Support for 100MB APKs on Google Play
Posted by Kobi Glick, Google Play team Smartphones are powerful devices that can support diverse tasks from graphically intensive games to helping people get work done from anywhere. We understand that...
View ArticleTap to the Red Carpet
Last week, we announced the US rollout of Android Pay. To celebrate our launch, we’re giving one lucky winner plus three of their friends a VIP trip to Mexico City that includes four seats at the...
View ArticleS’more to love across all your screens
(Cross posted on the Official Google Blog)From your watch to your phone to your TV, we want to help you stay connected, entertained and informed across all your screens. Today we’re introducing a few...
View ArticleAndroid 6.0 Marshmallow coming to devices soon
Posted by, Dave Burke, VP of Engineering, Android Starting next week, Android 6.0 Marshmallow will begin rolling out to supported Nexus devices around the world, including Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 7...
View ArticleCommitting to RCS, the latest standard in carrier messaging
Mobile messaging has never been more central to people’s lives, and there is an incredible amount of innovation happening with chat applications across the mobile ecosystem. SMS carrier messaging is...
View ArticleAndroid Studio 1.4
Posted by, Jamal Eason, Product Manager, Android Today we are releasing the 1.4 update to the Android Studio stable release channel. Most of the work and enhancements for Android Studio 1.4 are under...
View ArticleHow Google Cloud Messaging handles Doze in Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Posted by, Laurence Moroney, Developer Advocate Android 6.0 Marshmallow introduces a new power saving feature called ‘Doze’. A device enters Doze when the user leaves it unplugged and stationary for a...
View ArticleGet ready for Fall TV on Android TV
More apps for you to enjoy We can't guarantee Carrie Mathison will capture Haqqani. We’re not sure what groundbreaking global issues VICE will cover. And we can’t tell you if Sheldon and Amy will get...
View ArticleA note on ad size and mediating smart banners
Smart banners are a handy thing for publishers. You can drop an AdMob smart banner into a layout or storyboard, and it’ll stretch or squeeze itself at runtime until it’s just the right size for the...
View ArticleInside Android’s Easter Egg Tradition
Posted by, Natalie Hammel, ½ of Nat & Lo’s 20% Project A bit more than five years ago, I got my first smartphone. It was the Nexus One. And I didn’t know it at the time, but it was hiding a zombie...
View ArticleGet ready for the sweet taste of Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Today we’re starting to roll out Android 6.0 Marshmallow to Nexus users. Of course, the new Nexus 5X and 6P will ship with Android 6.0, straight from the factory. Android Marshmallow is the sweetest,...
View ArticleIn-app translations in Android Marshmallow
Posted by, Barak Turovsky, Product Lead, Google Translate Google Translate is used by more than 500 million people every month, translating more than 100 billion words every single day. Beginning this...
View ArticleKeep users’ content safe with Google Drive
Posted by Dan McGrath, Product Manager, Drive SDK & Partnerships Chances are, you’re developing an app that creates or manages data. And chances are, your users really care about that content — be...
View ArticleWatch Google Play’s Playtime event: How to find success for your app or game...
Posted by Lily Sheringham, The Google Play team Google Play has kicked off its annual event series Playtime, which is running in 12 countries globally. Playtime offers developers the opportunity to...
View ArticleBringing Google Cardboard and VR to the world
Originally posted on the Google Developers Blog Posted by Brandon Wuest, Software Engineer & Stereoscopic Sightseer Google Cardboard is bringing virtual reality worldwide. Starting today, the...
View ArticleGoogle Play Developer Console introduces Universal App Campaigns and User...
Posted by Frederic Mayot, Google Play team At Google I/O in May, we previewed some new and powerful tools to help you further grow your business and improve decision making based on smarter insights on...
View ArticleAndroid Support Library 23.1
Posted by Ian Lake, Developer Advocate The Android Support Library is a collection of libraries available on a wide array of API levels that help you focus on the unique parts of your app, providing...
View ArticleGame Performance: Vertex Array Objects
Posted by Shanee Nishry Previously, we showed how you can use vertex layout qualifiers to increase the performance and determinism of your OpenGL application. In this post, we’ll show another useful...
View ArticleIntroducing the Tech Entrepreneur Nanodegree
Originally posted on Google Developers Blog Posted by Shanea King-Roberson, Program Manager As a developer, writing your app is important. But even more important is getting it into the hands of users....
View ArticleAndroid Developer Story: RogerVoice takes advantage of beta testing to launch...
Posted by Lily Sheringham, Google Play team RogerVoice is an app which enables people who are hearing impaired to make phone calls through voice recognition and text captions. Founded by Olivier...
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