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Callstack just released a CLI tool that finally lets AI agents actually test mobile apps. No more agents that can write code but can't click a button.

Miguel Montemayor from Android drops a major compatibility requirement: the developer opt-out for resizability is gone in Android 17. If your app still assumes portrait-only or fixed aspect ratios, you've got w...

Android 17 First Beta Release

Company: Google · Feb 13, 2026
Platform: Android

Google just killed Developer Previews. Android 17 Beta 1 introduces a continuous Canary channel that delivers features as soon as they pass internal testing, no more waiting for quarterly drops.

React Native 0.84 just dropped with automatic performance wins for every app. No migration needed, no config changes required—just faster execution and lower memory usage out of the box.

Automating Memory Leak Detection with AI

Company: Grindr · Feb 10, 2026
Platform: Android

Ricardo Marin from Grindr turned memory leak debugging from a 2-4 hour manual slog into a minutes-long automated process. The secret? Recognizing that memory leaks are pattern-matching problems, not creative on...

Spotify's release managers were drowning in Jira tabs, juggling dozens of tickets while fielding Slack questions. One dashboard changed everything.

Pavithra Chamod J from PickMe Engineering drops a hard truth: your mobile app's security measures are probably theater. Once an APK hits a rooted device, all bets are off.

Russell Morley reveals why most mobile teams think they're shifting left in testing, but are actually just moving their pain earlier in the pipeline.

Instacart's Caper team turned a multi-quarter Fragment-to-Compose migration into a dramatically faster effort using AI coding assistants.

Protecting Your GraphQL

Company: Reddit · Feb 2, 2026
Platform: Android / iOS

Stas Kravets shares how a Python GraphQL service's P99 timeout detection was so unreliable that only P50 requests actually timed out as expected. The culprit? IO operations under heavy load can bring down your ...

JetBrains brings Java-to-Kotlin code conversion to Visual Studio Code through the Kotlin language plugin, extending a feature previously exclusive to IntelliJ IDEA. Developers can now convert Java files or snip...

Google just solved one of mobile AI's biggest challenges: how do you customize foundation models for your app without breaking device constraints? Their answer might surprise you—it's not fine-tuning.

Prateek Batra from Google reveals how JioHotstar transformed their streaming app for 400 million users. The secret? Treating tablets and foldables as first-class citizens, not just stretched phones.

Kotlin Intrinsics on Android

Company: Individual Author · Jan 26, 2026
Platform: Android

Rahul Ravikumar reveals how Android's tooling has been quietly carrying the weight of Kotlin's type safety. Every null check, every parameter validation adds overhead that pure Kotlin apps don't actually need.

Sanath Sajeeva Kumara from PickMe reveals a chilling truth: simply opening a project in Android Studio can steal your credentials before you click a single button. A 2026 incident proves your IDE might be your ...

Raditya Gumay from GoTo discovered his navigation UI was recomposing 60+ times per minute. The culprit? A single lambda inside a data class that looked completely innocent.

Update Your Projects for AGP 9

Company: Kotlin Blog · Jan 16, 2026
Platform: Android

Márton Braun from JetBrains drops a critical update: Android Gradle Plugin 9.0 just landed with breaking changes that will affect every Kotlin Android project. Time to update your build configs.

Umair Ali from ZAR Engineering turned weeks of mobile development work into single days by eliminating a hidden productivity killer. The secret? Rethinking how Git worktrees interact with AI coding assistants.

Sandhya Mohan and Trevor Johns from Google just dropped a game-changer: Android Studio now lets you use ANY LLM—OpenAI, Claude, or even local models—to power your AI coding assistant.

Elvira Mustafina from JetBrains just dropped Compose Multiplatform 1.10.0, and it's solving one of the most annoying pain points in cross-platform development. Three different @Preview annotations? Gone.

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