In this episode of Android Back Stage, Hosts Tor, and Chet are joined by Melba and Ralston, Software Engineers on the Compose Team, to talk about Autofill in Compose. Learn about Autofill services, best practices, and more!

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:40 - What is Autofill?
1:21 - Autofill team journey and semantics
2:15 - Defining semantics in Compose
3:29 - Bridging views and Compose for Autofill
4:23 - Developer Experience: Early autofill in Compose
7:02 - Autofill services and communication flow
7:59 - User authentication and multiple autofill services
12:53 - The Autofill flow: From tap to fill
21:56 - Handling list types and saving credentials (commit)
30:11 - The “Asteriks” bug and semantics refractor
31:09 - Performance improvements in Autofill
37:48 - Compose’s architectural advantages (composition over inheritance)
40:30 - Best practices and future improvements

It can be a draw when setting up a new device. Some info transfers, while some don’t. Learn how developers can ensure the best user experience when people backup and restore an Android device. Hosts Tor and Chet are joined by Graham and Piyush on the Android Consumer Experience team and Alon on the Android Studio team to discuss Android backup and restore.

Chapters:

0:00 - Introduction & the user pain point

1:38 - Why backup fails: Developer challenges

4:00 - Evolution of backup testing: From scripts to Android Studio

7:15 - Beyond testing: Backup for developer workflow

8:50 - Cross-device backup & GMS core integration

10:55 - Understanding backup types: Devices vs. Cloud

14:55 - Data categories & developer control

16:05 - System-level backup: Permissions & credentials

18:35 - Default backup pitfalls & key-value agents

28:15 - Database migrations & backup stress testing

32:04 - Automated testing framework

41:02 - Recap & feedback channels

Join Tor and Siva Velusamy and Sandhya Mohan from the Android Studio team to learn about the latest updates to Studio Bot (Gemini in Android Studio) that dropped at Google I/O 2025 including Agent Mode. Building on their conversation from two years ago about the Studio Bot, they explore Gemini’s role in every stage of development, from design to building, testing, and maintenance, the future of coding companions, and more.

Studio Bot podcast episode → https://goo.gle/3ZM0Wwx