The Developers' Bakery

Android MCP SDK with Jason Pearson


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Today we venture in the world of AI with Jason Pearson and the Android MCP (Model Context Protocol) SDK, a new library that allows Android developers to build apps that can communicate with AI models more effectively.

While this library is still in its early days, this solution has a lot of potential to revolutionize how we interact and debug our Android apps. Jason is going to share insights from his with MCP and what it enables for Android developers: from layout inspections, to network debugging and potentially automating and simplifying UI testing for mobile apps!

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Show Notes
  • 00.00 Intro
  • 00.46 Episode Start
  • 01.16 Jason’s Introduction
  • 02.02 What is the Android MCP SDK?
  • 04.36 MCP Use cases
  • 08.19 Shipping MCPs in production apps
  • 12.32 Installing the MCP SDK
  • 14.36 Project Maturity
  • 16.21 Building a new mental model
  • 22.45 What got into building an MCP server?
  • 25.24 How does the MCP protocol look like?
  • 29.36 Which APIs from the MCP spec have you implemented?
  • 31.18 What’s next for the Android MCP SDK?
  • 34.49 The future of AI
  • 40.42 Futher reading
  • 43.55 Where people can find you online?
  • Resources
    • kaeawc/android-mcp-sdk on GitHub
    • Official Project Documentation
    • Mentioned Resources:
      • Why MCP really is a big deal - Model Context Protocol with Tim Berglund
      • AI Code Assistants for Android Engineers
      • @kaeawc on GitHub
      • @kaeawc on Twitter
      • @kaeawc.bsky.social on Bluesky
      • Jason’s Personal Website
      • Show links
        • Podcast Website
        • The Developers’ Bakery on Spotify
        • The Developers’ Bakery on Apple Podcasts
        • The Developers’ Bakery on Google Podcasts
        • @thebakerydev on Twitter
        • @cortinico on Twitter
        • ...more
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