Google Play Services: A Developer’s Playground
The Android operating system just got a lot more functional, and it’s all thanks to Google Play Services. In addition to streamlining the Google suite for Android users, this program gives developers...
View ArticleHTC One with Stock Android: The Virtue of Keeping it Clean
With so many different smartphones running on Android, it’s becoming harder to tell each device apart. It’s also becoming harder to recognize the core Android OS. HTC hopes to capitalize on this...
View ArticleGradle Brings Build Automation to Android
From lone workers in home offices to teams at large enterprises, Android developers are currently active on every scale. But with over 800 apps entering the Google Play store each day, the demand is...
View ArticleMobile Backend Starter Simplifies Android Development
When Google launched Mobile Backend Starter earlier this summer, they made it easier for Android developers to tap into cloud infrastructure resources including data storage, push notifications and...
View ArticleWill Android Studio end Eclipse?
Nearly all Android developers are familiar with the Eclipse integrated development environment (IDE), but Android Studio, currently offered in a preview version, may be the one to supersede Eclipse as...
View ArticleThe TI Sensor Kit and the Internet of Things
The fast-growing “Internet of Things” has pulled mobile operating systems like Android into everything from thermostats to light fixtures. Because the OS is open-source and freely available, you don’t...
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