This post is an introduction to Android app development for beginners. How to get setup and start your first Android project, and where to go from there!

Currently, developers who create “sideloaded” Android apps are exempt from Google’s verification requirements.

Scheduled for rollout starting in September 2026, the program aims to restrict malware distribution by requiring developer ...

Google wants to make sideloading safer on Android by verifiying the identities of developers who distribute apps outside the ...

The tech giant stresses that this does not mean developers can’t distribute outside of the Play Store through other app ...

Google has delivered updates for developers that improve adaptive UI design, AI‑assisted creativity, and faster iteration ...

Integrating AI into Android app development is making apps smarter and reshaping the way developers approach coding, design, and testing.

Developing Android applications seems like it should be fairly straightforward if you believe the glossy marketing by Google and others. It’s certainly possible to just follow the ...

With claims that sideloaded apps are 50 times more likely to contain malware, Google is tightening restrictions for ...

Although Android already has a sandboxed Linux terminal available, this Google model will be geared toward developers.