Tor Norbye

@tornorbye@androiddev.social
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I'm the engineering director for Android Studio at Google. Opinions my own.

I'm also on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tornorbye.bsky.social

I was forwarded a couple of separate screenshots from Twitter where some Android developers had feedback about Studio. I'm not going to respond on Twitter, but in both of these cases the handles for the users actually pointed to Mastodon right there in the name. "Great, I'll respond here" -- except when I looked up the profiles, they didn't post here, only on Twitter :( Is that common? Is the hope to just keep showing the alternate ID until more people move? Or just a forgotten attempt to move?

Our Google I/O talk, "What's New in Android Studio", is now available:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wOfYgIMf-A

It was super fun to be able to do a live demo again after 5 years of online-only I/O talks. And an honor to represent all the great work of the team! I hope you'll find these improvements useful and a joy to use.

What's new in Android development tools

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Here's some more info on other features available in Jellyfish:

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2024/04/android-studio-jellyfish-is-stable.html

Gemini in Android Studio and more: Android Studio Jellyfish is Stable!

Learn more about all the updates, product quality improvements, and new features across your key flows in Android Studio Jellyfish.

Android Developers Blog

Exciting day for Android Studio! With our Jellyfish release this morning, Gemini in Android Studio is now available in the stable channel.

And not only that, it's (finally!) available in Europe as well. Please give it a try -- I hope you'll find it as helpful and useful as I do!

https://developer.android.com/gemini-in-android

Gemini in Android Studio - Android Developers

Gemini in Android Studio (previously known as Studio Bot) is your AI-powered development companion, designed to make it easier for you to build high quality Android apps, faster.

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My keynote from droidcon sf is available online now. If you're an Android developer there are hopefully a thing or two in there you'll find useful!

https://www.droidcon.com/2023/07/20/keynote-android-developer-productivity

Keynote- Android Developer Productivity - droidcon

Android Studio is at the center of the Android developer’s universe. In this keynote, Tor Norbye will share his perspective on how to get the most out of the IDE, covering his favorite features, some hidden gems, and some recent additions. Last but not least, he'll cover some upcoming features under active development.

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Meanwhile, just wanted to add...
200 EPISODES! 200! That's like at *least* twice as much as a podcast that posted 100 episodes!
We've been pumping these out regularly for over NINE YEARS, since that first episode from Tor and I on KitKat.
There's a constant worry among us that we will run out of people to ask, topics to cover, or things to talk about. But it hasn't happened yet.
Whoo-hoo!
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Android Developers Backstage: Android Developers Backstage - Episode 1: KitKat

Get an overview of the new features in Android 4.4 KitKat presented by members of the Android team. Chet Haase and Tor Norbye cover many of the new features including Transitions, Storage Access Framework, Immersive Mode, Printing API, and Closed Captioning.

Tor Norbye (@tor.norbye) on Threads

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ADB 197: Studio Bot
Tor, Romain, and I talk with Siva and Sandhya from the tools team about the new AI-powered Studio Bot. The new assistant enables conversational queries in the IDE to help with coding, commenting, confusion, or if you just need a friend.
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Android Developers Backstage: Episode 197: Studio Bot

You saw it at Google I/O - now you can hear about it in the comfort of your own headphones! Tor, Romain, and Chet talk with Siva Velusamy and Sandhya Mohan from the Android Studio team about the just-launched Studio Bot. This new AI-powered assistant enables conversational queries in the IDE to help with coding, commenting, confusion, or if you just need a friend. Chet, Tor, Romain, Sandhy, and Siva in the Sunnyvale studio Studio Bot:   Subscribe to Android Developers YouTube →  

Here's a screenshot: