Version 4 brings finalized APIs and the final SDK for developers ... Long press on the "N" logo and instead of an Android version of Flappy Bird, you'll now get an "N" logo with "Namey McNameface ...

First up is a new logo! Android's last big rebranding ... such great backward compatibility is the "target API level" system, which lets Android apps declare the newest version of Android they ...

Android has long offered an Activity Recognition API that processes device sensor data with machine learning models in a battery-efficient manner. Google is now offering an Android Sleep API to ...

In this article, we discuss how to use a web API from within your Android app, to fetch data for your users. There are two major methods for retrieving data from most web services, XML or JSON.

Android has been leveraging the more efficient Vulcan API for many years. With Android 16’s new changes, Google is doubling down, requiring devices to support the new Host Image Copy feature.

The latest Android 16 beta has added an API that lets apps check if the user has enrolled in Advanced Protection. Advanced Protection is an enhanced security mode that beefs up account security ...

Staying true to that commitment, it seems Android Q may bring RCS capabilities to third-party apps with new system APIs. Android Messages is a solid application that has a lot of plus sides ...

By aligning more closely with device manufacturers' schedules and offering more frequent API updates, Google aims to foster faster innovation and improve the Android ecosystem for both developers ...

Google announced in a developer blog post last week that Credential Manager, a new Android-specific API for storing credentials like username and password combinations and passkeys, is going ...

Android Q Beta 2 is the first release to include this new MicrophoneDirection API, which allows for developers to specify audio capture from two directions (front or back), plus explicit external ...

Android was built on the core of open course software. This is why it chose OpenGL as its graphical API. The problem lies in performance. OpenGL is cross-platform and flexible, but it’s terribly ...