Android Developers: Scale your app for every screen with Compose

The Android ecosystem is vast, with users shifting seamlessly across phones, tablets, foldables, and desktop environments. Now that we are Compose First, this session explores how to architect your app for resizable windows and diverse aspect ratios—where traditional layout assumptions break down, leading to stretched UIs and lost state.



Explore how the latest capabilities in Jetpack Compose, Navigation 3, and WindowManager can help you build dynamic layouts that naturally scale from compact screens to dual-pane displays. Walk away with strategies to accelerate your development workflow using Gemini and our skills, like the adaptive skill, to automatically refactor legacy codebases for larger screens.



Speakers: Francesco Romano



Chapters:

0:00 - Introduction to scaling apps across screens

7:51 - Handling configuration changes and UI capabilities

11:05 - Detecting postures with the mediaQuery API

15:32 - Responsive screen layouts with Grid and FlexBox

21:14 - App-level layout architecture and Navigation 3

24:42 - Agentic development and automation demo

28:55 - The ROI of adaptive apps and key takeaways



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Event: Android Dev Summit 2026



Products Mentioned: Jetpack Compose, Jetpack Navigation 3, WindowManager, Gemini, Form Factors, Pane expansion