How an Android developer in Guatemala advocates for women through the Google...
Posted by Rodrigo Akira Hirooka, Regional Lead, Latin America Getting acquainted with Android career options Cecilia Castillo loves mobile development. She’s confident that she’d be happy focusing on...
View ArticleHow a single Android developer improved Lyft’s Drivers app startup time by...
Posted by Mauricio Vergara, Product Marketing Manager, with contibutions by Thousand Ant. Lyft is singularly committed to app excellence. As a rideshare company — providing a vital, time-sensitive...
View ArticleAndroid GDE Maryam Alhuthayfi shares her passion for mobile development with...
Posted by Janelle Kuhlman, Developer Relations Program Manager For Women’s History Month, we’re celebrating a few of our Google Developer Experts. Meet Maryam Alhutayfi, Android GDE. The GDE program...
View ArticleGoogle Photos: How we used notifications to boost widget installs 10x!
Posted by Haoran Man, Niv Govindaraju, Rohit Sampathi, and Antriksh Saxena A new Photos widget featuring Memories As the home for your memories, Google Photos is loved by hundreds of millions of...
View ArticleGDSC India’s Android Study Jams Boost Student Career Outcomes
Posted by Tanvi Somani, Program Manager - Regional Lead, Google Developer Student Clubs, Google Developer Relations India Android Study Jams, hosted by Google Developer Student Clubs (GDSC) chapters...
View ArticleExpanding Play’s Target Level API Requirements to Strengthen User Security
Posted by Krish Vitaldevara, Director, Product Management Google Play helps our developer community distribute the world's most innovative and trusted apps to billions of people. This is an ongoing...
View ArticleAsk a Techspert: What’s that weird box next to my emoji?
A few months ago, I received a message from a friend that, I have to confess, made absolutely no sense. Rows of emoji followed by different boxes — like this — appeared…so I sent back a simple...
View ArticleHow is Dev Library useful to the open-source community?
Posted by Ankita Tripathi, Community Manager (Dev Library) Witnessing a plethora of open-source enthusiasts in the developer ecosystem in recent years gave birth to the idea of Google’s Dev Library....
View ArticleThings to know from the 2022 Android App Excellence Summit
Posted by The Google Play Team Creating a consistent and intuitive user experience is more important than ever to grow your audience and scale your business. To help you, Google Play, Android, and...
View ArticleTwitter going all in on Jetpack Compose for feature development: greater...
Posted by The Android Team As one of the most widely used social media platforms, Twitter is always hunting for ways to better connect its users. At the same time, in order to efficiently build new...
View ArticleAdmins can now specify how individual Android apps update within the Admin...
What’s changing Google Workspace admins can now specify how Android apps update, giving them greater control over how Android apps are deployed within their fleet. Specifically, admins can specify...
View ArticleGet more information about your apps in Google Play
We work hard to keep Google Play a safe, trusted space for people to enjoy the latest Android apps. Today, we’re launching a new feature, the Data safety section, where developers will be required to...
View ArticleThe Beta for Android 13 is out now: Android 13 Beta 1
Posted by Dave Burke, VP of Engineering It’s already April and we’ve been making steady progress refining the features and stability of Android 13, building around our core themes of privacy and...
View ArticleKicking off Google Play Coffee breaks, with Jimjum Studios
Posted by Leo Olebe, Managing Director, Games Partnerships, Google Play Today we are launching Google Play Coffee breaks, a new series where members of our partnerships team get together with apps and...
View ArticleThe first developer preview of Privacy Sandbox on Android
Posted by Fred Chung, Android Developer Relations We recently announced the Privacy Sandbox on Android to enable new advertising solutions that improve user privacy, and provide developers and...
View ArticleArchitecture MAD Skills series wrap up
Posted by Manuel Vicente Vivo, Developer Relations Engineer Now that our MAD Skills series on Architecture is complete, let’s do a quick wrap up of all the things we’ve covered in each episode!...
View ArticleLearn Android with Jetpack Compose (no programming experience needed!)
Posted by Murat Yener, Android Developer Relations Engineer There are many fulfilling opportunities found in Android development: from launching a career, expressing yourself in fun ways, working on...
View ArticleBuckle up: McLaren has a new Android and Chrome F1 race car
At this weekend’s Miami Grand Prix, I’ll be cheering on two of my favorite Formula 1 drivers — Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo — as they race around the track in McLaren Formula 1 cars fashioned with...
View ArticleeBay gets a 4.7 Google Play rating with tablet optimizations
Posted by The Android Team Investing in the user experience For eBay, the massive online marketplace used by millions of buyers and sellers around the world, providing an optimal user experience is...
View ArticleGoogle I/O 2022: What’s new in Android Development Tools
Posted by Juan Sebastian Oviedo, Senior Product Manager Today at Google I/O 2022, we announced an exciting set of new features available in Android Studio Dolphin Beta and Electric Eel Canary, both...
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