This week, we released the first Developer Preview of Android 14. With this preview, we are creating new Android APIs for background work that behave more consistently across our entire ecosystem. Try it out, share your feedback with us, and start preparing for another strong release of Android!
Hundreds of thousands of developers learned Jetpack Compose
Thousands of Compose Camps were hosted around the world where developers networked with peers, and worked on coding projects to strengthen their knowledge of Jetpack Compose, Android's modern UI toolkit. See what Compose Camp participants got out of the program, and check out the learning materials to learn how to use Jetpack Compose.
Watch the latest MAD Skills video series to learn about Compose Layouts - components that lay out UI elements and Modifiers - which change the appearance and behavior of composables.
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Spotify is one of the world's most popular music streaming services, with 157 million active users ( as of December 2017 ) and over 35 million songs. Originally born in Sweden, it quickly gained popularity as it expanded outside of its home country. Frankly, it's hard to believe that Spotify hit U.S. shores almost seven years ago. For many who were accustomed to mainstays at the time like Pandora and iHeartRadio, Spotify represented something different. And to some of us, its disparity to those other services was off-putting. I was one of those people who was initially excited about it, then quickly became frustrated with it when I tried to use it like Pandora, which was my go-to back then. Fast forward to the very recent past and I decided to give Spotify another try — at the behest of Artem, no less. When I sat down to figure out how to best utilize it, I wanted to learn how to not only get going, but how to use Spotify to the best of its abilities in both the free ...
With Android tablets being... Android tablets, Chromebooks are quickly being adapted to fill the void. On supported devices , they combine the utility of Android apps with the flexibility of an adaptive (and productive) form-factor. The latest tweak, presenting Android-style Settings and Shortcuts apps in the launcher, further affirms the role Google's Chrome OS is set to assume. It's no secret, we're of the opinion that Chrome OS devices are set to displace Android tablets, and app-centric changes like these seem to imply that Google feels the same way. The changes were announced just earlier today by François Beaufort , Chrome evangelist and Googler. Shortcuts and Settings apps in the launcher on Chrome OS (above), former location for The Settings app was previously accessible via the 3-dot menu in the corner of most windows, or the avatar and icon-speckled menu to be bottom right. Since Android apps landed for Chromebooks, the Settings menu has had a d...
The daily firmware list is an elaborate one today and it has the Galaxy Note 8 on top. This is also quite a varied list so do go through it to see if anything new has popped up for your Samsung smartphones and tablets. Also take a look at this helpful tutorial to start flashing firmware updates right now. Enjoy! Device NameModelRegionVersionOS VersionBuild DateDownload Galaxy Note 8 (SM-N950F) SM-N950F VDC N950FXXS5CRJ6 8.0.0 29.10.2018 Download Galaxy A5 2016 [... Read More] #Google #Android #Smartphones #OS #News @ndrdnws #ndrdnws #AndroidNews
The Google Pixel 3 XL Teardown by iFixit we featured yesterday revealed the bigger variant offers a whole lot of glue and is a bit challenging to disassemble and repair. We were surprised by the AMOLED screen as it was made by Samsung–one of its biggest rivals. The smartphone isn't exactly our top choice right now but the premium flagship has potential. It has a smaller variant, the standard Pixel 3, that comes without a notch and obviously wide forehead and chin. The Pixel 3 teardown shouldn't be any different from the Google Pixel 3 XL teardown but iFixit was curious if the display is the same. The team opened the new Pixel and discovered the panel is from LG. That's an interesting fact because last year, the Pixel 2 XL had used a display from LG while the vanilla Pixel 2 screen was from Samsung. We're not sure if this is already the latest OLED screen technology from the other South Korean tech giant. Opening the third-gen Pixel 3 is the same as wit...