[Wednesday Build Hour] Android app development in the agentic era

Join this week's event where Firebase DevRel engineer Rosário Fernandes will show you how the rise of AI agents is transforming the mobile development lifecycle from workflow to runtime. He will explore how to supercharge your build process using Gemini in Android Studio, AI Studio, Android CLI, and Antigravity. Finally, you'll learn how to architect production-ready mobile apps by balancing on-device intelligence via AI Core and LiteRT with scalable cloud services using Firebase AI Logic.

This talk explores both sides of the AI shift in Android development:

- AI tools to help you build your app: Gemini in Android Studio, AI Studio, Android CLI, and Antigravity.
- Tools to help you add AI to your app: AI Core, Firebase AI Logic, and LiteRT.

Key Takeaways:

- Understand how agentic tools transformed modern mobile engineering.
- Know when to use Gemini in Android Studio, AI Studio, Android CLI, or Antigravity.
- Learn to balance on-device (AI Core, LiteRT) and cloud-based (Firebase AI Logic) AI capabilities in your Android apps.

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Transcript

1. Aug 26, 2026 Android app development in the agentic era Rosário Fernandes Developer Relations Engineer @thatfiredev
2. AI tools for building an Android app Google Confidential - Internal Use Only Adding AI capabilities to an Android app
3. What do you need to build an Android app? Back in 2014, it was eclipse ADT. Android Studio was still in Beta. Starting in 2015, Android Studio became the standard.
5. More AI tools!! Gemini CLI (RIP) Antigravity IDE, Antigravity 2.0, Antigravity CLI, etc
21. AI tools for building an Android app Google Confidential - Internal Use Only Adding AI capabilities to an Android app
22. Gemini API Gemini API (ai.google.dev) Agent Platform API (formerly Vertex AI)
23. Firebase solves common backend problems so you can focus on what makes your app unique.
24. BUILD Firestore Authentication App Check SQL Connect Hosting App Hosting Cloud Functions for Firebase Realtime Database Cloud Storage for Firebase Firebase AI Logic RUN Test Lab App Distribution Remote Config A/B Testing Crashlytics Performance Monitoring Cloud Messaging Google Analytics
25. Auth Server �� App REST API Database API Server Media Server
26. �� App
29. Security: App Check Illegitimate request Auth Gemini API providers Firebase App Check Legitimate request Gemini API key IAM GCP Auth
35. To wrap things up To build your app: • • • Gemini in Android Studio Antigravity + Android CLI Google AI Studio To add generative AI to your app: • • Firebase AI Logic ML Kit / LiteRT-LM for on-device inference
36. Thank you