In an open letter to Google and the Android developer community, Keep Android Open argues that the new policy threatens innovation, competition, privacy, and user freedom. Google’s planned Android ...

Building directly for Android beats creating web apps by a mile.

Android has always offered users far greater control over the software experience, whether in the form of baked-in features or additions through third-party apps available on the Play Store. Things ...

Currently, developers who create “sideloaded” Android apps are exempt from Google’s verification requirements. Google will soon require all Android app developers to verify their identities, even if ...

The Android team has announced that the Android Studio Meerkat Feature Drop is now stable. This release adds developer productivity enhancements, such as the ability to analyze crash reports using ...

Starting next year, Android will block the installation of apps from unverified developers, a policy that affects both Play Store and sideloaded apps. The new system requires Android to check if a ...

Google will begin enforcing Android developer verification on Sept. 30 in Brazil and three APAC markets, changing how apps are installed.