Hacker News with Generative AI: Android Development

Expo EAS Local Build Docker Image (github.com/erayalakese)
Meet eas-like-local-builder: a Docker image built to streamline local Expo Android app builds, mirroring the Expo Application Services (EAS) environment for local builds 🎯
Android development is going private but Google still wants help from other devs (androidauthority.com)
Google has confirmed to Android Authority that the Android team will still review code contributions from external developers.
Show HN: Firebender, a simple coding agent for Android Engineers (firebender.com)
Command the smartest models to edit and run your code directly
Show HN: Android Dev Quest – A puzzle game solvable only using developer tools (androiddev.quest)
Android Dev Quest is an interactive puzzle game that will challenge you to think creatively and push yourself to new levels.
Rawdrawandroid – Build Android apps without any Java, in C and Make (github.com/cnlohr)
Ever wanted to write C code and run it on Android? Sick of multi-megabyte packages just to do the most basic of things. Well, this is a demo of how to make your own APKs and build, install and automatically run them in about 2 seconds, and with an apk size of about 25kB (with API 26). API 30 (Android R+) is unfortunately at 45kB to support ARM64 + ARM32.
I lost my Google Play dev account (reddit.com)
Warning to any smaller Android developers: do not fall behind on your emails (reddit.com)
Ask HN: Am I crazy or is Android development awful? (ycombinator.com)
Google Play rejecting app update without substantive reason (github.com/syncthing)
Why is Android Development so difficult/complex? (compared to Web and Desktop) (ycombinator.com)
Show HN: We built the fastest Android dev ecosystem (dashwave.io)
More frequent, focused updates for Android Studio (googleblog.com)
Android Studio IDE launches free AI features (android.com)