ€™ll feature a variety of exciting activities, including an AMA with Google AI experts, technical talks, early access to our new tools and API, and demos of the latest Android...

Published on: September 23, 2024 | Source: Android Developers Blog favicon Android Developers Blog

iOS Dev Weekly - Issue 679 - Sep 20th 2024

Comment Happy New Device Day to those who are celebrating! I hope youโ€™ll forgive me a shorter-than-usual comment section today. Iโ€™m not feeling very well at the moment and havenโ€™t been able to put my usual level of effort into todayโ€™s newsletter. Hopefully Iโ€™ll feel better soon and normal service will resume next week. Please do enjoy the articles below, and Iโ€™ll be back before you know it! Dave Verwer Sponsored Link...

Published on: September 20, 2024 | Source: iOS Dev Weekly favicon iOS Dev Weekly

Apple Intelligence

Discover the multitude of ways to integrate Apple Intelligence into your apps, from creating amazing user experiences through Genmoji and deep integration with Siri, through leveraging Appleโ€™s ML models for translation and computer vision, to building on third-party tools such as ChatGPT.

Published on: September 20, 2024 | Source: Ray Wenderlich favicon Ray Wenderlich

Issue 679

Did you get a box with a shiny new device in it today?

Published on: September 20, 2024 | Source: iOS Dev Weekly favicon iOS Dev Weekly

Integrating 3rd-Party AI on Apple Platforms

This module explores the integration of ChatGPT into iOS apps, enabling powerful conversational AI capabilities. You'll learn to leverage the ChatGPT API to create dynamic, context-aware chatbots and intelligent assistants within their mobile apps.

Published on: September 19, 2024 | Source: Ray Wenderlich favicon Ray Wenderlich

Improving User Experience with Apple Intelligence

This course equips you with the skills to leverage Appleโ€™s latest user experience (UX) advancements within your iOS apps. Youโ€™ll explore Writing Tools, a powerful suite for enhancing text input and editing. Dive into Genmoji, a brand new tool for creating custom emoji characters, adding a layer of personalization and expression to your apps. And unlock the power of Siri and App Intents with Apple Intelligence, enabling...

Published on: September 19, 2024 | Source: Ray Wenderlich favicon Ray Wenderlich

Building Intelligent Apps with Apple AI Models

This course explores on-device machine learning using Appleโ€™s powerful tools. See how simple the Vision framework makes complex computer vision tasks, enabling your app to understand the real world, through tasks like object detection and face recognition. Learn to leverage the Translation framework for on-device, real-time language translation, breaking down language barriers for your users. Before finally looking at...

Published on: September 18, 2024 | Source: Ray Wenderlich favicon Ray Wenderlich

iOS Dev Weekly - Issue 678 - Sep 13th 2024

Comment Itโ€™s go time for iOS 18, macOS 15, and all their friends! Your app updates that you slaved over throughout the summer are probably already pending release and it all kicks off on Monday! I've been running the betas recently, and the iPhone Mirroring feature confuses me. It works well when my phone is close by, but I accidentally left it downstairs in the kitchen a few days ago and attempted to use mirroring for...

Published on: September 13, 2024 | Source: iOS Dev Weekly favicon iOS Dev Weekly

Issue 678

What was the original idea behind iPhone Mirroring in iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia?

Published on: September 13, 2024 | Source: iOS Dev Weekly favicon iOS Dev Weekly

Beginning Android & Kotlin

Jump into the exciting world of Android mobile development. In this comprehensive program, youโ€™ll learn the foundations of writing modern Android apps from the ground up whether you are new to Android or even new to programming in general. You'll learn everything you need to know from programming in Kotlin to developing impressive user interfaces in Jetpack Compose. Youโ€™ll explore many fundamental topics such as...

Published on: September 10, 2024 | Source: Ray Wenderlich favicon Ray Wenderlich

Android User Interface Development

This course provides a strong foundation for creating user interfaces with Jetpack Compose. It also introduces the tools required to build user interfaces such dimens, drawables, strings, and other resource files contained in the SDK.

Published on: September 10, 2024 | Source: Ray Wenderlich favicon Ray Wenderlich

Create a Multiscreen App in Android

State management is critical for developing apps. In this course, you'll learn how to listen and respond to state changes, and how to incorporate multiple screens into your app.

