Developing Android applications seems like it should be fairly straightforward if you believe the glossy marketing by Google and others. It’s certainly possible to just follow the well-trodden path, ...

Google Play is reaching out to many developers to tell them they need to adopt the privacy-preserving Android Photo Picker. Specifically, Google is contacting developers of Android apps that request ...

The best source for Android OS news. Co-host on the Android Faithful podcast. Your photos and videos are sensitive files that you probably don’t want apps to access without your consent. Unfortunately ...

Google has released the second Android 16 developer preview today. The new software lays the foundation for cloud search in the photo picker and much more. Android 16 DP2 is only available on Pixel ...

Google is planning a major change to the way it develops new versions of the Android operating system. Since the beginning, large swaths of the software have been developed in public-facing channels, ...

Google has released its second Developer Preview of the Android XR software development kit (SDK) following its initial release late last year, introducing new features and improvements including ...

Google plans to move all development of Android OS behind closed doors so that the process will no longer be visible to the public. This change is a big shift for Android, which has long allowed ...

Ultimate Summary: Google will start developing Android OS behind closed doors, starting next week. Not to be confused with taking Android closed-source, as Google will continue to open source the code ...