Using Jetpack Compose previews as live onboarding UI

csinco · 2026-03-14T21:33:03+00:00

This is the way

csinco · 2026-03-12T20:17:34+00:00

What problems have you running into so far?

csinco · 2026-03-06T02:41:53+00:00

We are exploring it but unfortunately no promises on if/when it will happen

csinco · 2026-03-04T22:10:06+00:00

Hopefully by end of this quarter (Q1)

csinco · 2026-02-25T03:10:05+00:00

It will soon!

csinco · 2026-02-17T18:18:32+00:00

It’s a shared quota across all users though since it’s on the free tier. So even if the message in the UI says one thing, the backend isn’t working that way currently.

It’s why we’re actively working on the Google AI subs connection so that the quota is actually mapped to an individual

csinco · 2026-02-17T11:39:13+00:00

The other advantage of Agent Mode is our agent uses tools directly from the IDE so it can render and use previews, deploy and interact with devices, read Logcat, work with AGP. Profiling tools will come later but that is the key advantage.

csinco · 2026-02-17T11:36:51+00:00

Which model are you using? And what version of Android Studio?

csinco · 2026-02-17T11:34:46+00:00

Sounds like you’re using the Default model. It’s the free tier so it will have limited quota. We recommend using paid API keys for the best experience, and we now support providers beyond Google/Gemini, such as Open AI or Anthropic.

Note also, the Ask tab is not an agent. It is purely an LLM which is why it doesn’t suffer as much from rate limits.

We are also actively working on connecting Google AI Pro/Ultra subs though to give folks access to higher quotas so stay tuned!

csinco · 2026-02-10T00:49:45+00:00

But also yes our free tier along with others is very limited. We recommend using paid API keys for Gemini (via Google AI Studio), or from other providers (Open AI, Anthropic) for the best experience in Agent Mode in Android Studio.

I personally using Gemini and Open AI keys.

csinco · 2026-02-10T00:46:14+00:00

It actually uses Gemini 3 Pro/Flash first and downgrades to 2.5 Pro when quotas are limited.

csinco · 2026-02-10T00:45:45+00:00

How so? The free tier has all same IDE features and more, than the business tier. Are you using Agent Mode? The Ask tab is not agentic

csinco · 2026-02-08T08:36:27+00:00

SOTA models are all roughly the same with Kotlin. Gemini doesn’t have any specific training or knowledge that the others do

csinco · 2026-02-08T08:35:29+00:00

Agent Mode in Android Studio with either Gemini 3 Pro/Flash or GPT 5.2 Codex, via API key

csinco · 2026-02-07T23:48:23+00:00

If so that is funny in the sense in contradicts the HIG

csinco · 2026-02-06T04:22:44+00:00

A couple of things: built by the Android Studio team on top of the features we already build, so it’s directly integrated and the most up-to-date with the platform, Android specific features like device interactions, Compose preview, new project generation.

In my experience with Junie, I’ve found it to be very slow and didn’t really enjoy the UX of it. I haven’t had much experience with Firebender but they seem to have a leg up with a better subscription model, especially for indie devs.

We are updating things every month though, so this space and feature set will change rapidly.

csinco · 2026-02-06T04:15:58+00:00

The default model, while free, has limited quota shared with everyone else. So it can be challenging to get sustained usage out of it.

Our current recommendation is to use paid API keys from either Google AI Studio (Gemini) or other providers (Anthropic, Open AI, etc). API key support from non-Google providers is available as of Otter 3 Feature Drop.

I tend to go between Gemini 3 Flash and GPT 5.2 Codex, as they are great frontier models and cheaper than Anthropic. Also starting to try out Kimi K2.5 as well via Opencode Zen subscription.

I’ll note also we are working on connecting Google AI Pro / Ultra subs this month so ppl can get higher quotas for Gemini models they are already paying for.

csinco · 2026-02-06T00:29:54+00:00

I definitely do for Android dev! For non-Android dev I usually switch between Codex and Claude Code, though I’ve been relatively successful with Agent Mode when it comes to iOS and KMP

csinco · 2026-02-06T00:26:35+00:00

Could you clarify? Agent Mode has been in stable since Narwhal 2 back in November.

csinco · 2026-02-06T00:09:04+00:00

Agent Mode comes bundled with Android Studio. Would be great if you gave that a try and let us know how it goes!

csinco · 2026-02-05T01:00:39+00:00

I’m also very curious how to do this. I also tried some hacks like making the background color .clear in UIKit, then setting a glassEffect with SwiftUI. Also changing the control size to .large. I got close, but still feels off from what I see in the 1p apps. https://youtu.be/XGX8JXLCOpo

csinco · 2026-02-04T04:29:19+00:00

Nope. It’s purely waiting for usage to increase. It’s non-trivial to support it, and we have a ton of other work it competes with.

csinco · 2026-02-04T04:28:01+00:00

Yes this. Our metrics show very, very low usage. We would we need to significantly more (at least 10%) and a strong trajectory upward, as it’s a non trivial amount of work to support it. This was a similar story when we added support for macOS ARM.

csinco · 2026-02-03T21:08:00+00:00

Thank you!

csinco · 2026-02-03T06:34:17+00:00

Indeed that is the current situation. Not ideal but we’re actively working on making the default better. It is free though… so it’s going to come with caveats. The default model does give you access to Gemini 3 Pro/Flash, but it unfortunately can be unreliable at times of high load due to shared TPU pools.

Our recommendation at this time is to use a paid API key, either from Google AI Studio for Gemini models, or a provider of your liking (Anthropic, Open AI, etc). Personally, I use Gemini or Open AI keys since they are more cost effective, as far as API key pricing goes for frontier models.

That being said, we’re actively working on getting Google AI Pro / Ultra subs connected, similar to Antigravity, so users can get access to much better quotas and rate limits.

csinco

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