Lately we’ve been busy bees in Mountain View, as you can see from the recent release of Android 1.6 to the open-source tree, not to mention some devices we’re working on with partners that we think you’ll really like. Of course, the community isn’t sit…
I admit, I’ve been talking big about Google I/O in my last few posts. But I’m entirely serious: Google I/O is going to be the Android developer event of the year, no doubt about it. I want to take a few minutes to explain why.The most exciting aspect, …
Hi, developers! I hope you’ve heard about the early-look version of the Android 1.5 SDK that we recently released. There are some great new features in there, but don’t get too excited yet — some of you will need to fix some problems in your apps be…
For no particular reason other than to celebrate this particular Monday, I wanted to update developers on two Android-related news items.If you’re a developer who will be in the San Francisco Bay Area at the end of May, I hope you’ll join us at the 200…
Back in December, the Android Dev Phone 1 (ADP1) went on sale, giving developers access to unlocked hardware for their work. A few weeks ago, consumers with retail devices received an over the air update with the 1.1 release of Android. I know that man…
Hello, developers! As you may have heard by now, users around the world have started to receive updates to their Android devices that provide new features and functionality. You may also have noticed that the new update reports as “Android 1.1″. Appl…
We’re back in action after a Thanksgiving break filled with turkey, stuffing, and pumpkin pie. Now it’s the holiday season (at least, here in the U.S.) and we’re filled with good will toward developers. Today I wanted to talk about a couple things we j…
When we released the 0.9_r1 beta SDK, we mentioned that the Maps API included with Android would soon require an API key to function correctly and load map tiles. Part of the reason for this was that the Terms of Service (ToS) for the Maps API had not …
About this time last year, my colleagues and I were preparing for the first of the “early look” SDK releases. I remember being a little freaked out—November 12 was starting to sound awfully close! But I think I can safely speak for the entire And…
Earlier this week, we released a beta of the Android SDK. In the accompanying post, I mentioned that we had to remove some APIs from the platform for Android 1.0, and as a result they don’t appear in the 0.9 beta SDK, and won’t appear in 1.0-compatibl…
I’m pretty happy today, for two reasons. First, I’m happy because I get to let everyone know that we’re releasing a beta SDK. You can read about the new Android 0.9 SDK beta at the Android Developers’ Site, or if you want to get straight to the bits,…
Well, the submission deadline for the first Android Developer Challenge has come and gone, the apps are in, the judges are finished, and the waiting is over. We got a lot of great submissions, and I can tell you personally that the competition was fie…
Spring is on the way, and temperatures are rising. We’re no exception, and things are starting to heat up over here in Android-land, too.
The Android Developer Challenge deadline is approaching quickly. Wow, that’s strange to me. On one hand, we’ve…
Originally by Sung Hu Kim, Product Marketing Manager for Android, Google mobile team
As some of you may have heard, Wireless Week has chosen the Open Handset Alliance and Android for its Emerging Technology Award, noting that “Android’s potential pr…
As promised, there’s another Android event coming up – though a little closer to home this time. Our Android Advocates are heading to Boston for a Code Day that will be taking place on February 23. Registration is now open, but space is limited s…