Posted by Shai Barack – Android Platform Performance lead Introducing Android support in Compiler Explorer In a previous blog post you learned how Android engineers continuously improve the Android Runtime (ART) in ways that boost app performance on user devices. These changes to the compiler make system and app code faster or smaller....

Posted by Robbie McLachlan, Developer Marketing In our latest film for #WeArePlay, which celebrates the people behind apps and games, we meet Michael and Shalom - a mother and son duo driven by a passion for sharing and teaching African languages. Discover how their app, Nkenne, goes beyond language learning—serving as a powerful tool...

Posted by Francesco Romano – Developer Relations Engineer on Android, and Fahd Imtiaz – Product Manager, Android Developer To empower tablet users to get more done, we're enhancing freeform windowing, allowing them to run multiple apps simultaneously and resize windows for optimal multitasking. Today, we're excited to share that desktop...

Posted by Diego Zavala and Jason Lucibello – Product Managers In 2023, we introduced Credential Manager for Android. Credential Manager creates a unified experience for passkeys, Sign in with Google, and passwords, allowing seamless sign-in and eliminating the need for users to type in usernames or passwords. Fig 1. Sample app showing...

Posted by Alex Vanyo – Developer Relations Engineer The 1.0 stable version of the Compose adaptive APIs with Material guidance is out, ready to be used in production. The library helps you build adaptive layouts that provide an optimized user experience on any window size. The team at SAP Mobile Start were early adopters of the...

Posted by Alex Vanyo – Developer Relations Engineer SAP Mobile Start is an app that centralizes access to SAP's mobile business suite, a hub for users to keep track of their companies’ processes and data so they can efficiently manage their daily to-dos while on the move. Recently, SAP Mobile Start developers prioritized building...