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.

Java is one of the most in-demand programming languages in the world and one of the two official programming languages used in Android development (the other being Kotlin). Developers familiar ...

Android Game Programming by Example isn't focused on picking up a commercial game engine and writing scripts, it covers building 2D games mostly from scratch and dives into critical topics like ...

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 ...

Joel Murach in his latest book, Murach’s Android programming provides a comprehensive coverage of the various aspects involved with the development of Android apps.

Android app development is the process of creating software applications for devices running Google's operating system. They include smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, TVs, and car dashboards.

As the common myth goes, the average human utilizes only about 10% of the true potential their smartphone is capable of. Especially when it comes to electronics projects, it seems that we often ove… ...

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

Kotlin offers big advantages over Java for JVM and Android development, and plays nicely with Java in the same projects.

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 ...