More Payment Options in Android Market

[This post is by Eric Chu, Android Developer Ecosystem. —Dirk Dougherty]A key to a great purchasing experience is providing users with simple and fast payment methods. The... اقرأ المزيد »

It’s not “rooting”, it’s openness

[This post is by Nick Kralevich, an engineer on the Android Security Team. — Tim Bray]“Nexus S has been rooted, let the madness commence!” proclaims Engadget. “This is... اقرأ المزيد »

Android Browser User-Agent Issues

[This post is by Bart Sears, who manages the Android Browser team. —Tim Bray]This posting describes some issues when browsing websites with mobile variants using large-form-factor... اقرأ المزيد »

Analytics for Android Apps

[This post is by Alexander Lucas, an Android Developer Advocate bent on saving the world 5 minutes. —Tim Bray]With the addition of custom variables to the Mobile Analytics... اقرأ المزيد »

StrictMode API for Built-In Performance Monitoring

[This post is by Brad Fitzpatrick, an Android Software Engineer who worries unreasonably about responsiveness. —Tim Bray]Back StoryOne great thing about Google is “20%... اقرأ المزيد »

Android Market Client Update

[This post is by Eric Chu, Android Developer Ecosystem. —Dirk Dougherty]The Android Market engineering team has been hard at work on improving the Android Market experience... اقرأ المزيد »

Saving Data Safely

With the advent of Gingerbread, we’re going to be running a series of posts in this space about the aspects of Android 2.3 that developers should care about. One thing that... اقرأ المزيد »

Android 2.3 Platform and Updated SDK Tools

Today we're announcing a new version of the Android platform — Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It includes many new platform technologies and APIs to help developers create great... اقرأ المزيد »

Content Rating for Android Market

[This post is by Eric Chu, Android Developer Ecosystem. —Tim Bray]Providing users with more information about applications on Android Market has been a top request from Android users. Starting in a few weeks, we will be showing content ratings for all applications on Android Market. This new capability... اقرأ المزيد »

Market Housekeeping Alert

We’ve had quite a bit of discussion in this space recently about how to make sure that your app is visible in Android Market to any device that can run it, and only to those devices. In particular, check out two recent pieces by Reto Meier, Future-Proofing Your App and The Five Steps to Future Hardware... اقرأ المزيد »

Android Market Action

Almost instantly after I joined Google, it became obvious to me that the number-one area where Android developers wanted to see action and progress was in Android Market;... اقرأ المزيد »

Improving App Quality

[This post is by Roman Nurik, who is passionate about icons. —Tim Bray]With thousands of new apps being published in Android Market every week, it’s becoming more and more... اقرأ المزيد »

Traceview War Story

I recently took my first serious look at Traceview, and it occurred to me, first, that there are probably a few other Android developers who haven’t used it and, second,... اقرأ المزيد »

The Five Steps to Future Hardware Happiness

[This post is by Reto Meier AKA @retomeier, who wrote the book on Android App development. —Tim Bray]Two questions I regularly get asked are “Why isn’t my app visible on... اقرأ المزيد »

Android Market New Country Roll-out Details

[This post is by the Android Market team. — Tim Bray]Last week, we announced that over the next two weeks, users in 18 additional countries would gain the ability to purchase paid apps from Android Market. Effective today, users can now see paid apps in Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic,... اقرأ المزيد »

More Countries, More sellers, More buyers

[This post is by Eric Chu, Android Developer Ecosystem. — Tim Bray]Since we launched Android and Android Market, we have seen the population of Android users and devices... اقرأ المزيد »

Reflections on G-Kenya

[This post is by Reto Meier AKA @retomeier, who wrote the book on Android App development. — Tim Bray]Recently I visited Kenya for the three-day G-Kenya event. I was there... اقرأ المزيد »