It is now possible to bring the benefits of your app to your users wherever they happen to be, no matter what device they have near them. Today we’re releasing a reference sample that shows how to implement such a service with an app that works across multiple Android form-factors. This sample, the Universal Music Player, is a bare-bones but functional reference app that supports multiple devices and form factors in a single codebase. It is compatible with Android Auto, Android Wear, and Google Cast devices. Give it a try and easily adapt your own app for wherever your users are, be that a phone, watch, TV, car, or more!
Playback controls and album art in the lock screen.
The creators of Brothers in Arms 3, Gameloft has just released Dungeon Hunter 5, a new addition to their mobile hack ‘n’ slash franchise. The game is out now worldwide on the Google Play Store, and there’s an APK below for those of you who don’t grab it from the market.
Dungeon Hunter 5 is an action RPG that lets you play as a ‘common-guy’ bounty hunter following on from the events of Dungeon Hunter 4. You will be the owners of your own dungeon ‘hideouts’ in the new multiplayer mode, where you’ll aim to defend your loot whilst stealing from others.
This game is miles ahead of the last one. The whole game is improved, fusing and evolution is a great mechanic. If you played Diablo games and this game continues the game style on the more mobile format. And if you liked DH 4, this would knock your socks off! Way more thought into how you battle. A mix of final fantasy mixed with Diablo!
A free-to-play download for the Android, this sequel to Gameloft’s Dungeon Hunter series is packed with new animations ‘built from the ground up’, improved graphics, and all-new weapons and effects. Here's a quick look at the features of the game: • Single-Player Campaign • Cooperative Gameplay • Asynchronous Multiplayer • Craft your own gear with no restrictions • Five Elements to master • Daily and Weekly Events • Unrivaled Hack 'n' Slash Action • Superior Graphics
While the game is free to download and play, be aware that it also contains in-game purchases. You can also download Dungeon Hunter 5 APK via the download link below.
Yesterday we announced Android 5.1, an updated version of the Android Lollipop platform that improves stability, provides better control of notifications, and increases performance. As a part of the Lollipop update, we are releasing the Android 5.1 SDK (API Level 22) which supports the new platform and lets you get started with developing and testing.
What's new in Android 5.1?
For developers, Android 5.1 introduces a small set of new APIs. A key API addition is support for multiple SIM cards, which is important for many regions where Android One phones are being adopted. Consumers of Android One devices will have more flexibility to switch between carriers and manage their network activities in the way that works best for them. Therefore you, as a developer, can create new app experiences that take advantage of this new feature.
Android 5.1 supports multiple SIM cards on compatible devices like Android One.
Updates for the Android SDK
To get you started with Android 5.1, we have updated the Android SDK tools to support the new platform and its new APIs. The SDK now includes Android 5.1 emulator system images that you can use to test your apps and develop using the latest capabilities and APIs. You can update your SDK through the Android SDK Manager in Android Studio.
For details on the new developer APIs, take a look at the API Overview.
Coming to Nexus devices soon
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be rolling out updates for Android 5.1 to the following Nexus devices: Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 7 [2012], Nexus 7 [2012] (3G), Nexus 7 (2013), Nexus 7 [2013] (3G/LTE), Nexus 9, Nexus 9 (LTE), Nexus 10, and Nexus Player.
Next Steps
As with all Android releases, it’s a good idea to test your apps on the new platform as soon as possible. You can get started today using Android 5.1 system images with the emulator that’s included in the SDK, or you can download an Android 5.1 Nexus image and flash the system image to your Nexus device.
If you have not had a chance to update your app to material design, or explore how your app might work on Android Wear, Android TV, or even Android Auto, now is a good time to get started with the Android 5.1 SDK update.
VSCO Cam has just received an update to version 3.2, bringing with it Copy + Paste batch photo editing feature that makes your life easier by making it seamless to edit photos in batches. The new VSCO cam also comes with a new ability to import tiff image files and fixed various issues. You can download the latest version from the Play Store.
VSCO Cam is by far one of the best apps on the Google play store that feels like an actual real photographic tool. This is the natural style of an app for mobile with the smartest filters and features for those enthusiastic phone photographers, good for editing film photography as well. Instead of providing weird ways to mangle your photos, VSCO helps you make them prefects, even understanding the foibles of different phones' mediocre cameras. That is awesome when you had the best captured photos moments you can share your vibes with this cool thing.
Contains lots of additional effects that can be added to a picture. Ideal for mobile photographers, especially for those who want complete control of their pictures. If you can't grab the new version on the Google Play Store, you can download VSCO Cam APK version 3.2 below.
What do you think of this newly released update and do you like the changes VSCO has made Copy + Paste feature?
ZeptoLab made a new game other than another cut the rope or pudding monsters called King of Thieves for Android. The game is now on Google Play Store, and there is APK file below for those of you who don't download it on the market. If you're a fan of unique puzzle-platformer game, then this new Android mobile game may just appeal to you.
King of Thieves is a strategy game that lets you keep your own base safe and creating defenses to best protect your stash of gold and gems. The game may be from the same folks behind Cut the Rope, but the gameplay couldn’t be any more different. The gameplay is a whole lot of fun which you have to dodge traps and steal gold from other players.
