Licensing Server News

It’s been reported that someone has figured out, and published, a way to hack some Android apps to bypass our new Android Market licensing server. We’ll be saying more on this, but there are a few points that deserve to be made right now:The licensing service, while very young, is a significant step... اقرأ المزيد »

A Little Too Popular

A couple of weeks ago, we arranged that registered developers could buy an unlocked Nexus One via their publisher page in Android Market. We think it’s a good development platform and a nice phone. Apparently, you agree. Somewhat too many of you, in fact; we blew through the (substantial) initial inventory... اقرأ المزيد »

Two Simple Questions

And the answers to them, posted here and there by senior Android engineers.How much memory is my app using?Over at Stack Overflow, our own Dianne Hackborn takes this up in detail. There's no simple answer, but Dianne does offer lots of useful information.How do I make a ScrollView behave?This one does... اقرأ المزيد »

Powering Chrome to Phone with Android Cloud to Device Messaging

[This post is by Dave Burke, who's an Engineering Manager 80% of the time. — Tim Bray]Android Cloud to Device Messaging (C2DM) was launched recently as part of Android 2.2.... اقرأ المزيد »

Nexus One Developer Phone

We've always offered unlocked phones for direct sale to registered Android Developers. As of today, the Developer Phone is the Nexus One, at a price of $529. To see the details or order a phone, you need to sign in to your Android developer account and click on the "Development Phones" link.The Nexus... اقرأ المزيد »

Best Practices for Handling Android User Data

Make sure that your app's listing includes a link to your privacy policy.By Nick Kralevich, an engineer on the Android Security TeamAs the use of mobile applications grows,... اقرأ المزيد »