Android applications use a range of standard platform resources for designing and programming user interfaces. Android applications use classes in the Java language to implement various aspects of ...

There’s a silly little Android game making some noise on the Interwebs. It’s called Curiosity which is a 3D cube with something inside. The thing is, every single pixel on the cube must be clicked in ...

With version 0.9 of the software development kit, programmers get better compatibility with real Android phones due next quarter--but no Bluetooth interface. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 ...

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The Android mobile platform, originally based on a modified version of the Linux kernel, has created huge ripples in the mobile industry. After all, it is one of the most used mobile operating systems ...

The new software developer kit can be used to produce software for T-Mobile's G1 and other Android phones to come later. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, ...

Drag and drop your way to Android programming. MIT App Inventor, re-released as a beta service (as of March 5, 2012) by the MIT Center for Mobile Learning after taking over the project from Google, is ...

Apple's Swift programming language can now be used to develop for Android, and share code with iOS apps. Swift was launched ...

There are many reasons that you might want to start Android development. Building an app that will make you rich and change the world is only one motivation; others include learning to code, building ...

Google's recent moves in the mobile device market are aimed at a community more important than end users. Almost unnoticed in the flurry of Palm Pre, Research in Motion BlackBerry Tour and Apple ...

Mobile app development for smartphones is hot. This is no more prevalent than in the Android space where the activity level oftentimes is frenzied. However, when it comes to building a “real” Android ...