Do you share the understanding of the direction in which development should proceed?

The development direction depends on goals and context, but overall, the following trends are important for Android development now:

• Transition to Kotlin as the main development language, due to its expressiveness and safety.
• Active use of Jetpack components to simplify architecture and improve app stability.
• Implementation of architectural patterns (MVVM, MVI) to enhance support and testability of code.
• Use of Coroutines and Flow for efficient management of asynchronous operations.
• Development of cross-platform development (Kotlin Multiplatform) for code reuse.

If you are just starting out, it is worth focusing on learning Kotlin and modern libraries, as well as understanding the basics of app architecture and asynchronous programming.