Be Careful With Content Providers

The notion of a Content Provider is central to getting things done in an Android application. This is the mechanism used to expose many of...

Taking the Android Show on the Road

[This spring, the Android Developer Relations team (where I work, too) went on the road round the world with boxes of phones, their laptops ...

Multitasking the Android Way

[This post is by Dianne Hackborn, a Software Engineer who sits very near the exact center of everything Android. — Tim Bray] Android is fair...

More Blogginess

Hello everyone, and welcome to a rare (in this space) blog about blogging. My name is Tim Bray, and I’m the new editor of this Android Devel...

Android NDK r3

The third release of the Android Native Development Kit (NDK) is now available for download from the Android developer site . It can be used...

Speech Input API for Android

People love their mobile phones because they can stay in touch wherever they are. That means not just talking, but e-mailing, texting, micro...

Android at the Game Developer's Conference

Tuesday, March 9 marks the start of the 2010 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, and Android will be there ! There has been a lot ...