Google did not get to hold its annual I/O developer conference this year. The event usually takes place in May and sees Google launch new features, OS updates, and even new hardware. But all that has been put on the back-burner because of the coronavirus pandemic, including, it seems, the Pixel 4a launch.

QR codes are all around us these days. Many offline products like flyers, some newspapers, brochures, posters, and billboards come with them to give you quick access to online resources without you needing to copy some long URLs. QR codes are also great for sharing contact information and Wi-Fi passwords. You need some software in order to read them, though. Luckily, these days most Android phones come with pre-installed solutions, so you don't have to download yet another app. There's also a lightweight website that does the job without trackers and ads, and some browsers even come with built-in scanners.

Android is synonymous with smartphones. It’s the most popular mobile operating system in the world, powering more than 2.5 billion active devices. However, a lot of people don’t know that the OS wasn’t originally designed for phones.

What might some Android apps be quietly doing behind the backs of their users? The answer, according to a succession of studies, is quite a lot, probably more than some users would be comfortable with if they knew about it.

Security experts are warning Android users about a particularly nasty strain of malware that's almost impossible to remove. Researcher Igor Golovin from Kaspersky has written a blog post explaining how the xHelper malware uses a system of nested programs, not unlike a Russian matryoshka doll, that makes it incredibly stubborn.

The idea of a parallax is to give the illusion of depth thanks to targets seemingly moving at a different pace. You have probably already noticed the …

In recent years, Google hasn’t exactly been known as particularly hospitable toward SD cards with regard to its Android operating system. This theme is mos... by Cody Toombs in Editorials, News

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In recent years, Google hasn’t exactly been known as particularly hospitable toward SD cards with regard to its Android operating system. This theme is mos... by Cody Toombs in Editorials, News

Android++ is a freely distributed extension and associated MSBuild scripts designed to enable Android application development within Visual Studio. Primarily for NDK based C/C++ applications, it also incorporates customisable deployment, resource management, and integrated Java source compilation.

New android 3D scanning phone project.

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I will never say it out loud enough: always do overwhelm your users with your mobile apps. One of the most important way to mind-blow your users is …

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Join Nick Butcher and Roman Nurik as they discuss various elements of Android Design. This week, we'll run through some common navigation and app structure anti-patterns we've observed during app review. You can find slides from this episode here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/+NickButcher/albums/5981768132040708401

 Use ProGuard to make your apps smaller and to obfuscate your code.

So what is the deal with FILL_PARENT and MATCH_PARENT anyways?

Push messaging enables you to deliver timely information to your app. This capability is often the critical component to creating a dynamic and engaging app experience.

If you use the new Gradle build system with Android (or Android Studio) you might have realized, that even the simplest Gradle call (e.g. gradle project or grade tasks) is pretty slow. On my computer it took around eight seconds for that kind of Gradle calls. You can decrease this startup time of Gradle (on my computer down to two seconds), if you tell Gradle to use a daemon to build. Just cre ...

We broke the news yesterday that Google was producing a prototype 3D sensing smartphone called Project Tango. We also broke down the capabilities of the..