One of the awesome things about being an Android developer is just how accessible it is, in terms of how easy it is to get started and how easy it is to distribute apps to users. To me, it feels like ...

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

Smartphones and their apps are the new way of the world, and developers are lured by their increasing popularity. But with two major platforms — Apple’s recently upgraded and renamed iOS 4 and ...

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

It must be something really obvious and stupid, but I can't figure it out. Start Eclipse. Tell it to make a new Android project. Name it. Base it on one of the samples. Wait. Am presented with blank ...

The desktop Android version of Chrome offers familiar advantages on large-screen Android devices. The new version is not on the Play Store yet, available to developers, and lacks sync with Google ...

Google’s Android project, which lets outside developers build mobile software applications, is drawing interest. But Google has lagged on its offering; it’s not ready for prime time. Not even the ...

Google will restrict sideloading with developer verification. The move mirrors Apple's long-standing security approach. Android loses one of its last big differences from iOS. For years, one of the ...