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### Social community resources

Find highlights, blogs, videos, and other community resources on building apps focusing on social networking and communication.

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## Featured codelabs

Tutorials to help you level up your social and messaging apps.  
[View all codelabs](http://developer.android.com/get-started/codelabs)  
[![](http://developer.android.com/static/images/spot-icons/playback.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw0Jeq42FNU)  

### [Get started with ExoPlayer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw0Jeq42FNU)

Create an ExoPlayer instance, integrate it with an app's activity lifecycle, create a playlist, play adaptive video streams, monitor playback state, and customize ExoPlayer UI components.  
[Watch the workshop](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw0Jeq42FNU) [Take the codelab](http://developer.android.com/codelabs/exoplayer-intro)  
[![](http://developer.android.com/static/images/picto-icons/target-audience.svg)](http://developer.android.com/codelabs/camerax-getting-started)  

### [Get started with CameraX](http://developer.android.com/codelabs/camerax-getting-started)

How to create a camera app that uses CameraX to show a viewfinder, take photos and analyze an image stream from the camera.  
[Take the codelab](http://developer.android.com/codelabs/camerax-getting-started)  
[![](http://developer.android.com/static/images/picto-icons/chat-bubbles.svg)](http://developer.android.com/codelabs/android-people)  

### [People: Conversations and Bubbles](http://developer.android.com/codelabs/android-people)

How to show conversational notifications as bubbles on Android11+. components.  
[Take the codelab](http://developer.android.com/codelabs/android-people)  
[![](http://developer.android.com/static/images/picto-icons/kotlin-friendly-sdk.svg)](http://developer.android.com/codelabs/android-direct-share)  

### [Direct Share to an Android app](http://developer.android.com/codelabs/android-direct-share)

Build an app that can display a list of contacts in the system Intent chooser dialog so you can jump directly into the app to make the sharing process quick and easy.  
[Take the codelab](http://developer.android.com/codelabs/android-direct-share)

## Latest Blogs

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## Latest Videos

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