--- title: What's new in Android developer tools and performance at... description: Android Studio Rabbit 2 now stably supports over 40 ACP-compatible coding agents through Bring Your Own Agent, letting developers use any model alongside the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-android-developer-tools-and-performance-at-android-dev-summit-xxzyckffe twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What's new in Android developer tools and performance at Android Dev Summit | daily.dev og:description: Android Studio Rabbit 2 now stably supports over 40 ACP-compatible coding agents through Bring Your Own Agent, letting developers use any model alongside the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-android-developer-tools-and-performance-at-android-dev-summit-xxzyckffe og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xxzyCKfFe.png og:image:alt: What's new in Android developer tools and performance at Android Dev Summit og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: 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. # What's new in Android developer tools and performance at Android Dev Summit **[Android Developers Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/androiddev)** · 15 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Android Studio Rabbit 2 now stably supports over 40 ACP-compatible coding agents through Bring Your Own Agent, letting developers use any model alongside the IDE's project understanding. Android CLI adds physical device streaming, a terminal-based Compose Preview renderer (77% faster UI tasks, up to 3x fewer tokens in internal testing), and plugins for Claude Code and Codex. New performance tools include LeakCanary integration in Android CLI (nearly 2x faster, 25% fewer tokens), Jetpack Compose 1.13's recomposition tracing, an R8 Configuration Analyzer built into AGP 9.3, and Lightbuild, an early-preview declarative YAML build system. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How many ACP-compatible coding agents does Android Studio support with Bring Your Own Agent? Android Studio supports over 40 ACP-compatible coding agents through its Bring Your Own Agent feature, built on the open Agent Client Protocol. This became stable in Android Studio Rabbit 2, letting developers install agents from a marketplace under Settings > Tools > AI > Agents, switch between them, and give any agent access to Android Studio's project structure understanding, symbol resolution, Compose Preview, Emulator, and Logcat. _Developers picking an AI coding agent for Android work can track integration updates like this on daily.dev._ ### How much faster does the android preview command make Compose Preview rendering compared to using an emulator? In internal testing, agents using the android preview command in Android CLI completed UI tasks 77% faster while using up to 3 times fewer tokens, compared to relying on an emulator or IDE. The command renders Compose Previews directly from the terminal so agents can verify UI changes across screen sizes without needing an emulator running. _Teams optimizing agent-driven UI workflows can follow performance benchmarks like this on daily.dev._ ### What does the R8 Configuration Analyzer do and how do I run it? The R8 Configuration Analyzer, built into AGP 9.3, scores an app's R8 configuration and ranks keep rules by how much they cost the app in size and optimization. Run it with './gradlew :app:analyzeReleaseR8Config' to generate a report, and install the r8-analyzer skill so an agent can focus fixes on the highest-impact rules. _Developers trying to shrink app size with R8 can keep up with tooling changes like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [With Android CLI, Google is Making the Android Toolchain Agent-Friendly](https://daily.dev/posts/with-android-cli-google-is-making-the-android-toolchain-agent-friendly-n84xdlayj) · InfoQ · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Building Premium Android Experiences at Google I/O ‘26](https://daily.dev/posts/building-premium-android-experiences-at-google-i-o-26-c1h8lgtze) · Android Developers Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Google previews Android CLI for new world of agentic development](https://daily.dev/posts/google-previews-android-cli-for-new-world-of-agentic-development-pnmizam6a) · DEVCLASS · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#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/what-s-new-in-android-developer-tools-and-performance-at-android-dev-summit-xxzyckffe) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"What's new in Android developer tools and performance at Android Dev Summit","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-android-developer-tools-and-performance-at-android-dev-summit-xxzyckffe","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-android-developer-tools-and-performance-at-android-dev-summit-xxzyckffe"},"datePublished":"2026-10-28T17:06:56.630Z","dateModified":"2026-10-28T21:54:47.194Z","description":"Android Studio Rabbit 2 now stably supports over 40 ACP-compatible coding agents through Bring Your Own Agent, letting developers use any model alongside the...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0aa632581fa186c331875b042eb0ca49?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0aa632581fa186c331875b042eb0ca49?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Android Developers Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Android Developers Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/a3d55bb1d63c48e7bd91b833eb5c2c3c","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/androiddev"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-android-developer-tools-and-performance-at-android-dev-summit-xxzyckffe","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai-agents,jetpack-compose,android-studio","timeRequired":"PT15M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Android Developers Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/androiddev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What's new in Android developer tools and performance at Android Dev Summit"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-android-developer-tools-and-performance-at-android-dev-summit-xxzyckffe#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How many ACP-compatible coding agents does Android Studio support with Bring Your Own Agent?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Android Studio supports over 40 ACP-compatible coding agents through its Bring Your Own Agent feature, built on the open Agent Client Protocol. 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