Google has confirmed to Android Authority that development of the Android operating system will soon fully happen in private. Currently, Google shares some of the work it does on the public AOSP ...

One of the key characteristics of Android is its openness, at least compared with Apple’s iOS iPhone software, but that is changing going forwards. Google has told Android Authority it will move the ...

In the coming weeks, Google will officially debut Android developer verification, which will require app makers outside the ...

Linux has emerged as a preferred platform for Android app development due to its stability, security, and the extensive range of tools and libraries available. This guide will walk you through the ...

Google wants to make app installations outside the Play Store more difficult if developers do not register. An open letter ...

Google is pushing development of Android 17: the second beta follows just two weeks after the first.

In an open letter to Google and the Android developer community, Keep Android Open argues that the new policy threatens ...

Third-party launchers are great, but the quality of experience has degraded over the past few years because of lots of changes to Android that have basically broken the experience. This has led ...

Apple's Swift programming language can now be used to develop for Android, and share code with iOS apps. Swift was launched by Apple in 2014 — although it had secretly been in development since 2010.