As Android developers, you have many choices when it comes to the agents, LLMs, tools, and command-line interfaces (CLI) you use for app development. Our goal is to help you build beautiful, high-quality Android apps, no matter how you choose to build. Weโre announcing updates to our Android CLI command-line tooling, including the ability to access real devices through Android Device Streaming. Weโre also sharing more Android skills, and giving you a deep dive into the Wear OS Compose Material 3 skill.
Android CLI for command-line development
Android CLI is our tool to make command-line interface Android development easier. It supports any AI agent or tool in building more efficiently for Android.
Along with the android-cli skill, your agents use Android CLI to create, build, test, and manage Android projects, help you set up the development environment, create and run emulators, and execute test runs.
Android Device Streaming now available in CLI
Itโs important to test your app on real devices to catch issues that are hardware- or OS-specific, but sometimes you donโt have access to the ones you need. Android Device Streaming gives you access to real physical devices, remotely. Your agent can now use Android Device Streaming anywhere, through Android CLI.
Connecting to a Pixel 10 Pro through Android Device Streaming
The agent can interact with physical devices (as if they were plugged in over USB) over a secure ADB over SSL connection. This enables spinning up devices, deploying builds, collecting logs and traces, and even capturing screenshots headlesslyโall through the terminal.
To get started, link your project, instruct your agent to list available remote devices and decide which device you want next. Read the documentation to learn more, and see the Android CLI release notes.
Grounding agents with Android skills
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