Developing Android applications seems like it should be fairly straightforward if you believe the glossy marketing by Google and others. It’s certainly possible to just follow the well-trodden path, ...

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Dallas was working on cars at a Honda dealership rocking a MyTouch 4G when Artem and the gang started Android Police. It was this very website that got him into Android in the first place — he'd sneak ...

As Android locks down sideloading, ADB may be the last way to stay in control. Here’s why it still defines Android’s open ...

Android's sideloading is not going away, but things are changing as Google has new requirements for developers.

Google is developing another Linux terminal app. The app runs a full Debian environment. Developers will be able to build Android apps on device. For some time, Android has had access to a terminal ...

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Google plans to move all development of Android OS behind closed doors so that the process will no longer be visible to the public. This change is a big shift for Android, which has long allowed ...

Roughly a year after the effort was announced, the Apple-developed coding language, Swift, has just launched support for Android.

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With the upcoming Android 17 upgrade, Google is introducing a new feature that many users have been missing for years: much ...