I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional ...

Android 16’s first Developer Preview is out, with the full launch set for Q2 2025. Test it now with Android Studio or wait for the Beta in early 2025. Editorial Note: Talk Android may contain ...

Over 80,000 developers from 181 countries have cast their vote on their favorite technologies and once again the Mozilla-hatched Rust programming language has come out on top. Some 86.69% of ...

Google will begin enforcing Android developer verification on Sept. 30 in Brazil and three APAC markets, changing how apps are installed. Google is preparing to make Android app installs a little less ...

The best source for Android OS news. Co-host on the Android Faithful podcast. First of all, it might surprise you to hear that Google is releasing Android 16 DP1 today. After all, the first developer ...

Google LLC today released the first preview version of Android 16, the next major version of its mobile operation system. Developer previews provide individual developers and teams a first look at the ...

JetBrains VP, Hadi Hariri shares the inside story of how Kotlin became the de facto programming language for Android and how the company built a developer community around it. If you can only read one ...

A preview version of Android 15, Google’s follow-up to Android 14, is available right now for you to download. The second developer preview, released today, brings several new features, including ...

Android has a number of Developer options built in that allow you to go beyond the regular user-facing functionality to get even greater control over your daily experience. Here are some of our tips ...

This post will explain the basics of Android development for beginners: the files you need, how to set them up, and how to launch your first project. We’ve written tons of tutorials and guides for ...

I didn’t see this coming, but Apple’s Swift programming language is now being officially extended to support Android app development. This is done via an establishment of a dedicated Android Working ...