# Agentic Development on Android - Nacho Carrión

DevFeed: [Agentic Development on Android - Nacho Carrión](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/agentic-development-on-android-nacho-carrion-116592.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://touchlab.co/agentic-development-android>)

Published: 2026-11-04T16:06:24.991412Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Touchlab](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/touchlab-enterprise-mobile-innovation-development.md>)

Topics: [agentic-coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agentic-coding.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Android Studio](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android-studio.md>), [Developer experience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-experience.md>), [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/codex.md>), [Developer Enablement](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-enablement.md>), [ML Kit](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ml-kit.md>), [UiAutomator](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/uiautomator.md>), [Android XR](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android-xr.md>)

Tags: [a2ui](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/a2ui.md>), [agentic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic.md>), [agentic-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic-development.md>), [agentic-testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic-testing.md>), [agentic-workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic-workflows.md>), [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agent.md>), [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [android-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android-development.md>), [android-skills](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android-skills.md>), [android-studio](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android-studio.md>), [antigravity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/antigravity.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [appfunctions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/appfunctions.md>), [apps](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apps.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [google](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google.md>), [tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tools.md>)

## AI overview

Google's Android tooling is expanding to support agent-assisted development inside familiar workflows. Starting with Android Studio Rabbit 2, developers can select Claude, Codex, Antigravity, or other ACP-compliant agents in the IDE; official plugins also extend support to Claude Code and Codex. Android CLI gives agents emulator access, profiling, and AI-driven Journeys, while Firebase-powered Android Device Streaming enables remote device testing. New Android CLI Skills cover more than 20 Android areas to guide agents toward recommended practices. For app features, AppFunctions (in Beta when written) exposes app functionality to on-device agents, and the A2UI Compose library turns agent-supplied JSON into native Compose interfaces. Journeys use natural-language instructions in XML to perform and verify tests; the author sees potential to complement or eventually replace conventional end-to-end tests, while noting agent testing still needs better approaches. The excerpt also mentions Gemini Nano 4 support in ML Kit, Android Intelligence System, AppState and Navigation 3 updates.

## Source excerpt

How the new tools from Google help Android developers to adopt an agentic approach to Android development.