Android is now Compose First, we recommend you build all Android UI with Compose and `android.widget` is now in maintenance mode. #GoogleIO #AndroidDev android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/05/andr...

Android UI Development is Compose First

News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.

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Excited to be back at #GoogleIO. If you're here come day hi and talk to us about all things Compose and #AndroidDev

Android is now Compose-first: developer.android.com/develop/ui/c... It was years in the making, and I'm happy to see it's finally here!

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Android is Compose-first, and the Views system is now in maintenance mode, meaning it will only receive updates for highly critical fixes.

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✨ New Delightful Compose video is out! ✨ @vanyo.dev has some great tips on how to keep your UI delightful long term by testing it! Previews, screenshot testing, DeviceConfigurationOverride and other helpful tools are covered here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9GW...

Testing | Jetpack Compose Tips

YouTube video by Android Developers

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A 🧵 announcement: With the Jetpack Compose 1.8. beta01 release, you may notice that a significant number of APIs that were previously experimental, have been graduated to stable.

The Android UI & Jetpack Compose team is building a new team in Bengaluru! Join us in building exciting new APIs for Jetpack Compose as well as the other UI libraries and help us expand to Bengaluru. EM: goo.gle/4gt9dMl SWE: goo.gle/4dQb9w7 PM: goo.gle/compose-pm-in DevRel: goo.gle/3DE8B7T