Last summer, Google launched Project IDX, its experimental web-based full-stack development environment with built-in support for Codey (Google’s version of GitHub Copilot) and Flutter (Google ...

Beyond being useful for native apps, IDX’s trio of previews allows web developers to simultaneously test their sites across Safari on iOS, Chrome on Android, and the desktop version of Chrome.

This change to private development doesn't come out of the blue—Android feels less open today than it did in the early days. For example, Google has been moving Android features from AOSP into ...