Android Studio 3.4 is available for download today on the stable release channel. The Android Studio team Project Marble released the Android version with over 300 bug & stability enhancements. Project Marble’s aim is to “focus on making the fundamental features and flows of the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) rock-solid.” There are three significant improvements in…
With over two billion active Android devices worldwide the Android security team is devoted to securing android devices to prevent lost time, revenue or essential data. The recently published fifth annual Year in Review report is geared towards updating customers, partners and Android users and includes the “many advancements that the Android Security and Privacy team has…
The wait is over, Android Pie 9.0 officially debuted today, “powered by AI for a smarter, simple experience that adapts to you.” Introduced earlier than expected, Android Pie 9.0 guarantees to “work better for you—the more you use it.” With features such as adaptive battery which prioritizes most used app battery usage, adaptive brightness which recognizes and…
Android Studio 3.1 was recently released with an emphasis on product quality and app development productivity. A number of new features have been added. Kotlin lint checks can now be run not only through the IDE, but also through the command line. Database code editing has been enhanced through SQL code completion in your @Query declarations, better…
With the arrival of Android Oreo, many new security features have been introduced. Among the security enhancements, “making it safer to get apps, dropping insecure network protocols, providing more user control over identifiers, hardening the kernel, making Android easier to update, all the way to doubling the Android Security Rewards payouts.” A new hardware feature, Android…
Six months ago, Android announced the programming language, Kotlin as part of Android’s family of languages for use in Android apps. Since its introduction the number of apps in the Google Play store using Kotlin has doubled: “Developers from Pinterest, to Expedia, to Basecamp — and many others — are finding their use of Kotlin…
Defined as a “large update focused on accelerating your app development on Android,” the new release of Android Studio 3.0 includes three significant features: “A new suite of app profiling tools to quickly diagnose performance issues, support for the Kotlin programming language, and a new set of tools and wizards to accelerate your development on the latest…
“Android Oreo superpowers, coming to a device near you.” Android 8.0 Oreo has finally arrived out of the cookie jar development training camp and is now “a superhero to have by your side.” I love Oreos, but this Oreo does more than crunch. Picture-in-picture allows you to see two apps at once. Notifications are now under control…