Published on: September 10, 2024 | Source: Ray Wenderlich favicon Ray Wenderlich

iOS Dev Weekly - Issue 677 - Sep 6th 2024

Comment I found myself needing to upgrade to macOS Sequoia this week, so I finally got a chance to try Xcodeโ€™s new AI-powered โ€œPredictive Code Completionโ€. First things first. Howโ€™s the quality and does it โ€œhallucinateโ€? Iโ€™d say the quality is good, and of course it hallucinates. I believe that eliminating hallucinations in LLM is, at best, extremely challenging and, at worst, impossible. Did it produce generally...

Published on: September 06, 2024 | Source: iOS Dev Weekly favicon iOS Dev Weekly

Issue 677

Did I let Xcode's predictive code completion write any of the text in this newsletter?

Published on: September 06, 2024 | Source: iOS Dev Weekly favicon iOS Dev Weekly

Issue 676

What's happening with CocoaPods these days? It's time for an update from the team.

Published on: August 30, 2024 | Source: iOS Dev Weekly favicon iOS Dev Weekly

Issue 675

Will there be two app stores and two app store teams?

Published on: August 23, 2024 | Source: iOS Dev Weekly favicon iOS Dev Weekly

New Webinar: Using APIs to Add Images to Your Apps [FREE]

Learn how to integrate AI-generated images into your app using the OpenAI API. Join our expert-led webinar for actionable insights to make your app stand out. Donโ€™t miss outโ€”register today!

Published on: August 17, 2024 | Source: Ray Wenderlich favicon Ray Wenderlich

Issue 674

It's so nice to see an app store that isnโ€™t focused on extracting the most profit possible succeed!

Published on: August 16, 2024 | Source: iOS Dev Weekly favicon iOS Dev Weekly

React Native 0.75 - Support for Percentage Values in Layout, New Architecture Stabilization, Template & init Updates, and more

Today we are excited to release React Native 0.75!

Published on: August 14, 2024 | Source: React Native Blog favicon React Native Blog

Issue 673

Is the race to the bottom now a race to the top?

Published on: August 09, 2024 | Source: iOS Dev Weekly favicon iOS Dev Weekly

Getting started with Flutter GPU

Build custom renderers and render 3D scenes inFlutter.The Flutter 3.24 release introduces a new low-level graphics API called Flutter GPU. There is also a 3D rendering library powered by Flutter GPU called Flutter Scene (package: flutter_scene). Both Flutter GPU and Flutter Scene are currently in preview, only available on Flutterโ€™s main channel (due to reliance on experimental features), require Impeller to be...

Published on: August 06, 2024 | Source: Flutter Blog favicon Flutter Blog

Announcing Flutter 3.24 and Dart 3.5

An early look at Flutter GPU, web enhancements, andmore!Today, weโ€™re unveiling Flutter 3.24 and Dart 3.5 alongside the last stop in the I/O 2024 Connect series, happening in just a few hours in Chinaโ€”one of Flutterโ€™s most prolific communities in the world, making this moment veryspecial.We kicked off Google I/O in May with an exciting slew of updates, including the graduation of support for WebAssembly compilation to...

Published on: August 06, 2024 | Source: Flutter Blog favicon Flutter Blog

Whatโ€™s new in Flutter 3.24

Unleashing Flutter GPU, Multi-View Embedding, andMoreFlutter 3.24 on a blue backgroundWelcome to the latest Flutter update! Flutter 3.24 is packed with exciting new features and enhancements to elevate your app development experience. This release highlights the preview of Flutter GPU, which enables advanced graphics and 3D scenes directly in Flutter. Web apps can now embed multiple Flutter views, enhancing your appโ€™s...

Published on: August 06, 2024 | Source: Flutter Blog favicon Flutter Blog

Free Webinar: Apple Intelligence in Action: Applying Smart Features to Your Apps [FREE]

Join our free webinar on August 13, 2024 to explore how Apple Intelligence can enhance your apps and improve your usersโ€™ experience.

Published on: August 05, 2024 | Source: Ray Wenderlich favicon Ray Wenderlich