Android Authority

Android 16 QPR1’s source code is nowhere to be found, but Google swears it’s coming

Google has delayed releasing the source code for Android 16 QPR1, worrying custom ROM developers who rely on timely AOSP (Android Open Source Project) updates. While Google typically publishes source ...
Android Authority

Sources: Here's when Google will release the Android 15 source code

AOSP stands for the Android Open Source Project, the public repository for Android’s source code. By releasing Android 15’s source code to AOSP, independent platform developers (i.e., those who build ...

Google's dev registration plan 'will end the F-Droid project'

The F-Droid project, which distributes open source apps for Android, will end if Google goes ahead with its plans to enforce ...

F-Droid project threatened by Google's new dev registration rules

F-Droid is warning that the project could reach an end due to Google's new requirements for all Android developers to verify ...
9to5google

Google says Android Open Source Project not being ‘discontinued’ amidst Pixel change impacting custom ROMs

With the launch of Android 16 earlier this week, Google did not release the Pixel hardware repos and device trees that are particularly important for custom ROM developers. This led to speculation by ...

F-Droid says Google’s new sideloading restrictions will kill the project

F-Droid has been around for about 15 years and is the largest source of free and open source software (FOSS) for Android. Because the apps in F-Droid are not installed via the Play Store, you have to ...
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F-Droid Warns Google’s New Rules Could Kill Third-Party Android App Stores

F-Droid issued the criticism a month after Google unveiled new rules to try and prevent Android malware from circulating, including over third-party app stores. To weed out cybercriminals and scammers ...