The accelerometer is a hardware sensor used to detect a shake motion. William Francis shares the accelerometer code that he uses in his Android apps. Hardware, software, and the user are melding in ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...

Developing a game for Android can be difficult and time consuming. Fortunately, YoYo Games has created a tool that allows everyone, from complete novices to seasoned developers, to create Android ...

Android is the prime OS for developing applications in today for many reasons. The main reasons being that it is Open Source and Intuitive. In addition it uses Java for development, which is quite an ...

In part 1 of this series, Gary uploaded an awesome post and video explaining the basics of Java programming. Java is the official programming language of Android; so if you want to build fully-fledged ...

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Boyue has issued a firmware update for the Likebook Mars, that upgrades Android from 6.1 to Android 8.1. You can view the written instructions HERE, which also provides links to all of the files you ...

Shawn is a software engineer and a mobile tech degenerate by night. His daily drivers are a Galaxy S7 Edge and an iPhone 6S Plus. Veteran Android users, particularly those who stick to Nexus devices, ...