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Episode 202: AndroidX, Gradle and Metalava

Android Developers Backstage

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Versioning and Stability of AndroidX Libraries and APIs

This chapter discusses the versioning and stability of AndroidX libraries and APIs, emphasizing the importance of maintaining compatibility and minimizing migration. The speakers talk about the history and development process of Metalava, the challenges in supporting Kotlin, and the usefulness of static analysis tools. They also discuss the collaboration with Gradle and Kotlin Gradle plugin and the improvements in the new version of Android Studio.

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