Android
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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 apps. Some of the highlights include:Enhancements for game development: To …
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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 a…
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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-P…
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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; your concerns in this area vastly outweighed whatever issues might be bothering y…
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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 important to proactively work at breaking through the clutter (hooray for ma…
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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, that this is an opportunity to lecture sternly on one of my favorite subject…
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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 the Market on the (insert device name here)?” and “How can I prepare…
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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 ap…
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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 expand into many countries. This widespread adoption has brought with it growin…
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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 for two reasons:To talk about Android and the emerging mobile opportunities fo…