Android Developers

Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what’s new and notable in the world of Android development.

Android Dev Summit 2019 was truly one for the books! If you missed out on the 2 day event, check out this recap.

Allan Hsu of imeem talks about they built their Android app for imeem.

With the Play Store on Chromebooks gaining traction, developers need to understand how to build high-quality apps and content for the new form factor.

Take a look at the developer preview release of the new Google Drive Android API. This API enables you to write Android applications that uses Google Drive without breaking a sweat.

In this session you will discover why your application doesn't look the same across multiple devices and why your designer's mock looks different on your computer.

DEPRECATED. A new version of this video is here → goo.gl/hWAq6R We've introduced Android Jetpack!

In this session, we will provide an in depth tour of the Android development tools and take a closer look at everything new - along with tips and tricks for getting the most out of them!

Google Play Games on PC is growing rapidly and bringing an immersive cross-platform gameplay experience to players and developers around the world.

Get an overview of what's new in Android Studio for Android app developers, including demos and a presentation of relevant features that will accelerate developers' workflow on the latest Android

We've introduced Android Jetpack!

THIS VIDEO HAS BEEN DEPRECATED. New version here → goo.gl/WG2YaT We've introduced Android Jetpack!

Introducing AndroidX Media3, a new collection of support libraries for media use cases, and the new home for ExoPlayer.

With Android Studio 3.0+ the default tool-chain includes support for many of these Java 8 language features and usage of the jack tool-chain is deprecated.

Kotlin on Android has been moving at a whirlwind pace in the last year, with major improvements in APIs, build tools, and performance.

Hear +WaynePiekarski (Wayne Piekarski) and +ryanseys1 (Ryan Seys) talk about bringing your Android app to Android TV in minutes.

Users want content. Android TV offers a wide variety of paths through which apps can surface their prime content directly to the user, regardless of whether or not the user is in the app already.

Using AppBarLayout and Toolbar, your App Bar can be more than a fixed ActionBar: becoming part of your layout and reacting to scrolling.

App Links is a new feature of Android Marshmallow that brings a faster way of opening website links for domains that you own.

Join Nick Butcher and Roman Nurik for a live show as they discuss various elements of Android Design.

You know what screams out “This app is slow” ? A spinner. Especially one that sits around mocking the user while the activity behind it is trying to load UI data.

Join us for day one of the Android Dev Summit 2018! This livestream covers Theater 1. Tune in for deep technical sessions with the Android engineering team.

This week we’re starting a new series of videos and articles for Modern Android Development Skills on Motion Layout.

In this episode, Developer Advocate Murat Yener will dive into a highly requested feature, multiple back stack support for Navigation. Blog post version → goo.gle/3gq2PJm Repo → goo.

How to create custom Window animations to animate between different sub-activities. developer.android.com/shareables/devbytes/WindowAnimations.zip

Dive into what's new and learn the best practices for working with Navigation, given the changes in the Navigation Architecture Component since its first 1.0 alpha.

ProGuard keep rules are the super power in reducing application size. Correctly specified, they allow tools to remove unneeded code and obfuscate applications. But what exactly do these rules mean?

Services are an integral component of almost every android application. But the functionality they provide comes with a drain on battery and system resources.

Ever wondered how apps on your Android phone are made? Learn how with the Android Basics with Compose course which is geared towards beginners, including those who have never programmed before!