Now in Android: 118 –What’s new in Android development at Google I/O 2025 (part 2)

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DAN GALPIN: I'm Dan Galpin. And welcome to part 2 of a special Google I/O 2025 edition of "Now in Android," your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in Android development.

This second edition covers the latest from Jetpack Compose, camera and media, accessibility, Kotlin Multiplatform, Android development tools, and Google Play.

This year brings a host of new Jetpack Compose features, including autofill support, autosizing text, visibility tracking, accessibility checks and tests, and a new animateBounds modifier.

AnimateBounds provides automatic animations of a composable's position and size, within a look-ahead scope, while visibility tracking is used when you need high-performance information on a composable's position in its root container, screen, or window.

For more on autofill, autosized, and the new state-based text field, check out the Mastering Text Input in Compose talk.

Navigation 3 is a brand new Compose-first navigation library now in Alpha that's designed to give you greater control while simplifying building complex navigation flows.