Android CLI: Build Android apps 3x faster using any agent

Article

• Google releases CLI so AI agents can build Android apps programmatically
• Claims 3x speed improvement; designed for agent-friendly tooling
• Collects usage telemetry (commands/flags only, no custom params)

Discussion

• antirez wonders if companies will finally stop shipping webview/wrapper apps
• Developers frustrated: why did Google need chatbots as excuse for sane CLI?
• Requests: Apple equivalent, easy app installation, ID-free publishing
• Flutter CLI seen as the real need; this welcomed but narrower

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