Android Developers Backstage Podcast
1) Autofill in Compose
In this episode of Android Back Stage, Hosts Tor, and Chet are joined by Melba and Ralston, Software Engineers on the Compose Team, to talk about Autofill in Compose. Learn about Autofill services, be...Show More
2) Back it up, bring it back: No data left behind
It can be a draw when setting up a new device. Some info transfers, while some don’t. Learn how developers can ensure the best user experience when people backup and restore an Android device. Hosts T...Show More
3) Bot to the Future: Two Years Later
Join Tor and Siva Velusamy and Sandhya Mohan from the Android Studio team to learn about the latest updates to Studio Bot (Gemini in Android Studio) that dropped at Google I/O 2025 including Agent Mod...Show More
4) Kotlin Multiplatform: Have your code and eat it too
Software Engineers Dustin Lam and Yigit Boyar join host Tor Norbye to chat all about Kotlin Multiplatform. Resources: Tor’s Bluesky → https://goo.gle/4iLXEAg Yigit’s Bluesky → https://goo.gle/4dmsY...Show More
5) Linting on the Side of Caution: Safety & Security
What is app safety for Android? What is the Android team working on to ensure developers and users alike enjoy safe and reliable apps? Watch along as Tor Norbye, Chet Haase, Romain Guy, Theresa Khuu, ...Show More
6) Episode 213: Compose runtime and performance
In this episode, Tor and Romain chat with Leland and Chuck from the Compose team about performance -- recent optimizations, upcoming optimizations, and challenges. Leland: @intelligibabble.bsky.socia...Show More
7) Episode 212: Happy birthday, Android Studio!
In this episode Chet, Romain and Tor chat with Xav and Jamal from the Android Studio team to talk about the history of Android’s IDE. Chapters: Intro (00:00) Topic of the day - Android Studio releas...Show More
8) Episode 211: Rules about performance tools
In this episode Chet, Romain and Tor chat with Shai Barack about how the Android platform team studies performance and understands system health - and what is system health anyway? We talk about measu...Show More
9) Episode 210: Studio Jewelry
In this episode Chet, Romain and Tor chat with Sebastiano about how the Android Studio team builds UIs. We talk about how Compose for Desktop is used in parts of Android Studio and how the Compose Mar...Show More
10) Episode 209: Compose animations
In this episode Chet, Romain and Tor chat with Doris Liu from the Compose team about animations in Compose -- covering everything from the basic primitives up to the recently added Shared Element Tran...Show More