Chris Sinco

Inspired by this article, I built a small tool in Compose Desktop to more easily iterate through building fancy mesh gradients from @sinasamaki's Modifier recipe! Code is here github.com/c5inco/Mesh with the code export assuming you are using the same Modifier recipe

@ColtonIdle @AndroidDev Yeah you likely have to add in your AGENTS.md to always use it

@csinco @AndroidDev cool. yeah i was mostly curious because codex keeps running my app via adb and not the cli tool so i didn't know if there was a difference lol

@csinco @AndroidDev whats the point of android cli having android run to run a build? doesn't adb do that and android cli requires adb? is it simply a wrapper around adb, or is there some benefit of using the android cli? asking because codex keeps using adb. lol. should i correct it?

@ColtonIdle @AndroidDev At some point, the training data will favor Android CLI and at that point the skills won't be necessary

@ColtonIdle @AndroidDev Similar thing in that it makes agent interactions more efficient and deterministic instead of relying purely on training data. Esp between many runs over the day, over many sessions.

@alexstyl Does it use the new MediaQuery API under the hood?

This is how the API looks like right now. Happy with it, feels good to use. Still need to test out a few use cases before publishing it.

Working on a new Jetpack Compose responsive design API: 🪟Breakpoints It lets you define screen breakpoints where your layout should adapt to different screen sizes. API preview in the reply.

@JorgeCastilloPr Ofc. The role will remain but the tools will change.

@csinco I still think designers are very needed tbh. Same as developers. Even if it’s more for guiding agents and knowing what to ask them for. I try to think how it is today at my daily job, and AI can hardly replace any of us neither the design team without us suffering a bit hit.

I don’t think people are writing code anymore. Are you? 🤔

@JorgeCastilloPr I could see that. But I also could see stop using Figma. 😅

@csinco Still true, yeah. But I bet this improves very quickly too in the following year-ish. I’d expect agents to one shot Figma screenshots to implementation sooner than later.

@abdulbasitgd Yep. A handful of useful functionality like the project window, and makes the open from Android Studio easy. Also allows code sharing of future features between the two.

Android Performance Analyzer is built on IntelliJ or what?

@badlogicgames Do it. We’ve done it our own Pi GUI

People of pi.dev. I want to make this the new default. No setting. Not much value in read showing the first X lines, as long as we still show offset/limit if given by the model. Mo minimal, mo better. github.com/earendil-works… Speak now, or be silent forever.

@thsottiaux @techgirl1908 Would you be cool with it being used in Agent Mode in Android Studio?

A little secret. About 5% of our production traffic is on the Pi harness, about another 5% is on OpenCode. Reminder you can use your ChatGPT account in a flourishing set of other tools. We’ll continue to make Codex awesome, but you have options.

@rodydavis @antigravity Sounds like we need an auto mode soon though

PSA for new users of @antigravity 2.0 In projects you will see more permissions than you are used to when running conversations for the first time. That is Intended as permissions are project scoped now and will be infrequent over time as you permit them.

@evowizz @Android @GeminiApp cc @ammaar for Android design feedback

@csinco @Android @GeminiApp For the drawer, they could have added a full screen swipe. Some apps did that and it just works. They could also have added the ability to swipe to close. I do see the iOS Share icon. See screenshot I very much think it's based on iOS/Liquid Glass. The way it's all so rounded.

The fact that @Android is not the priority of the @GeminiApp team is sad. :( Have you seen the quality of the redesign on Android compared to iOS? I hate to say this because I genuinely like what they are doing overhaul, but at the very least, the experience should be equally good on both iOS and Android. The fact that they manage to make it worse on Android than iOS just shows a lack of interest in Android. It's really sad.

@junedkhatri31 @evowizz @Android @GeminiApp Right but that is probably it - they may have not wanted users to disable predictive back and would rather have the left side swipe do that.

@csinco @evowizz @Android @GeminiApp Drawer - I also noticed that. The drawer is not interfering with the predictive back. Confirmed by disabling the gesture.

@rafaeltonholo @evowizz @Android @GeminiApp Ah didn’t catch that one. The right Share icon is in the overflow menu. So it might be a bug with the timeline

@csinco @evowizz @Android @GeminiApp I guess they are talking about the share button in the conversation. Here is what I see in my Pixel.

@evowizz @Android @GeminiApp Drawer - it probably interferes with Predictive Back? Instant - def a delay, a perf improvement for sure Temporary - similar perf issue but not egregious Share icon - I see the Android one on my Pixel, do you not? Liquid Glass - seems specifically didn’t do that, see top nav

Visually they are similar that's true. It's in term of interactions that they are different. - Opening the drawer works with a swipe on iOS. Despite being a key component of Android for years, that gesture is not working on Android. - Starting Gemini live on iOS is instant, on Android there's what feels like a 500 ms delay. - Switching to temporary chat is smooth on iOS, on Android you get a flash in between modes - Tapping the Gemini logo opens the keyboard on iOS. Why not on Android? And even then, it looks like it was designed for iOS and ported to Android still with iOS in mind. I agree that they look similar, and that's the problem, they shouldn't. Even their new symbols are based on iOS Symbols. Take their new "Share" Symbol, instead of using the one that's been using for years on Android, they've matched the iOS one and just used it on Android. If they wanted to make the app feel like it was closer to Liquid Glass on iOS that's one thing. But why should the Android app feel closer to liquid glass now?

NGL this looks real good, esp given when it started. Excited to try it!

A very thorough and beautifu, recommended read for all roles in product teams

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