Author: David I. Meeks
Posted by Mayuri Khinvasara Khabya – Developer Relations Engineer (LinkedIn and X) Welcome to the second installment of our three-part series on media preloading with Media3. This series is designed to guide you through the process of building highly responsive, low-latency media experiences in your Android apps. Part 1: Introducing Preloading with Media3 covered the fundamentals. We explored the distinction between PreloadConfiguration for simple playlists and the more powerful DefaultPreloadManager for dynamic user interfaces. You learned how to implement the basic API lifecycle: adding media with add(), retrieving a prepared MediaSource with getMediaSource(), managing priorities with setCurrentPlayingIndex() and invalidate(), and…
La industria de la “tecnología de la fe” está en pleno auge, impulsada por chatbots de IA disponibles en aplicaciones religiosas. Source link
The two leaders spoke on Friday to discuss a deal to keep the wildly popular app from going dark in the United States. Source link
Agreeing to a deal suggests that the fate of TikTok matters less to Beijing than gaining leverage on issues it cares most about, like tariffs, technology and Taiwan. Source link
Gratitude’s AI image generation feature, built in record time with the help of Gemini in Android Studio Unlocking new efficiencies with Gemini in Android StudioThe Gratitude team decided to try Gemini in Android Studio, an AI assistant that supports developers throughout all stages of development, helping them be more productive. Developers can ask Gemini questions and receive context-aware solutions based on their code. Divij Gupta, senior Android developer at Gratitude, shared that the Gratitude team needed to know if it was possible to inject any object into a Kotlin object class using Hilt. Gemini suggested using an EntryPoint to access…
Carrot: The Musical is the first ever Broadway-style musical for, an about an app. The two-act comedy features a murderous AI trying to overthrow her maker. And to no surprise, all 15 songs are performed by an AI theater troupe. One track daily is being unlocked inside the app until the full show is revealed. Some of the songs include big, brassy numbers like “Fun to Make Fun Of,” heartfelt ballads such as “You Belong to Me,” and villainous showstoppers including “Make It Rain.” You can hear the first song, “Human” embedded above. And the hysterical musical isn’t the only…
In our latest #WeArePlay stories, we meet the people who turned personal challenges into successful apps and games on Google Play – from a new puppy inspiring a digital pet care assistant, to losing contact with family during an earthquake leading to an app that delivers real-time disaster alerts to millions.Here are a few of our favorites: Daiki Ishimori, founder of Gehirn Tokyo, Japan Daiki’s app, NERV Disaster Prevention, delivers real-time, location-based disaster warnings. A self-taught programmer from a young age, Daiki Ishimori was inspired by his popular social media posts sharing earthquake alerts to create the NERV Disaster Prevention app.…
Android 16 QPR2 has released Platform Stability today with Beta 2! That means that the API surface is locked, and the app-facing behaviors are final, so you can incorporate them into your apps and take advantage of our latest platform innovations.New in the QPR2 BetaAt this later stage in the development cycle, we’re focused on the critical work of readying the platform for release. Here are the few impactful changes we want to highlight:Testing developer verificationTo better protect Android users from repeat offenders, Android is introducing developer verification, a new requirement to make app installation safer by preventing the spread…
A big highlight of the app is alarms for events. You can create an alarm for a calendar event or anything else on the app’s timeline. If you’re always late, the Daylight offers Leave On Time routines. That allows you to block time for the journey as well as time you need to get ready yo leave the house. When prep time begins, you’ll hear an alarm. Once that’s dismissed it turns into a countdown timer to show how much time you have to leave your home. The timer is also visible as a Live Activity on your iPhone or…
A restaurant-rating app has endeared itself to young diners who no longer trust starred reviews on other platforms. Source link