Welcome to Android Build Time! The show where the Android team talks with Android developers about building great apps, so you can listen while building your Android app.
In this episode of Android Build Time, Christopher Cartland is joined by Nam Nguyen, Software Engineer on Google Maps, and Carmen Jackson, Software Engineer on Android, to discuss how they optimize Android apps for performance. Listen along as the team takes a deep dive into startup profile optimization, dex optimization, baseline profiles, and more!
Resources:
Baseline Profiles → https://goo.gle/4hPaT2u (https://goo.gle/4hPaT2u)
Startup Profiles → https://goo.gle/4hNUkEb (https://goo.gle/4hNUkEb)
Trace points and system tracing docs → https://goo.gle/3Xy7Y79
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Speakers: Christopher Cartland, Nam Nguyen, Carmen Jackson
Products Mentioned: Android,Android Performance
8 Jan 2025
Media & Camera experiences
In this episode of Android Build Time, Christopher Cartland is joined by Caren Chang and Jordan de Hoog to discuss Media API insights.
Introduction to Jetpack Media3 → https://goo.gle/3TtWLm0
Media3 Transformer → https://goo.gle/4h7g0uZ
GitHub → https://goo.gle/4jjd4NY
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14 Nov 2024
Ultra HDR images
Our next episode of #AndroidBuildTime is here, and this time we're talking about Ultra HDR images!
Tune in to hear from the team at Google Drive and the Android platform team about new capabilities in Ultra HDR.
Learn more → https://goo.gle/40OgGk6
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3 Oct 2024
Integrating the Gemini API in Android
Welcome to Android Build Time! The show where the Android team talks with Android developers about building great apps, so you can listen while building your Android app.
In today’s episodes we have Jomin George - CEO Hitbytes Technologies building the journal app Life, Thomas Ezan - Developer Relations Engineer at Google and your host Christopher Cartland - Developer Relations Engineer at Google.
A few months ago, the team behind the journal app Life wanted to provide an innovative way to let their users log entries. They created "Leo", an AI diary assistant chatting with users and converting conversations into a journal entry.
To modify the behavior of the model and the tone of its responses, the team used system instructions to define the chatbot persona. This allows the user to set the behavior and tone of the assistant: Pick “Professional and formal” and the model will keep the conversation strict, select “Friendly and cheerful” and it will lighten up the dialogue with lots of emojis! The team saw an increase of user engagement following the launch of the feature.
Listen to this episode to learn more about how you can leverage Gemini API in your app.
Learn more about the advanced features of the Gemini Cloud models by reading this blog post
For an introduction to generative AI for Android developers, check out this blog post
To get started with Vertex AI in Firebase, see the documentation
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