Top 3 updates for Android developer productivity

Posted by Simona Milanovic, Developer Relations Engineer Every year, Google I/O brings new announcements and resources across ecosystems and products, including Android development. As development shifts toward AI and agent-assisted tooling, we’ve expanded our offerings to better support you, however you decide to build for Android. To help you stay up to date, here is a summary of the top 3 announcements for Android Developer Productivity at I/O. 1. Android CLI is now stableAndroid CLI is now stable at version 1.0, with more capabilities and integrations. The latest version of Android CLI introduces many new features, like programmatic version lookup and support for Journeys, and bridging capability to allow agents to integrate directly with Android Studio, via the studio command. Running Android Studio alongside the agent and Android CLI enables more efficient navigation in your project, more precise output, and access to Android Studio’s unique tooling, such as performance profilers, Compose Previews, and Android Device Streaming.Android CLI now integrates seamlessly with Android Studio Additionally, Google Antigravity now officially supports Android development, with the Android resources bundle, which includes the Android CLI and skills. You can either install the bundle during onboarding after installation, or later from the Settings > Customizations > Build With Google Plugins menu. This provides Antigravity with all the powerful tools and knowledge of Android CLI to enable it to perform core tasks—from creating projects to deploying your app on a new virtual device—much more easily and efficiently.Google Antigravity now offers the Android resources bundle Android CLI is now available through more package managers: like npm and homebrew.For more information, che...

Original source: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/06/android-developer-productivity-updates.html
Publisher: Android Developers Blog