Android Studio 1.4

Posted by, Jamal Eason , Product Manager, Android Today we are releasing the 1.4 update to the Android Studio stable release channel. Most o...

Android 6.0 Marshmallow coming to devices soon

Posted by, Dave Burke, VP of Engineering, Android Starting next week, Android 6.0 Marshmallow will begin rolling out to supported Nexus devi...

Support for 100MB APKs on Google Play

Posted by Kobi Glick, Google Play team Smartphones are powerful devices that can support diverse tasks from graphically intensive games to h...

Android Development Patterns: A Series on Best Practices for Android Development

Posted by, Ian Lake , Developer Advocate One of the benefits of Android development is the flexibility provided by the large number of APIs ...

Always-on Android Wear apps with the Google Maps API

Originally posted on the Geo Developers Blog Posted by Ankur Kotwal , Developer Advocate Some Android Wear apps are most useful when they ar...

Google Play services 8.1: Get ready for Marshmallow!

Posted by, Laurence Moroney, Developer Advocate With the rollout of Google Play services 8.1 finally finished, there’s a lot of new informat...

Google Play services 8.1 and Android 6.0 Permissions

Posted by, Laurence Moroney, Developer Advocate Along with new platform features, Android 6.0 Marshmallow has a new permissions model that ...

Introducing Android Developer Nanodegree in India with Udacity—1000 scholarships available

Originally posted on the Google India blog Posted by Peter Lubbers , Senior Program Manager, Google With a vision to transform India into a...

Telltale Games share their tips for success on Android TV

Lily Sheringham, Developer Marketing at Google Play Editor’s note: This is another post in our series featuring tips from developers finding...

New Android Marshmallow sample apps

Posted by Rich Hyndman , Developer Advocate Three new Android Marshmallow sample applications have gone live this week. As usual they are ...

Android Developer Story: Domain increases installs by 44% with Material Design and Google Play services

Posted by Lily Sheringham, Google Play team Australian developer Domain is part of a multi-platform property business, which provides searc...

New permissions requirements for Android TV

Posted by Anirudh Dewani, Developer Advocate Android 6.0 introduces a new runtime permission model that gives users more granular control o...

Play Games Loot Drop for Developers

Posted by Ben Frenkel, Product Manager Google Play Games Launched last March, Player Analytics is already becoming an important tool for m...

New Course: Android Design for Developers

Posted by Nick Butcher, pixel pusher What makes an app intuitive and easy to use? What makes it hard or frustrating? How can your app stand...

Chrome custom tabs smooth the transition between apps and the web

Originally posted on the Chromium blog Posted by Yusuf Ozuysal, Chief Tab Customizer Android app developers face a difficult tradeoff when ...