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Back it up, bring it back: No data left behind

Thursday, July 10, 2025 • Duration 48:50

It can be a draw when setting up a new device. Some info transfers, while some don’t. Learn how developers can ensure the best user experience when people backup and restore an Android device. Hosts Tor and Chet are joined by Graham and Piyush on the Android Consumer Experience team and Alon on the Android Studio team to discuss Android backup and restore.

Chapters:

0:00 - Introduction & the user pain point

1:38 - Why backup fails: Developer challenges

4:00 - Evolution of backup testing: From scripts to Android Studio

7:15 - Beyond testing: Backup for developer workflow

8:50 - Cross-device backup & GMS core integration

10:55 - Understanding backup types: Devices vs. Cloud

14:55 - Data categories & developer control

16:05 - System-level backup: Permissions & credentials

18:35 - Default backup pitfalls & key-value agents

28:15 - Database migrations & backup stress testing

32:04 - Automated testing framework

41:02 - Recap & feedback channels

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Bot to the Future: Two Years Later

Friday, June 13, 2025 • Duration 46:27

Join Tor and Siva Velusamy and Sandhya Mohan from the Android Studio team to learn about the latest updates to Studio Bot (Gemini in Android Studio) that dropped at Google I/O 2025 including Agent Mode. Building on their conversation from two years ago about the Studio Bot, they explore Gemini’s role in every stage of development, from design to building, testing, and maintenance, the future of coding companions, and more.

Studio Bot podcast episode → https://goo.gle/3ZM0Wwx

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Episode 207: AI development assistance

Thursday, June 20, 2024 • Duration 52:20

In this episode we talk with Kathy Korevec from the AIDA team at Google about AI assisted developer tools, such as Android Studio -- which is using Gemini AI models provided by AIDA.

Romain, Kathy, and Tor

Kathy: twitter.com/simpsoka

Romain: @romainguy, threads.net/@romainguy, romainguy@androiddev.social

Tor: threads.net/@tor.norbye and tornorbye@androiddev.social

Check out → https://goo.gle/3wK4EM4

Catch videos on YouTube → https://goo.gle/adb-podcast

Subscribe to Android Developers → https://goo.gle/AndroidDevs

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Episode 117: Kotlin Coroutines

Wednesday, July 24, 2019 • Duration 52:45

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Links:

Sean: @objcode
Yigit: @yigitboyar
Chet: @chethaase Romain: Tor: Thanks to continued tolerance and support by our audio engineer, Bryan Gordon.

Episode 116: CameraX

Thursday, June 27, 2019 • Duration 59:37

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CameraX Overview
CameraX presentation at I/O 2019
CameraX Architecture
Getting Started with CameraX code lab
CameraX discussion group (the team is encouraging developers to reach out to this group with questions for the team)
Jetpack

Chet: @chethaase
Romain: Tor: Thanks to continued tolerance and support by our audio engineer, Bryan Gordon.

Episode 115: Jetpack Compose

Wednesday, June 12, 2019 • Duration 54:09

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Chet: @chethaase
Romain: @romainguy Tor: Thanks to continued tolerance and support by our audio engineer, Bryan Gordon.

Episode 114: Pocket Casts Cast

Thursday, May 30, 2019 • Duration 54:40

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(listed in alphabetical order) In this episode, Chet, Romain and Tor talk to Philip Simpson and Ben Trengrove from the cast of Pocket Casts. We talk about their app, coincidentally called "Pocket Casts," and how they implemented various features like Material, audio, and even how the company made a complicated weather app for a country where it's always sunny.
Oh, and we talked about some of the stuff happening at Google I/O 2019, because that's when we recorded this conversation.

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Pocket Casts on Google Play

Philip: @geekygecko
Ben: @bentrengrove
Chet: @chethaase
Romain: @romainguy
Tor: Thanks to continued tolerance and support by our audio engineer, Bryan Gordon.

Episode 113: IO19

Tuesday, May 28, 2019 • Duration 57:05

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Jetpack Compose

Chet: @chethaase
Romain: @romainguy
Tor: @tornorbye

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Episode 112: Cutting Corners with MDC

Friday, May 3, 2019 • Duration 48:21

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(shown in alphabetical order) In this episode, Chet, Tor, and Romain chat with Mel Goetz, an engineer on the Material team, about Material Design Components, the set of components for Android that implement Material Design.

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Mel: @melaniemgoetz
Romain: @romainguy
Chet: @chethaase
Tor: @tornorbye
Thanks to continued tolerance and support by our audio engineer, Bryan Gordon.

Episode 111: Emulator Snapshot

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 • Duration 38:14

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Romain: @romainguy
Tor: @tornorbye
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