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Android Studio 3.2 releases with Android App Bundle, Energy Profiler, and...
Yesterday, Google announced the stable release of Android Studio 3.2 with a variety of new features and improvements. This version comes with 20+ features...
6 common challenges faced by Android App developers
The primary target for businesses while working on mobile apps is the Android platform, thanks to the massive market share the mobile operating system...
Google announces Flutter Release Preview 2 with extended support for Cupertino...
Yesterday, Google announced Flutter Release Preview 2, during the keynote of Google Developer Days in Shanghai. This is the final preview before the Google...
Google plans to let the AMP Project have an open governance...
Yesterday, Malte Ubl, tech leader in the AMP project at Google, announced that the AMP Project team is planning to set up an open...
Developers of Firefox Focus set to replace Android’s WebView with GeckoView
Yesterday, Mozilla announced that they will be releasing a new version of Firefox Focus for Android next week. This version will be powered by...
Google’s ‘mistakenly deployed experiment’ covertly activated battery saving mode on multiple...
Multiple Google Pixel phones experienced an automatic activation of the ‘Battery Saver mode’ today when their phone was almost fully charged. Reddit saw a...
Tor Project gets its first official mobile browser for Android, the...
The Tor Project released its first mobile browser on the Google Play Store, called the Tor Browser, last week. The browser is currently an...
Mozilla releases Firefox 62.0 with better scrolling on Android, a dark...
Yesterday, Mozilla released the latest versions of Firefox for desktop, Android, and iOS. The latest version for desktop and Android users is Firefox 62.0...
Google enhances Wear OS design, adds a Google Assistant feed and...
Last week, Google announced that they have made some enhancements in the Wear OS design to provide users a quicker access to information and...
Airbnb introduces MvRx, a new Android framework for easier, faster, and...
Yesterday, Airbnb open sourced MvRx (pronounced mavericks), their Android architecture. MvRx received an astounding adoption rate when it was first introduced to the engineers...