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Rebecca Franks @riggaroo.dev · 13d

Thanks for the call out, yes requesting that to be updated.

Rebecca Franks @riggaroo.dev · 13d

I hear ya - if you'd like to add more of your use cases or just follow along on discussions for supporting Material Symbols, please add it to this bug: issuetracker.google.com/447545316

Google Issue Tracker

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Rebecca Franks @riggaroo.dev · 13d

Please leave any feedback or product requests (or +1) this bug to receive updates on if you'd like to see a new library for Material Symbols: issuetracker.google.com/447545316

Google Issue Tracker

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Rebecca Franks @riggaroo.dev · 13d

💔 Why are we not recommending the library anymore? The icons library (“Material Icons”) have been superseded by the newer look of Material Symbols & we’ve seen that the library can increase the build time of your apps significantly.

More info: developer.android.com/develop/ui/c...

Icons | Jetpack Compose | Android Developers

developer.android.com

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Rebecca Franks @riggaroo.dev · 13d

⤵️ Instead, we recommend downloading a Vector Drawable XML file from the Android tab of fonts.google.com/icons to get access to the latest styled icons: Material Symbols.

Material Symbols and Icons - Google Fonts

Material Symbols are our newest icons consolidating over 2,500 glyphs in a single font file with a wide range of design variants.

fonts.google.com

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Rebecca Franks @riggaroo.dev · 13d

📢 The androidx.compose.material.icons library is no longer recommended for displaying Material Icons in Compose. We have stopped publishing updates to this library & it has been removed from the latest Material 3 library release, you can still manually reference it if you cannot migrate.

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Rebecca Franks @riggaroo.dev · 14d

Thanks for having me on stream @peterfriese.dev @nohe.dev ❤️🧡

Peter Friese @peterfriese.dev · 14d

Rebecca is walking us through how she and her team used Firebase AI Logic and a bunch of other AI tools to implement the Androidify app.

Really impressive, especially the prompts they use!
youtube.com/live/F15gKQ...

How Androidify uses Firebase AI Logic to turn you into an Android | Firebase After Hours #17

Ever wonder how AI can transform a simple selfie into a unique Android character? In this episode of Firebase After Hours, we pull back the curtain on the "A...

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Rebecca Franks @riggaroo.dev · Sep 6

play.google.com/store/apps/d...

Androidify - Apps on Google Play

Transform yourself into an Android bot

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Rebecca Franks @riggaroo.dev · Sep 6

My weekend in pictures, at this point I'm just dressing to see the bot results
#androidify

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Joseph R. Lewis 周呂毅 @sanbeiji.com · Sep 5

Androidify is @riggaroo.dev's new app for Android that uses Gemini to create your own version of the Android bot. play.google.com/store/apps/d...

Attached mine here, created from a recent orchestra selfie. 🎻😀

Android devs: learn more & get the code here! d.android.com/ai/samples

#androiddev

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Rebecca Franks @riggaroo.dev · Sep 3

We launched the Androidify app on Google Play!

Download it now, and create your very own custom Android bot ❤️

I've had loads of fun creating and testing the app - now you can too!

play.google.com/store/apps/d...

#Androidify

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Rebecca Franks @riggaroo.dev · Sep 3

The #AndroidShow is about to begin! Tune in to see the latest updates in the world of Android 💚 maybe you will even see someone familiar 👀

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdpS...

Tune in (here!) on September 3 - and click to get notified - for The Android Show!

YouTube video by Android Developers

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TJ @tunji.dev · Aug 28

I've been experimenting a lot with the new navigation events library and navigation 3, and wrote about 3 unique animations and transitions you can create with them:
www.tunjid.com/articles/3-u...

3 unique predictive back animations you can create with the navigation events library

Swipe to pop, drag to pop, and sticky shared elements animations

www.tunjid.com

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sinasamaki @sinasamaki.com · Aug 20

Combining path animations and cube rotations for this magical reveal effect ✨

#JetpackCompose #shipaton #buildinpublic

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Tor Norbye @tornorbye.bsky.social · Aug 17

Compose 1.9 is now stable!

android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/what...

