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Android Social & Messaging Apps
Use Android's unique capabilities to supercharge your app's social and messaging features. Get the latest information on browsing, playing, capturing, editing, and sharing media to make your app stand out.
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Communication and messaging
Ensure reliable message delivery, leverage messaging-focused notification and UI features, support emoji, stickers, gifs, and more.
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Media capture and creation
Capture media at the highest quality, leveraging features such as night mode and HDR. Browse local media. Edit, transform and transcode media, including custom effects, trimming, and cropping a portion of the video frame.
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Media display and playback
Display images and play back audio and video, supporting features like HDR, live streaming, and picture-in-picture. Support playback-centered UI features and media controls across devices and accessories.
Build modern messaging and social networking use cases
Build reliable apps that support the latest Android software and hardware features, making the most of form factors in an increasingly multidevice world.