Tor Norbye
@tornorbye.bsky.social
I lead engineering for Android developer tools and libraries at Google. Opinions my own.
I recommend setting up an API key (check the Gemini settings in Studio); that switches to a model which seems to do a better job with function calls. If not you sometimes have situations like the following :-)
May 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I recommend setting up an API key (check the Gemini settings in Studio); that switches to a model which seems to do a better job with function calls. If not you sometimes have situations like the following :-)
The new agent in Android Studio is enabled in yesterday's canary build!
This build doesn't have all the tools hooked up that I showed in the I/O demo last week (agent here: youtu.be/KXKP2tDPW4Y?...), such as the Gradle awareness -- and it also doesn't have the Upgrade Agent yet. Hopefully soon!
This build doesn't have all the tools hooked up that I showed in the I/O demo last week (agent here: youtu.be/KXKP2tDPW4Y?...), such as the Gradle awareness -- and it also doesn't have the Upgrade Agent yet. Hopefully soon!
May 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The new agent in Android Studio is enabled in yesterday's canary build!
This build doesn't have all the tools hooked up that I showed in the I/O demo last week (agent here: youtu.be/KXKP2tDPW4Y?...), such as the Gradle awareness -- and it also doesn't have the Upgrade Agent yet. Hopefully soon!
This build doesn't have all the tools hooked up that I showed in the I/O demo last week (agent here: youtu.be/KXKP2tDPW4Y?...), such as the Gradle awareness -- and it also doesn't have the Upgrade Agent yet. Hopefully soon!
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...
May 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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...
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...
io.google/2025/explore...
May 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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...
io.google/2025/explore...
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...
@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...
March 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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...
@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.... 😂😭
February 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The traffic on the freeway this morning was so slow that Google Maps concluded I must have stopped at a nearby business.... 😂😭
It's fun to look at some of the screenshots in the old announcement blog post to see how much it's changed over the years!
December 8, 2024 at 4:30 PM
It's fun to look at some of the screenshots in the old announcement blog post to see how much it's changed over the years!
Today marks the ten year anniversary for Android Studio! 🎉
We released version 1.0 on the morning of December 8th 2014:
android-developers.googleblog.com/2014/12/andr...
We released version 1.0 on the morning of December 8th 2014:
android-developers.googleblog.com/2014/12/andr...
December 8, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Today marks the ten year anniversary for Android Studio! 🎉
We released version 1.0 on the morning of December 8th 2014:
android-developers.googleblog.com/2014/12/andr...
We released version 1.0 on the morning of December 8th 2014:
android-developers.googleblog.com/2014/12/andr...
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...
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...
November 27, 2024 at 8:37 PM
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...
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...
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!
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!
November 12, 2024 at 6:47 PM
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!
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!