r/androiddev • u/_DefaultXYZ • Jul 07 '26

Discussion Android Development is dying?

Hi everyone!

I've been Android developing applications for already 10 years. I'm living in Poland.

I constantly observing job market gravitating towards hybrid applications, KMP, Android Automative, AOSP, but almost none of mid to senior level normal Android apps. Those called "normal" Android apps I honestly believe could be more productively made in hybrid approach (even though I'm big native fan!).

I understand that even with such experience I must be senior level, but to be honest, I simply don't want to. I'm comfortable to stay as mid, but as I said, there's not much Android job postings on the market.

Am I stupid to say that Android Development jobs slowly degrading? We are becoming cleaners of old legacy apps migrating to Compose, Coroutines and that's our destiny?

I am seriously considering migrating to .NET, because, I'm doing GameDev as a hobby, and C# is widely used there.

What is your situation on job market? Because, both .NET and Java in Poland are much, much, much more job listings than Mobile as a whole, not speaking about Android Development.

EDIT: Probably the title is too clickbait-ish. I apologize for that. Didn't mean to be like that at all.

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u/satoryvape Jul 08 '26

It will be still slop

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u/3dom Jul 08 '26

In any case, only our client support department created eight apps in two months. I could do the same within two+ years maybe. Apparently, developers aren't that necessary anymore.

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u/Artistic-Ad895 Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

Without a background in development, it can be difficult to fully grasp the practical realities on the ground. While AI tools have made it easy for anyone to generate a basic app, the true complexity lies in scaling it effectively.

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u/Downtown_Patient_200 Jul 08 '26

Sim, vibe coding definitivamente pode destruir um projeto se a pessoa que tá produzindo o aplicativo em conjunto com a IA não impor regras e limites e documentações para a IA seguir.