The modern smartphone is a powerful little tool. But what makes it different from mobile phones of yesteryear is the capability to install third-party apps, letting users truly explore the machine's ...

Goodbye Eclipse, hello Android Studio 1.0. For months Google had warned Android developers that the official IDE for programming in Java against its popular mobile OS would eventually become its own ...

The Android SDK, short for Android Software Developer Kit, is arguably the most powerful software utility widely used by programmers who indulge in Android app development. The Windows version of this ...

At its big I/O conference, Google today introduced the Android Studio 1.3 Preview so mobile developers can begin to play with the new features coming in M, the next version of the Android OS. The new ...

One of the most important lessons I ever learned as a developer, although it took some time to sink in, was “don’t reinvent the wheel.” Understanding how to use libraries in Android Studio is a big ...

Find out what to look for in the latest version of Android Studio, including support for Kotlin, Java 8, and a wealth of new tools and plugins. If you’re new to Android Studio, this tutorial series ...

In a normal year, Google I/O would traditionally mark the release of a new version of Android Studio. While there hasn’t been a Google I/O event this year, the Android team has still seen fit to ...

In programming of any kind, it is traditional to create a Hello World app for your first project. This simply means you’re printing the words “Hello World” to the screen. It requires a very basic ...