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Training

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Monetization with Play ↗️

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Optimize by form factor

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Phones, tablets, foldables

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Android for Cars

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Android TV

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Android XR

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Googlebook

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Build by category

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Get the latest

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Latest updates

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Experimental updates

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Android Studio preview

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Jetpack & Compose libraries

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Wear OS releases

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Privacy Sandbox ↗️

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Excellent Experiences

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Learn more

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UI Design

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Design for Android

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Mobile

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Desktop experiences

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XR Headsets & XR Glasses

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AI Glasses

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Widgets

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Wear OS

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Android TV

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Android for Cars

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Architecture

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Introduction

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Libraries

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Navigation

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Modularization

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Testing

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Kotlin Multiplatform

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Quality

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Overview

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Core value

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User experience

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Accessibility

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Technical quality

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Excellent Experiences

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Security

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Overview

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Privacy

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Permissions

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Identity

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Fraud prevention

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Gemini in Android Studio

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Learn more

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Get Android Studio

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Core areas

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Samples

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Multidevice support

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User interfaces

*

Background work

*

Data and files

*

Connectivity

*

All core areas ⤵️

*

Tools and workflow

*

Write and debug code

*

Build projects

*

Test your app

*

Performance

*

Command-line tools

*

Gradle plugin API

*

Android Bench

*

Device tech

*

Phones, tablets, foldables

*

ChromeOS

*

Android for Cars

*

Android TV

*

Android XR

*

Wear OS

*

Android Health

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Better Together

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All devices ⤵️

*

Libraries

*

Android platform

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Jetpack libraries

*

Compose libraries

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Google Play services ↗️

*

Google Play SDK index ↗️

*

Play Console

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Go to Play Console

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Learn more ↗️

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Fundamentals

*

Play Monetization

*

Play Integrity

*

Play Policies

*

Play Programs ↗️

*

Games Dev Center

*

Overview

*

Play Asset Delivery

*

Play Games Services

*

Play Games on PC

*

Level Up guidelines

*

All Play guides ⤵️

*

Libraries

*

Play Feature Delivery

*

Play In-app Updates

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Play In-app Reviews

*

Play Install Referrer

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Google Play services ↗️

*

Google Play SDK index ↗️

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All Play libraries ⤵️

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Tools & resources

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Android App Bundles

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Brand & marketing

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Play Console APIs ↗️

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the Android Developer's Blog

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Explore documentation, training, and codelabs to improve your Android skills, whether you're brand new to the platform or a seasoned developer looking to use features in the latest release.

Learn to extend your app's user experience across a multitude of devices. Build apps that adapt to phones, tablets, foldables--all form factors--to provide an optimized user experience across all display sizes. Monetize your app with Google Play.

Getting started

Take a quick tutorial or dive deep into a training course for an overview of key Android development topics.

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Adaptive apps

Design and develop apps that provide an optimized user experience across all device form factors and display sizes.

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Better together

Elevate your app experience to work better together across multiple devices.

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Monetization

Make money with subscriptions, financial transactions, and purchase flows with Google Play.

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Android releases

Explore the current Android release as well as legacy releases.

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Support multiple devices

Android is built for everyone, everywhere, to give people more choice in device design, features, and overall value. Expand the user experience by supporting the widest range of devices and form factors.

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Monetize with Google Play

Integrate a billing system into your app using Google Play. Google play offers a variety of features and support to help you make money with your app in a global market.

Google Play Billing

AI on Android

Enable your apps to understand content, generate text and images, and build engagement with users. Use Google's full suite of AI and ML tools to make your apps insightful and helpful.

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Enhance your productivity apps with adaptive layouts for seamless multitasking and big-screen media integrations.

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Get everything you need to develop and deliver games on Android.

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Create media productions--your essential guide for developing media apps.

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Jetpack libraries

Jetpack libraries ship separately from the Android OS to enable faster releases. See the latest library versions.

Android Studio preview

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Wear OS

Get the next version of Wear OS for testing, development, and feedback. Let us know what you think!

Privacy Sandbox on Android

Ensure user privacy and enable personalized advertising experiences on mobile apps.

Developer stories

How developers are finding success with Android.

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Due to the app's large file size, the number of organic installs was lower than the team had hoped for such a popular franchise. Google Play Instant to the rescue!

Cuvva adopts Jetpack Compose

Learn how the Android engineers at Cuvva rearchitected their app to use a unidirectional data flow and Jetpack Compose.

Duolingo reduces its codebase line count 30%.

After watching their codebase line count grow 46% year over year, Duolingo's Android developers stopped the bloat by migrating from Java to Kotlin.

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