Android Developers

Watch the opening video from Google Play Playtime 2016 events showing successes from developers around the world.

You’ve spent time and resources getting users to download your apps, but what happens after the install? Learn how to minimize churn and keep families engaged with your content long term.

Papumba has a clear vision to grow a global business. Hear how they work with experts to adapt their games to local markets and leverage Google Play’s developer tools to find success around the world.

PlayKids has been at the forefront of the subscription business model since their inception.

Learn how 01Digital uses In-App-Purchases (IAP) to effectively monetize their apps while maintaining a safe environment for families.

Ensuring that your game is fair is critical to success. Find out how game developers Space Ape Games and Kongregate are achieving this and some ways Google Play can help.

Augmented reality offers the opportunity to engage users in ways never seen before.

Learn how successful developers keep their games fresh and engaging with Live Operations.

Google has been hard at work giving you tools and opportunities to grow your business in new ways.

Learn about Google's ongoing efforts enabling users around the world to seamlessly and safely pay for content.

Hear how Cartoon Network leverages their network to cross-promote new titles, acquire new users and keep them engaged through immersive experiences.

User growth isn't just about improving user acquisition. The key to sustainability is creating and delivering core product value.

Mobile news app La Matinale, by French publisher Le Monde, based in Paris, has a 6% higher subscription conversion on Android than on other platforms.

Stickers, GIFs and other rich content are available through soft keyboards in Android 7.1 and also in revision 25.0.0 of the v13 Support Library.

Learn about the new developer features of Android 7.1, available in the developer preview today, including launcher shortcuts, the commit content API for rich media in input methods, and more.

Android Studio: the official IDE for Android Android Studio provides the fastest tools for building apps on every type of Android device.

BabyBus, a developer of kid’s educational games, has over 150 million downloads in total and has 12 different language versions of the app.

Erudite, a language learning app which combines essential foreign language learning tools, now has over 1M downloads globally, with users from more than 200 countries.

As part of our ‘10 tips for success on Google Play’ video series, you can watch 10 best practices to help you develop and launch apps and games, which follow Google Play’s Developer Program Policies.

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Inovidea Magna Global, is the developer of PicMix, a photo and video editing app, which has now evolved into an interest based social media platform powered by content discovery and social commerce.

For documentation on all background optimizations, (including those after API 24) check out - goo.gle/2SO7gSf Check out the newer WorkManager library, which is built on top of JobScheduler

Founded in 2008, Elex Wireless is a Chinese game developer with popular titles, including Clash of Kings, which allows real-time live game play with people around the world.

Papumba is an educational games developer based in Argentina, with a vision to grow a global business.

Read the blog post ( goo.gl/TeBNLb) for all the details on building your own Quick Settings Tile, a new way for apps to add quick access to critical and/or frequent user actions.

Check out the newer WorkManager library, which is built on top of JobScheduler - goo.gle/2SLTK1A ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Read the blog post

One of the interesting parts about building an Android application is all the awesome configurations of screen sizes and form factors.

Android Studio 2.2 is now available for download in the stable channel, including the new layout editor, APK Analyzer, Test Recorder, Firebase Integration, C/C++ Improvements, and much more.

Virtual files are a new addition to the Storage Access Framework in Android 7.0 that allow apps to handle files that don’t have a direct bytecode representation - openInputStream() won’t work for

By now, everyone knows that APK size is an important factor when it comes to user acquisition. I mean who wants to wait 30 minutes to download some massive app on a 2G connection?