Supporting Google Play developers regarding local market withholding tax...
Posted by Gloria On, Program Manager, Google Play Many developers are increasingly focused on growing their businesses globally, and there were more than 94 billion apps downloaded from Google Play in...
View ArticleNew! Learn How to Build Android Apps with Android Jetpack and Kotlin
Posted by Dan Galpin Developing Android Apps with Kotlin, developed by Google together with Udacity, is our newly-released, free, self-paced online course. You'll learn how to build Android apps using...
View ArticleNew features to make audio more accessible on your phone
Smartphones are key to helping all of us get through our days, from getting directions to translating a word. But for people with disabilities, phones have the potential to do even more to connect...
View ArticleKotlin Is Everywhere! Join the global event series
Posted by Posted by Florina Muntenescu & Wojtek Kaliciński, Developer Advocates, Android Last week at Google I/O, we announced a big step: Android development will become increasingly...
View ArticleDark mode available for Calendar and Keep on Android
What’s changing Google Calendar and Keep will now support Dark mode on Android. Dark mode for Google Calendar. Dark mode for Google Keep. Who’s impacted End users.Why you’d use it Dark mode is a...
View ArticleWide Color Photos Are Coming to Android: Things You Need to Know to be Prepared
Posted by Peiyong Lin, Software Engineer Android is now at the point where sRGB color gamut with 8 bits per color channel is not enough to take advantage of the display and camera technology. At...
View ArticleCongratulations to the finalists of the Indie Games Showcase from Google Play
Posted by Patricia Correa, Director, Platforms & Ecosystems Developer Marketing Back in March we opened submissions for the Indie Games Showcase, an international competition for games studios...
View ArticleBuilding a safer Google Play for kids
Posted by Kanika Sachdeva, Product Manager, Google Play At Google Play, we’re committed to providing a positive, safe environment for children and families. Over the last few years, we’ve helped...
View ArticleGoogle Maps adds dish-covery to the menu
When you’re trying out a new restaurant, Google Maps already shows you how to get there, photos, reviews and ratings. But as you scan the menu, you’re probably wondering, “What’s good?” Now Google Maps...
View ArticleGoogle Play services and Firebase migrating to AndroidX
Posted by Doug Stevenson, Developer AdvocateLater this year, the Google Play services and Firebase SDKs will migrate from the Android Support libraries to androidx-packaged library artifacts. We are...
View ArticleImproved app quality and discovery on Google Play
Posted by Kosuke Suzuki, Product Manager, Google Play Every month, more than 2 billion users from over 190 countries visit the Google Play Store to browse and discover new apps and games. As part of...
View ArticleGoogle Pay launches new, dynamic features for Online Payments and Passes APIs
Posted by Stephen McDonald, Google Developers Engineer and Jose Ugia, Google Developers Engineer At Google I/O 2019, we shared some of the new features we’re adding to Google Pay and discussed how you...
View ArticleIndie Games Accelerator – Introducing class of 2019!
Posted by Vineet Tanwar, Business Development Manager, Google Play In April we opened applications for the 2019 class of Indie Games Accelerator, a program to help top mobile game startups from...
View ArticleAndroid Q Beta 4 and Final APIs!
Posted by Dave Burke, VP of Engineering Last month at Google I/O we talked about what’s new for Android developers, from new features in Android Q to the latest in Kotlin and Jetpack. With Android Q,...
View ArticleMoving Android Studio and Android Emulator to 64-bit versions
Posted by Sam Lin, Product Manager, Android With Project Marble, the Android Studio team focused our efforts on making the fundamental features and flows of the Integrated Development Environment...
View ArticleUse an Android phone for 2-step verification on iOS devices
Quick launch summary Earlier this year we announced the ability to use your Android phone’s built-in security key for two-factor authentication in G Suite.Now, you can use devices with Android 7.0+...
View ArticleGoogle Pay and PayPal expand their integration to give merchants more ways to...
Posted by Jose Ugia, Google Developers Engineer We’re thrilled to announce we’ve expanded our collaboration with PayPal to make payments easy and seamless no matter how or where your customers like to...
View ArticleGoogle Mobile Ads SDK for Android: How to migrate to v18.0.0
Earlier this week, Google Play services released a major update to many of its libraries to migrate all Android support library dependencies to Jetpack (using androidx.* packages). This includes the...
View ArticleAdvanced in-app billing: handling alternative purchase flows
Posted by Oscar Rodriguez, Developer Advocate When designing and developing an app or game, at some point you may ask yourself if you want to monetize it. If you choose to do so by selling products...
View ArticleIndie Games Showcase from Google Play – meet the winners!
Posted by Patricia Correa, Director, Developer Marketing We just wrapped up the Indie Games Showcase in Europe, Japan & South Korea! Back in March we started our search for some of the newest and...
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