Android MCP SDK with Jason Pearson

The Developers' Bakery

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!

Enjoy the show 👨‍🍳

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