Developers must now agree to let their Android app icons be themed or they won't be allowed to distribute on the Google Play Store.

Google wants to make sideloading safer on Android by verifiying the identities of developers who distribute apps outside the ...

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Originally Android apps were only developed in Java, targeting the Dalvik Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and its associated ...

Developing Android applications seems like it should be fairly straightforward if you believe the glossy marketing by Google ...

Google released Android 13 in H2 2022. Among other changes, it shipped with themed app icons support, allowing apps to change their color to match the phone's wallpaper for a more consistent look.

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For Android app developers that have been slow to adopt Google’s push for themed app icons, there’s no longer a choice.

Developers at an open source company in Spain are leading an effort to boost PHP application development for Android-based phones. Called PHP for Android (PFA), the project supports Google’s Scripting ...

Scheduled for rollout starting in September 2026, the program aims to restrict malware distribution by requiring developer verification ...