Source: Streamlining the developer experience for instant games from Android Developer Posted by Vlad Zavidovych, Software Engineer; Artem Yudin, Software Engineer Google Play Instant enables people to experience your game or app natively without having to go through a…
Alternative input methods for Android TV
Source: Alternative input methods for Android TV from Android Developer Posted by Benjamin Baxter, Developer Advocate and Bacon Connoisseur All TVs have the same problem with keyboard input: It is very cumbersome to hunt and peck for each letter…
Streaming support spec for hearing aids on Android
Source: Streaming support spec for hearing aids on Android from Android Developer Posted by Seang Chau, Vice President, Engineering According to the World Health Organization1, around 466 million people worldwide have disabling hearing loss. This number is expected to…
Updating Wear OS Google Play Store policy to increase app quality
Source: Updating Wear OS Google Play Store policy to increase app quality from Android Developer Posted by Hoi Lam, Lead Developer Advocate, Wear OS by Google Today we are announcing a new initiative to improve Wear app quality and…
Google releases source for Google I/O 2018 for Android
Source: Google releases source for Google I/O 2018 for Android from Android Developer Posted by Shailen Tuli, DPE Today we’re releasing the source code for the official Google I/O 2018 for Android app. The 2018 version constitutes a comprehensive…
Looking forward with Google Play
Source: Looking forward with Google Play from Android Developer Posted by Purnima Kochikar, Director, Google Play, Apps & Games On Monday we released Android 9 Pie. As we continue to push the Android platform forward, we’re always looking to…
Meet the first Indie Games Accelerator class
Source: Meet the first Indie Games Accelerator class from Android Developer Posted by Vineet Tanwar, Business Development Manager, Google Play In June, we announced the Indie Games Accelerator, a new four month program to help indie game startups from…
Android Pie SDK is now more Kotlin-friendly
Source: Android Pie SDK is now more Kotlin-friendly from Android Developer Posted by James Lau, Product Manager (@jmslau) When using the Java programming language, one of the most common pitfalls is trying to access a member of a null…
Introducing Android 9 Pie
Source: Introducing Android 9 Pie from Android Developer Posted by Dave Burke, VP of Engineering After more than a year of development and months of testing by early adopters, we’re ready to launch Android 9 Pie, the latest release…
Supporting display cutouts on edge-to-edge screens
Source: Supporting display cutouts on edge-to-edge screens from Android Developer Posted By Megan Potoski, Product Manager, Android System UI Smartphones are quickly moving towards smaller bezels and larger aspect ratios. On these devices, display cutouts are a popular way…