Android development starts with the Android SDK - a collection of tools needed to build any kind of Android app. Discover what's included and how to use it.

A tutorial on how to use a web api from within an Android app. We discuss JSON, XML and Android's AsyncTask.

It consists of the android.telephony and android.telephony.gsm Java packages. This official telephony API is fully documented in the Android developer reference guide, so I don't describe it here in ...

Android is the prime OS for developing applications in today for many reasons. The main reasons being that it is Open Source and Intuitive. In addition it uses Java for development, which is quite … ...

Android has been leveraging the more efficient Vulcan API for many years. With Android 16’s new changes, Google is doubling down, requiring devices to support the new Host Image Copy feature.

Android has long offered an Activity Recognition API that processes device sensor data with machine learning models in a battery-efficient manner. Google is now offering an Android Sleep API to ...

A new update heading to Android later this year means that apps that are over two years old will need to update their API target in order to stay accessible on newer devices. Currently, Android ...

Droid-Life points out that during Google I/O, Google and Qualcomm have announced updatable neural network API drivers, representing a new model that will roll out along with Android 12.

Talking of the latest update to Android (Version 5.1 of Lollipop rolls out)… Google has just officially announced the 5.1 SDK, which now represents API Level 22, to enable development and testing of ...