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Gemini in Android Studio: Code Completion Gains Powerful Model Improvements
Posted by Sandhya Mohan β Product Manager, Android Studio and Sarmad Hashmi β 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:
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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:AllTrails gains over 1 million downloads after implementing its Wear OS app
Posted by Kseniia Shumelchyk β Developer Relations Engineer With more than 65 million global users, AllTrails is one of the worldβs 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 usersβ outdoor experience using the latest technology. Recently, its developers created a new Wear OS application. Now,...
Published on: September 25, 2024 | Source:Attestation format change for the Android FIDO2 API
Posted by Christiaan Brand β 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:AI on Android Spotlight Week begins September 30th
Posted by Joseph Lewis β 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. Weβll 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:iOS Dev Weekly - Issue 679 - Sep 20th 2024
Comment Happy New Device Day to those who are celebrating! I hope youβll forgive me a shorter-than-usual comment section today. Iβm not feeling very well at the moment and havenβt been able to put my usual level of effort into todayβs newsletter. Hopefully Iβll feel better soon and normal service will resume next week. Please do enjoy the articles below, and Iβll be back before you know it! Dave Verwer Sponsored Link...
Published on: September 20, 2024 | Source:Issue 679
Did you get a box with a shiny new device in it today?
Published on: September 20, 2024 | Source: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 Appleβs ML models for translation and computer vision, to building on third-party tools such as ChatGPT.
Published on: September 20, 2024 | Source:Improving User Experience with Apple Intelligence
This course equips you with the skills to leverage Appleβs latest user experience (UX) advancements within your iOS apps. Youβll 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: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:Building Intelligent Apps with Apple AI Models
This course explores on-device machine learning using Appleβs 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:iOS Dev Weekly - Issue 678 - Sep 13th 2024
Comment Itβs 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:Issue 678
What was the original idea behind iPhone Mirroring in iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia?
Published on: September 13, 2024 | Source: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:Beginning Android & Kotlin
Jump into the exciting world of Android mobile development. In this comprehensive program, youβll 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. Youβll explore many fundamental topics such as...
Published on: September 10, 2024 | Source: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: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 Xcodeβs new AI-powered βPredictive Code Completionβ. First things first. Howβs the quality and does it βhallucinateβ? Iβd 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:Issue 677
Did I let Xcode's predictive code completion write any of the text in this newsletter?
Published on: September 06, 2024 | Source:Issue 676
What's happening with CocoaPods these days? It's time for an update from the team.
Published on: August 30, 2024 | Source:Issue 675
Will there be two app stores and two app store teams?
Published on: August 23, 2024 | Source: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. Donβt miss outβregister today!
Published on: August 17, 2024 | Source:Issue 674
It's so nice to see an app store that isnβt focused on extracting the most profit possible succeed!
Published on: August 16, 2024 | Source: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:Issue 673
Is the race to the bottom now a race to the top?
Published on: August 09, 2024 | Source: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 Flutterβs main channel (due to reliance on experimental features), require Impeller to be...
Published on: August 06, 2024 | Source:Announcing Flutter 3.24 and Dart 3.5
An early look at Flutter GPU, web enhancements, andmore!Today, weβre 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 Chinaβone of Flutterβs 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:Whatβs 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 appβs...
Published on: August 06, 2024 | Source: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 usersβ experience.
Published on: August 05, 2024 | Source:Issue 672
Links, links, and more links. That's what this issue is all about!
Published on: August 02, 2024 | Source:Issue 671
There are two types of apps on the visionOS App Store. Will you create an app that makes people reach for the headset?
Published on: July 26, 2024 | Source:Issue 670
Do you want to stay with Swift 5 language mode forever?
Published on: July 19, 2024 | Source:Issue 669
I am always going to use to reference Vision Pro until we get a VR headset emoji!
Published on: July 12, 2024 | Source:Issue 668
Should we all move to CocoaPods to avoid security issues? Itβs a bit more complicated than that.
Published on: July 05, 2024 | Source:Issue 667
No comment from me this week, but there are plenty of links!
Published on: June 28, 2024 | Source: