Public APIs Android Q will reduce its reliance on private APIs, says Google. Private APIs are generally available only to specific, approved organizations or developers.

Google has released the second Android P beta and the third developer preview. The preview includes final APIs and new emoji.

After a long legal battle, Google is moving to a completely open implementation of Java in Android N.

Google said yesterday it’s planning to strip out software used by its Android operating system that Oracle says is proprietary, and use an open-source alternative instead. To be more specific ...

Google has just finalized the APIs for Android N -- the working name for the next release of its mobile app OS -- in its 4th Developer Preview.

The above APIs are certainly promising, but given how troublesome (battery intensive) it can be to constantly pull location data, Google’s APIs must truly live up to the above promises.

Google has now opened the door for Android Auto app development with the release of the platform's first APIs.

Crummy documentation The documentation for Android has exploded into a mess. Also, a bunch of it is essentially out of date both on the Google site and on various community sites. It’s like ...

Google is slated to introduce new game mode APIs for the Android 12 mobile operating system. The search engine giant unveiled the much-awaited Android 12 during this year’s I/O event.