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We track 14 Android Android Studio case studies from 9 engineering teams. Google, Dropbox and Grab write about it most. Many posts also cover AI and Build Time. The posts run from 2013 to 2026. The newest is from May 2026.

Android Android Studio articles 1–14 of 14

Grab May 15, 2026

Scaling developer experience: How we improved Android Studio in a large monorepo

Grab's Android team turned 35-minute IDE syncs into a 2-minute flow. Their secret? A clever Gradle trick that required just three lines of code and zero workflow changes for 100+ engineers.

Android Developers Blog Mar 2, 2026

Supercharge your Android development with 6 expert tips for Gemini in Android Studio

Trevor Johns from Google just dropped 6 expert tips for using Gemini AI in Android Studio, and they're a game-changer for how we build apps. These aren't basic prompting tricks—this is how Google engineers and ...

PickMe Jan 23, 2026

Your Development Environment Is a Security Risk: What Every Android Developer Needs to Know

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 ...

Google Jan 15, 2026

LLM Flexibility and Agent Mode Improvements

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.

Google Dec 4, 2025

Android Studio Otter 2 Feature Drop

Sandhya Mohan and Trevor Johns from Google just dropped Android Studio Otter 2, and it's packing Gemini 3 Pro with a 1 million token context window. Your AI coding assistant just got a serious upgrade.

Google Jun 23, 2025

Agentic AI Integration in Android Studio with Gemini

Sandhya Mohan and Jose Alcérreca from Google just dropped Agent Mode for Gemini in Android Studio. This isn't another code completion tool—it's an AI that creates execution plans, makes multi-file changes, and ...

Posts on Medium Apr 23, 2025

How to Reduce Android Studio Memory Usage

Android Studio eating your RAM? You're not alone. A few strategic tweaks can reclaim gigabytes and slash build times by 20-50%.

Google Oct 31, 2024

What's New in Gemini in Android

Sandhya Mohan from Google just dropped the biggest Gemini in Android Studio update since launch. If you're still manually writing commit messages and test scenarios, this changes everything.

Square Jan 12, 2023

Android Studio Electric Eel Release Celebration

Roger Hu from Square reveals how Android Studio Electric Eel slashed their sync times by 60%. For a team managing 3,000+ Gradle subprojects, that's not just faster—it's 1,600 hours of developer time saved annua...

Dropbox Mar 29, 2022

Introducing Focus: A New Open Source Gradle Plugin

Ryan Harter from Dropbox just open-sourced a Gradle plugin that cuts Android Studio sync time by 87%. If you're tired of waiting on builds in large Android projects, this is for you.

OkCupid May 18, 2020

Find and Fix Issues with Android Studio Static Code Analysis

Brian Plummer from OkCupid reveals how their team uses Android Studio's built-in static analysis to systematically improve code quality. But running the tool is the easy part—merging those changes without break...

Groupon Jan 30, 2018

Developing Android Studio Plugins With Gradle

Mihaly Nagy from Groupon reveals you don't need IntelliJ IDEA to build Android Studio plugins—just Gradle and a text editor. If you've automated tasks 3 times, it's time to build a custom IDE tool.

Google Jun 18, 2014

Cloud Integration and Android Studio Development

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Kotlin Blog Aug 26, 2013

Working With Kotlin In Android Studio

JetBrains made history in 2013 by bringing Kotlin to Android Studio for the first time. This walkthrough from the early days shows just how far Android development has come.