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Google re-branded the support Android libraries to AndroidX

It is important to note, you cannot mix AppCompat and Jetpack in the same project. You must convert everything to use Jetpack if you want to upgrade. The support library artifacts are being deprecated and all future development is going into AndroidX , so there's no avoiding this migration. Alan Viverette sums this up nicely: “There won’t be a 29.0.0, so Android Q APIs will only be in AndroidX” The stable release of 28.0.0 will be the final feature release packaged as android.support . All subsequent feature releases will only be made available as androidx-packaged artifacts. Below tips will give you a clearer transition path. The current version of AppCompat (v28.x) is exactly the same as AndroidX (v1.x). In fact, the AppCompat libraries are machine generated by changing maven coordinates and package names of the AndroidX codebase. For example, android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity is now androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity For a complete listi...

Understand Instant App in Android

Introduction  Instant apps is a new feature from Google on Android Platform.  Native Android apps, without the installation.  Access From Anywhere.  Works on the Latest Android Devices.  Slim down your application  Support deep linking and App links. Google recently released Instant Apps to developers as part of an effort to help kickoff the next big enhancement to the native app experience in Android. Instant Apps aim to help bring users into the best native app experience as quickly as possible by downloading only parts of an application when they need them . This makes it fast and easy to engage users with great mobile app experiences, even though they do not have the application installed on their devices . Access From Anywhere: Instant Apps are triggered by URL intents , meaning that they can be started from anywhere including, search results, social media shares, messages, beacons, NFC and other applications or even other ...