Weekly Digest
Mar 30 - Apr 5, 2026
4 articles this week
Get your Wear OS apps ready for the 64-bit requirement
Google announces a 64-bit requirement for Wear OS apps and provides guidance for developers to update their applications to comply with this new platform requirement.
Android Studio supports Gemma 4: our most capable local model for agentic coding
Google announces Gemma 4 integration in Android Studio, enabling developers to use a powerful local AI model for agentic coding tasks without cloud dependencies.
Headless Screenshot Testing in Thumbtack's Android Apps
Brian Terczynski from Thumbtack reveals how they ditched emulators entirely for their 1,500+ screenshot tests. The result? Tests that run at unit test speed and actually gate code merges.
Xcode Build Optimization using 6 Agent Skills
Antoine van der Lee just open-sourced an AI agent skill that saved one iOS team 87% on incremental build times. That's 61 seconds per build, translating to 5 hours saved monthly at just 10 builds per day.