Now in Android

Google Samples

Mar 2, 2024

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Android 5.0+
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About Now in Android

Now in Android - a new, open source, real-world sample app

Now in Android is a fully functional Android app built entirely with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose. It follows Android design and development best practices and is intended to be a useful reference for developers. As a running app, it's intended to help developers keep up-to-date with the world of Android development by providing regular news updates.

The app is currently in early stage development, you can find the corresponding source code at https://github.com/android/nowinandroid

What's new in the latest 0.1.2

Last updated on 2024-03-03

- Search for content in the app bar.
- Notifications. You'll be notified when new content is published which matches your interests.
- Push-based data sync. A 'sync' notification triggers the download of new content.
- Unread notification dot. New content is marked with an 'unread' dot so you know what you haven't read.
- When you remove a bookmark on the 'Saved' screen you can now undo it using a SnackBar.

Thanks to all open source contributors, particularly Simon Marquis.