To make the process as easy as possible for everyone building Android apps, the company offers Android Studio as its official Integrated Developer Environment (IDE).

These enhancements collectively underscore Android Studio’s commitment to providing developers with powerful tools, making the app development journey more intuitive, efficient, and feature-rich.

Following the preview at I/O 2025, Google is releasing an “Agent Mode” for Gemini in Android Studio. Agent Mode lets developers accomplish “complex development tasks” like generating unit ...

This involves streaming Android Studio from the cloud to your browser. Project IDX leverages a Linux VM and already offers Android or iOS simulators. It also features AI coding assistance with Gemini.

In its developer keynote today, Google announced a new Compose for TV development toolkit that should make it a lot easier to create apps with beautiful, TV-centric UIs.

Currently, developers who create “sideloaded” Android apps are exempt from Google’s verification requirements.