Build flexible layouts with FlexboxLayout

At Google I/O last year we announced ConstraintLayout , which enables you to build complex layouts while maintaining a flat view hier...

Get a sneak peek at Android Nougat 7.1.2

The next maintenance release for Android Nougat -- 7.1.2 -- is just around the corner! To get the recipe just right, starting ...

App Security Improvements: Looking back at 2016

In April 2016, the Android Security team described how the Google Play App Security Improvement (ASI) program has helped developers fi...

Introducing the ExifInterface Support Library

Posted by Ian Lake , Developer Advocate With the release of the href="https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/support-library/re...

Games authentication adopting Google Sign-In API

Posted by Clayton Wilkinson , Developer Platform Engineer Some changes are coming to Play Game Services in early 2017: Changes to Google API...

Android Wear 2.0 for China - Developer Preview

Posted by Hoi Lam , Developer Advocate Today at Google Developer Day China , we are happy to announce a href="https://developer.android...

Android Wear 2.0 Developer Preview 4: Authentication, In-App Billing, and more

Posted by Hoi Lam , Developer Advocate A key part of Android Wear 2.0 is letting watch apps work as standalone apps, so users can respond t...

Announcing updates to Google’s Internet of Things platform: Android Things and Weave

Posted by Wayne Piekarski , Developer Advocate for IoT The Internet of Things (IoT) will bring computing to a whole new range of devices. To...