Google Supercharges Android Development with Gemini AI Tools

Google is also bringing along more AI capabilities with Nano Banana and Imagen. New Agentic capabilities are also coming to Android Studio, allowing devleopers to use Agent Mode to upgrade APIs. It ...

No Coding Skills? No Problem! Build Your First App with Vibe Coding

Learn how to build apps with Google AI Studio using vibe coding. Perfect for beginners, this guide simplifies app creation ...
IEEE

Refactoring Android Source Code Smells From Android Applications

Abstract: As technology advances and new features emerge, the demand for Android applications continues to grow, leading to rapid release schedules. These accelerated development timelines often push ...
The New York Times

Supreme Court, for Now, Rejects Google Bid to Block Changes to App Store

The emergency order is the latest turn in a longstanding legal dispute between the tech giant and the creator of the popular game Fortnite. By Abbie VanSickle Reporting from Washington The Supreme ...
TechSpot

F-Droid warns crackdown on Android app sideloading could kill open app stores

The takeaway: App sideloading has been a contentious issue since the dawn of mobile computing. Google is now taking a hardline approach, citing alleged security concerns, but a major app platform is ...
Liliputing

Lilbits: F-Droid warns that Google’s plans for Android could doom FOSS app stores, there’s a new Kindle jailbreak, and Microsoft is bringing “vibe working” to MS Office

Unlike Apple, Google has always made it relatively easy for users to install Android apps from sources other than the company’s official app store. But recently the company announced that it will ...
Ars Technica

F-Droid says Google’s new sideloading restrictions will kill the project

Google plans to begin testing its recently announced verification scheme for Android developers in the coming weeks, but there’s still precious little information on how the process will work. F-Droid ...
PC Magazine

F-Droid Warns Google’s New Rules Could Kill Third-Party Android App Stores

Google's upcoming requirements to verify app developers threaten to 'end the F-Droid project and other free/open-source app distribution,' F-Droid says in a post. When he's not battling bugs and ...
Road to VR

New Meta Developer Tool Enables Third-parties to Bring Apps to its Smart Glasses for the First Time

Today during Connect, Meta announced the Wearables Device Access Toolkit, which represents the company’s first steps toward allowing third-party experiences on its smart glasses. If the name ...
Android Police

Google mandates developers to support Android 16 QPR2's forced app icon theming

Rajesh started following the latest happenings in the world of Android around the release of the Nexus One and Samsung Galaxy S. After flashing custom ROMs and kernels on his beloved Galaxy S, he ...
Droid Life

Google Forces Android Developers to Support Custom Icons

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. For Android app developers that have been slow to adopt Google’s push for themed app icons, there’s no longer ...
The Verge

Windows developers can now publish apps to Microsoft’s store without fees

Microsoft has removed the one-time fees for its store, and developers no longer need a credit card. Microsoft has removed the one-time fees for its store, and developers no longer need a credit card.