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Authentication in Android apps with MSAL

March 2, 2023 Mar 2, 2023 03/2/23
Parker Schroeder
Hello Android developers, Connecting users to their data is an important factor in the mobile space as it helps to create a personalized experience across multiple devices. As is common across the technology space, users need to provide credentials in order to access their data, often in the form of a username and password, two ...

Relay Anchor Leg: Overall impressions

January 26, 2023 Jan 26, 2023 01/26/23
Kristen Halper
Hello Compose developers, Over the last two weeks, I’ve given a brief introduction to Relay, as well as talked about some of the tips and tricks I picked up while using the tool. This week, I’ll share my thoughts on the current state of Relay from the developer point of view. As a reminder, Relay is in alpha, so please go...

Relay Leg 2: Tips and tricks

January 19, 2023 Jan 19, 2023 01/19/23
Kristen Halper
Hello Compose developers, Last week, I gave a brief introduction to Relay, the new Figma to Compose tool developed by Google. This week, I’ll dive deeper into some tips and tricks I learned when testing out Relay, As a reminder, Relay is in alpha, so please go try it out and send the Relay team your feedback! Putting Relay...

2022 year in review

December 29, 2022 Dec 29, 2022 12/29/22
Guy Merin
Hello Android developers, Since 2022 was a year busy with conferences, here's a recap of the many places you could learn more about foldable and large screen development across the world (and online) last year. Google I/O The first big event of 2022 was Google I/O in May. You can check out the foldable highlights or watch this...

Happy Holidays 2022

December 22, 2022 Dec 22, 2022 12/22/22
Craig Dunn
Hello Android developers, Inspired by the growth of AI and its role in products like GitHub’s Copilot this year, we asked ChatGPT to “propose some applications for Surface Duo owners to use over the holidays”… One possible application for Surface Duo owners to use over the holidays could be to use the dual screens ...

Drag and drop with AndroidX

December 15, 2022 Dec 15, 2022 12/15/22
Craig Dunn
Hello Android developers, Foldable and large-screen devices are great for multi-tasking – you can position two apps side-by-side to compare data or just do two things at once! The other benefit of side-by-side apps is the ability to drag and drop content between them, whether the apps are across screens on a dual-screen device, or...

Compose TwoPaneLayout updates

December 8, 2022 Dec 8, 2022 12/8/22
Kristen Halper
Hello Compose developers, This week, we’d like to announce two major updates to our TwoPaneLayout component that come with version . We hope these updates will help make the library even more flexible and useful for you all. We also have some other Compose SDK updates to announce! New value in PaneMode enum It may...

Android Dev Summit recap

November 24, 2022 Nov 24, 2022 11/24/22
Cesar Valiente
Hello Android developers, Google is running a number of Android Dev Summit events around the world in 2022, with all sessions available to view online. Here are some of the highlights for foldable and large-screen developers: Android Dev Summit – Modern Android Development The first event, focused on Modern Android ...