Google for Brazil: Technology that serves people’s needs, wherever they may be
It's a constant challenge to ensure that technology works well for people with different needs around the world, especially where connectivity is limited and basic smartphones are the main gateway to...
View ArticleWear OS developer preview reenabling alarms and jobs for background apps
Posted by Hoi Lam, Lead Developer Advocate, Wear OS by Google From the outset of the Wear OS by Google developer preview, battery life has been a major focus area. When we talked to the developer...
View ArticleAn Update on non-SDK restrictions in Android P
Posted by David Brazdil and Nicolas Geoffray, Software Engineers In Android, we care immensely about providing the best experience to our users and our developers. With each OS release, new features...
View ArticleGoogle for Brazil: Technology that serves people’s needs, wherever they may be
It's a constant challenge to ensure that technology works well for people with different needs around the world, especially where connectivity is limited and basic smartphones are the main gateway to...
View Article#IMakeApps – Celebrating app makers worldwide
Posted by Patricia Correa, Director, Developer Marketing, Platforms & Ecosystems The Android developer ecosystem is made up of exceptional individuals with different backgrounds, interests, and...
View ArticleGoogle Play security metadata and offline app distribution
Posted by James Bender, Product Manager, Google Play In December last year we announced that we would be making updates to app security to help verify product authenticity from Google Play. We are now...
View ArticleGrow and optimize your subscriptions with new Google Play features
Posted by Larry Yang and Angela Ying, Product Managers, Google Play Subscriptions on Google Play continue to see huge growth, with subscribers growing over 80% year over year. At I/O 2018, we...
View ArticleBetter Biometrics in Android P
Posted by Vishwath Mohan, Security Engineer To keep users safe, most apps and devices have an authentication mechanism, or a way to prove that you're you. These mechanisms fall into three categories:...
View ArticleAndroid Things client library for Google Cloud IoT Core
Posted by Wayne Piekarski, Developer Advocate for IoT +WaynePiekarski @WaynePiekarski We're releasing a client library to make it easy to use Google Cloud IoT Core from Android Things devices. With...
View ArticleAndroid Studio 3.2 Beta
Posted by Jamal Eason, Product Manager, Android Starting today, you can download Android Studio 3.2 Beta. Previewed at Google I/O 2018, the latest release of the official Android IDE is focused on...
View ArticleConsent SDK removes limit of 12 ad technology providers
To support publishers in meeting their duties under the Google EU User Consent Policy, Google offers a Consent SDK. The Consent SDK is an open-source library that provides utility functions for...
View ArticleLaunching the Indie Games Accelerator in Asia – helping gaming startups find...
Posted by Anuj Gulati, Developer Marketing Manager, Google Play and Sami Kizilbash, Developer Relations Program Manager, Google Emerging markets now account for more than 40% of game installs on...
View ArticleCompiler-based security mitigations in Android P
Posted by Ivan Lozano, Information Security Engineer Android's switch to LLVM/Clang as the default platform compiler in Android 7.0 opened up more possibilities for improving our defense-in-depth...
View ArticleAutomating your app releases with Google Play
Posted by Nicholas Lativy, Software Engineer At Google I/O we shared how Google's own apps make use of Google Play for successful launches and updates and introduced the new Google Play Developer...
View ArticleA New Universal Music Player
Posted by Nicole Borrelli, Android Developer, Programs Engineer The Universal Android Music Player (or "UAMP") is a favorite on GitHub for music app developers with over 9,500 stars and 3,000 forks....
View ArticleImproving discovery of quality apps and games on the Play Store
Posted by Paul Bankhead, Director, Product Management, Google Play Every day, millions of people come to the Play Store to discover the best apps and games. As part of our continued effort to deliver...
View ArticleAndroid P Beta 3 is now available
Posted by Dave Burke, VP of Engineering Today we're rolling out Beta 3 of Android P, our next milestone in this year's Android P developer preview. With the developer APIs already finalized in the...
View ArticleCongrats to the new Android Excellence apps and games on Google Play
Posted by Kacey Fahey, Developer Marketing, Google Play Join us in congratulating the latest apps and games entering the Android Excellence program on Google Play. This diverse group of apps and games...
View ArticleWhat’s new for text in Android P
Posted by Florina Muntenescu, Developer Advocate & Siyamed Sinir Android Text Technical Lead In "What's new in Android P Beta" we mentioned two of the new text features in Android.. Now that...
View ArticleAndroid Emulator – AMD Processor & Hyper-V Support
Posted by Jamal Eason, Product Manager, Android Since the major revamp of the Android Emulator two years ago, we have focused on delivering a fast and feature-rich emulator to help you build great app...
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