With version 0.9 of the software development kit, programmers get better compatibility with real Android phones due next quarter--but no Bluetooth interface. Google on Monday released the first beta ...

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, ...

The Big Nerd Ranch Guide to Android is back with a fifth edition. It now covers Compose - but only just. You would have to be MAD to write a book on Android at the moment, but the Big Nerd guys have ...

Here's what Meta's developers have learned from moving their code base from the Java programming language over to Kotlin. Engineers at Facebook parent Meta have detailed their multi-year effort to ...

Apple's Swift programming language is now being officially extended to support Android app development through the establishment of a dedicated Android Working Group within the Swift open-source ...

I've been saying that Android development is a mess for a few years and as a result I don't write about it anymore, but I do still suffer the actual task. Now I seem to have some backup for my ...