--- title: "How to build apps for Android XR without hardware" url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-build-apps-for-android-xr-without-hardware-peaym9tdy source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saRE0t11KJY type: video:youtube source: "Android Developers" published: 2026-06-16T22:09:43.434Z updated: 2026-06-16T22:09:59.663Z tags: ["jetpack-compose", "android-studio"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to build apps for Android XR without hardware **[Android Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/androiddevelopers)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google's latest Android XR tooling lets developers build and test XR apps without physical hardware. Android Studio now includes virtual device support for display glasses and immersive headsets, a pairing assistant to link phone and glasses emulators, and Compose Previews for Jetpack Compose Glimmer UI. Developers can simulate touchpad gestures, voice input via laptop microphone, passthrough mixed reality, and 3D spatial layouts using the Jetpack XR SDK and SceneCore library. The Layout Inspector supports Glimmer components at runtime for debugging. The full toolchain is available in Android Studio Canary. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Google’s Android XR Is Here: Here’s What Developers Need to Know](https://daily.dev/posts/google-s-android-xr-is-here-here-s-what-developers-need-to-know-ulgk8meif) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#jetpack-compose](https://daily.dev/tags/jetpack-compose), [#android-studio](https://daily.dev/tags/android-studio) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-build-apps-for-android-xr-without-hardware-peaym9tdy)