Here's a quick look at the features of the game, which you can play on Android phone and tablet: • STEAL SHINY THINGS. Collect gold and gems from other players to become the wealthiest thief in the world! • DEFEND YOUR LOOT. Design your dungeons and watch other thieves getting into your traps. Muhaha! • CLAIM THE THRONE. Compete with other players worldwide, leaving your rivals on the bottom of leaderboards. • GET CRAFTY. Create new outfits for your character. The most nifty thieves should look really cool! • TRAVEL AND EXPLORE. Test your agility through 80 single-mode levels or dive into the underground world of user generated content. • CREATE AND JOIN GUILDS. Find reliable allies to stand against hostile guilds of thieves!
King of Thieves is available for free download and play, though there are in-app purchases as well. There's still the time gates and energy mechanics as in every other freemium game, but under that is a solid game. It plays like a mix of cannabalt, super meat boy, and boss monster. You can download APK below and install it directly to your mobile device.
SimCity BuildIt for Android brings the first major update in the Google Play Store. Following version 1.2.26.22754, this simulation game brings new buildings with various upgrade levels, you can now bring your city to life with the all-new Tokyo Town. Just in case the app isn't available in your area yet, you can download the latest version SimCity BuildIt APK file below.
Developed by Electronic Arts, SimCity BuildIt is an urban simulation game that allows players to create a dream city while also dealing with all of the problems that come with it. This game is the greatest game on the app store right now, and it has the look and feel of the latest SimCity PC reboot. The game is free to download and play with offers in-app purchases to buy "SimCash".
You really kick those other 2D city building game with this good update. Here's what's new and improved in the new SimCity BuildIt Android app update: • Tokyo Town Buildings – Add flair to your city. • An International Airport – Ship cargo and earn Tokyo Town items • Himeji Castle – Build the Tokyo landmark in your city. • Hot air balloons and blimps that fill the sky! • A new Mailbox to receive rewards, gifts, and game update news.
What do you think of this newly released update and do you like the changes EA has made Tokyo Town Update?
Today, we’re bringing you new tools to build better apps with the completion of the rollout of Google Play services 7.0. With this release, we’re delivering improvements to location settings experiences, a brand new API for place information, new fitness data, Google Play Games, and more.
Location Settings Dialog
While the FusedLocationProviderApi combines multiple sensors to give you the optimal location, the accuracy of the location your app receives still depends greatly on what settings are enabled on the device (e.g. GPS, wifi, airplane mode, etc). In Google Play services 7.0, we’re introducing a standard mechanism to check that the necessary location settings are enabled for a given LocationRequest to succeed. If there are possible improvements, you can display a one touch control for the user to change their settings without leaving your app.
This API provides a great opportunity to make for a much better user experience, particularly if location information is critical to the user experience of your app such as was the case with Google Maps when they integrated the Location Settings dialog and saw a dramatic increase in the number of users in a good location state.
Places API
Location can be so much more than a latitude and longitude: the new Places API makes it easy to get details from Google’s database of places and businesses. The built-in place picker makes it easy for the user to pick their current place and provides all the relevant place details including name, address, phone number, website, and more.
If you prefer to provide your own UI, the getCurrentPlace() API returns places directly around the user’s current location. Autocomplete predictions are also provided to allow a low latency search experience directly within your app.
You can also manually add places with the addPlace() API and report that the user is at a particular place, ensuring that even the most explorative users can input and share their favorite new places.
The Places API will also be available cross-platform: in a few days, you’ll be able to apply for the Places API for iOS beta program to ensure a great and consistent user experience across mobile platforms.
Google Fit
Google Fit makes building fitness apps easier with fitness specific APIs on retrieving sensor data like current location and speed, collecting and storing activity data in Google Fit’s open platform, and automatically aggregating that data into a single view of the user’s fitness data.
In Google Play services 7.0, the previous Fitness.API that you passed into your GoogleApiClient has now been replaced with a number of APIs, matching the high level set of Google Fit Android APIs:
SENSORS_API to access raw sensor data via SensorsApi
HISTORY_API for inserting, deleting, or reading data via HistoryApi
SESSIONS_API for managing sessions via SessionsApi
BLE_API to interact with Bluetooth Low Energy devices via BleApi
CONFIG_API to access custom data types and settings for Google Fit via ConfigApi
This change significantly reduces the memory requirement for Google Fit enabled apps running in the background. Like always, apps built on previous versions of Google Play services will continue to work, but we strongly suggest you rebuild your Google Fit enabled apps to take advantage of this change.
Having all the data can be an empowering part of making meaningful changes and Google Fit is augmenting their existing data types with the addition of body fat percentage and sleep data.
Google Play Games
Announced at Game Developers Conference (GDC), we’re offering new tools to supercharge your games on Google Play. Included in Google Play services 7.0 is the Nearby Connections API, allowing games to seamlessly connect smartphones and tablets as second-screen controls to the game running on your TV.
App Indexing
App Indexing lets Google index apps just like websites, enabling Google search results to deep-link directly into your native app. We've simplified the App Indexing API to make this integration even easier for you by combining the existing view()/viewEnd() and action()/end() flows into a single start() and end() API.
Changes to GoogleApiClient
GoogleApiClient serves as the common entry point for accessing Google APIs. For this release, we’ve made retrieval of Google OAuth 2.0 tokens part of GoogleApiClient, making it much easier to request server auth codes to access Google APIs.
SDK Now Available!
You can get started developing today by downloading the Google Play services SDK from the Android SDK Manager.
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