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Posted by Erica Hanson , Global Program Manager, Google Developer Student Clubs Google Developer Student Clubs , a program of university based community groups for students interested in Google developer technologies, recently started hosting study groups called Android Study Jams . The goal? Learn Android app development through hands-on codelabs in an online curriculum provided by Google. There are two tracks: one for students who are new to programming, and one for those who already have experience. Interested in participating? Facilitator materials are available for anyone to host Android Study Jams in their community - take a look and get to building. Google Developer Student Clubs are dedicated to helping students learn programming together, among peers, in a fun and interactive setting. While over 50 thousand students from all over the world have participated in these Android workshops, we wanted to highlight the exciting work from groups in Indonesia, Turkey, and Nigeria. F...

Posted by Takeshi Hagikura, Developer Programs Engineer Today we're releasing the source code for the official Google I/O 2019 Android app. This year's app substantially modified existing functionality and added several new features. In this post, we’ll highlight several notable changes. Android Q out of the box Gesture navigation Android Q introduced an option for fully gestural navigation , allowing the user to navigate back and to the home screen using only gestures. To support gesture navigation, app developers need to do two things: Extend app content to draw edge-to-edge Handle any conflicting app gestures The Google I/O 2019 app was one of the first apps to support fully the gestural navigation. For more details, check out this series of blog posts about gesture navigation and the commit in the Google I/O app repository that extended the content to draw edge-to-edge. Gesture navigation navigating back and to the home screen Dark theme Another new feature that was in...