On top of the many new features, there are significant performance improvements (which you can configure further, see the prefetch API for LazyList), and for debug builds, you can turn on richer stack trace information!

What’s new in the Jetpack Compose August ’25 release

The Jetpack Compose 1.9 release introduces features like advanced shadow modifiers, new visibility modifiers, and enhanced rich styling capabilities.

android-developers.googleblog.com

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Rebecca Franks @riggaroo.dev · Aug 14

🚨 New video alert!! Learn all about how to combine Shared elements with Shape morphing in this #ComposeTip

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0moE...

Advanced shared elements with shape morphing | Jetpack Compose Tips

YouTube video by Android Developers

www.youtube.com

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Simona Milanovic @anomiss.bsky.social · Aug 11

🚀 There's a new combo of Gemini Studio features in town 🤠

With Generate from Images, Transform UI and Generate Previews, you can build a full screen (or an app 😂 ) in a ridiculously short time. ⚡

Try it and see how long it takes you - I dare you 😎

developer.android.com/studio/gemin...

Android Developers @androiddevs.bsky.social · Aug 7

🎨→💻 From a sketch to Compose code. The latest experimental Gemini features in Android Studio can now translate images into UI.

See how this and other AI-powered tools can accelerate your workflow → https://goo.gle/3Jn8ujX

A vibrant promotional image features "Multimodal Gemini in Android Studio" in large white text on a dark grey background to the left. Below the text, the colorful, tie-dye head of the Android mascot peeks from the bottom left. On the right, against a white background, two smiling individuals are shown: an individual with long dark hair, wearing a striped shirt and a t-shirt with a compass graphic, holds up peace signs in the top right, while below, a bearded individual in a blue t-shirt smiles subtly.

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Rebecca Franks @riggaroo.dev · Jul 7

Did you know... Android Studio has introduced resizable previews for Compose previews? Allowing you to test your layouts across the spectrum of device sizes easily inside Android Studio. 💻

developer.android.com/studio/previ...

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John O'Reilly @johnoreilly.dev · Jul 4

Creative UIs with Compose by @chris-horner.bsky.social youtu.be/9KdP2idt6LE?... (from @kotlinconf). Very cool talk!

Creative UIs with Compose | Chris Horner

YouTube video by Kotlin by JetBrains

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Rebecca Franks @riggaroo.dev · Jul 4

This animation bugs me so much 😂 why is there a background on the X as part of it... Just remove the background and it'd be 100 times better... Someone at @itvx.com please save us.

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Code with the Italians @codewiththeitalians.it · Jun 24

Need design inspo or just love smooth animations?
Androidify has it all—built with Jetpack Compose and a ton of creative tricks.
Don’t miss our chat with Rebecca Franks and Roberto Orgiu → youtu.be/Irc6moPhows

All about Androidify with Rebecca Frank and Roberto Orgiu!

Last stream before the summer break! Seb, Roberto and Rebecca talk about the new Androidify sample app, launched at Google I/O. Find out about some fun behin...

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Rebecca Franks @riggaroo.dev · Jun 24

Super useful for use cases like:
🎥 Playing and pausing videos automatically
🔖 Analytics tracking
✨Starting and stopping animations

Checkout the samples here: cs.android.com/androidx/pla...

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Rebecca Franks @riggaroo.dev · Jun 24

Compose 1.9 just hit beta01 & another exciting feature landing is a way to reliably determine if something is visible on screen & a way to get notified of visibility changes 📣

💅 New modifiers are entering the chat in this space: Modifier.onFirstVisible() & Modifier.onVisibilityChanged().

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Code with the Italians @codewiththeitalians.it · Jun 18

Androidify isn’t just back—it’s smarter, smoother, and built with the latest Android tech.
Rebecca Franks and Roberto Orgiu break it all down for us live!
Catch the episode → cwti.link/twitch

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Rebecca Franks @riggaroo.dev · Jun 18

We are live streaming all about Androidify now on Twitch with @codewiththeitalians.it - join us! 🍕https://www.twitch.tv/codewiththeitalians

CodeWithTheItalians - Twitch

All about Androidify with Rebecca Frank and Roberto Orgiu!

www.twitch.tv

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