Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile Alpha and portal released

Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile is a solution to write once for Android and iOS apps, using Kotlin.

Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile is an SDK that allows developers to use the same business logic code in both iOS and Android applications. KMM now goes Alpha, and you can start sharing business logic in your mobile apps with it right away. It includes the new KMM Plugin for Android Studio, which allows you to write, run, test, and debug shared code in the same IDE.

details: Kotlin Blog - Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile Goes Alpha

The new Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile developer portal is up, have all you need to know to create cross-platform apps.

Android Dev Summit '19 keynote

Event keynote featuring Dave Burke, VP of Engineering and Steph Cuthbertson, Senior Director of Product Management.

Presented by: Dave Burke, Stephanie Cuthbertson, Tian Lim, Romain Guy, Karen Ng

Android Dev Summit '19 all sessions playlist > https://goo.gle/ADS19allsessions

Google teamed up with udacity to bring a free online cource for Developing Android Apps with Kotlin

The free online course Developing Android Apps with Kotlin, was developed by Google with Udacity. You'll learn how to build Android apps using industry-standard tools and libraries in the Kotlin programming language.

In this free course, you will learn the fundamentals of building Android applications using Kotlin. The course covers architecture components, multi-screen navigation, data persistence, RESTful APIs and Material Design. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to create well-designed Android applications using Kotlin that can connect to the internet, store data and navigate between screens.

detail: Udacity FREE COURSE : Developing Android Apps with Kotlin by Google

Modern Android development: Android Jetpack, Kotlin, and more

This recommended video from Google I/O 2018 help developers understand how new APIs and features work together and learn what should use to build solid, modern Android applications.

Android Q Beta 2 Announced

Android Q beta 2 contains stronger protections for user privacy along with new ways to engage users including bubbles. Dan Galpin highlights many of the changes in both the Q beta 1 and 2 releases,  including extended support for foldables, faster ShareSheets with updated direct sharing, and high performance features such as Vulkan 1.1.  Android Q beta 2 is now available on all Pixel devices.

More about the Android Q Developer Preview: https://d.android.com/preview

Get the Android Q Developer Preview: https://www.google.com/android/beta

Read the Android Q Beta 2 post here → https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2019/04/android-q-beta-2-update.html

More info on Cloud-Based ART Profiles → https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2019/04/improving-app-performance-with-art.html

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How to Install Android Q Beta

Android Preview website → https://goo.gle/2LiT8id
Android Q release notes → https://goo.gle/2V0bsfA
Android Q Preview feedback channel → https://goo.gle/2Wp8tPs

Google Play will require new/update App to target API level 28+ in 2019

Google Play Console will continue to require that apps target a recent API level:

• August 2019: New apps are required to target API level 28 (Android 9) or higher.
• November 2019: Updates to existing apps are required to target API level 28 or higher.

Existing apps that are not receiving updates are unaffected and can continue to be downloaded from the Play Store.

source: Android Developer Blog - Expanding target API level requirements in 2019

Stable release of Android Studio 3.3 released

Android Studio 3.3 released, with Navigation editor, support Instant Apps in App bundle, as well as build system updates such as lazy task configuration, better debug info when using obsolete APIs, improved incremental Java compilation when using annotation processors, and a preview of the new R8 code shrinker. Also added more granularity in the profiler options and added slow frame highlighting to help debug quicker.

You can download it today from https://developer.android.com/studio/.

Or, if you already installed previous release of Android Studio,  you can simply update to the latest version.

What’s new in Android Studio 3.3

~ Android Developers Blog post Android Studio 3.3

Flutter 1.0 announced, Google’s free and open source SDK for building native iOS and Android apps from a single codebase.

At December 4, 2018, Flutter 1.0 announced, the first stable release of Google's UI toolkit for creating beautiful, native experiences for iOS and Android from a single codebase.



Full livestream of the event Flutter Live, a global celebration of Flutter 1.0 announcement on December 4th, from the Science Museum in London.


Visit:
~ the event website Flutter Live
~ Flutter website

Introducing Flutter

Android Dev Summit '18 Keynote

The Android team shares some news from Android Dev Summit, including support for a new form factor (Foldables), updates to Kotlin and Android Jetpack, a new beta release of Android Studio, as well as some new features to the Android App Bundle. Hear directly from Dave Burke, Stephanie Cuthbertson and more from the Android team.

Presented by: Dave Burke, Stephanie Cuthbertson, Jake Wharton, Matt Henderson, Romain Guy, Karen Ng & Aurash Mahbod

Android Dev Summit '18 all sessions playlist → http://bit.ly/ADS18-Sessions

Google will discontinue support for Nearby Notifications, on December 6th, 2018.

Due to significant increase in irrelevant and spammy notifications that were leading to a poor user experience for Android, Google have decided to discontinue support for Nearby Notifications. Nearby Notifications will be stopped on December 6th, 2018.

source: Android Developers Blog: Discontinuing support for Android Nearby Notifications

Android Vitals

MUST SEE:
Introducing Android vitals, a guide to better app and games performance that helps drive engagement and installs.

reCAPTCHA Android API announced as part of Google Play Services.

The first SafetyNet reCAPTCHA API announced as part of Google Play Services.

reCAPTCHA Android API is included with Google SafetyNet, which provides services like device attestation and safe browsing to protect mobile apps. Mobile developers can do both the device and user attestations in the same API to mitigate security risks of their apps more efficiently. This adds to the diversity of security protections on Android: Google Play Protect to monitor for potentially harmful applications, device encryption, and regular security updates. Visit the site to learn more about how to integrate with the reCAPTCHA Android API, and keep an eye out for iOS library.

source: Android Developers Blog - Making the Internet safer and faster: Introducing reCAPTCHA Android API

I have tried, please read "Example using SafetyNet reCAPTCHA API in Android App".

Announced at Google I/O: Android support Kotlin officially

Kotlin: Android Support Announced at Google I/O

Kotlin website - https://goo.gl/W6bJJJ
Kotlin and Android documentation - https://goo.gl/NWt6O7

Android announced full support for the Kotlin language at Google I/O along with an increased commitment to both the Java programming language and C++. This video interviewed key stakeholders involved with the decision from both Google and Jetbrains to help understand why this decision was made and what it means to the Android developer community.

Introduction to Kotlin (Google I/O '17)

Life is Great and Everything Will Be Ok, Kotlin is Here (Google I/O '17)
In the first part of this talk, Jake will cover advancing the usage and design patterns of the language for Android development to solve larger problems. In the second part, Christina will share her experience using Kotlin in production, from mistakes to successes, and help you answer questions your team/company might ask about adopting it.

#Kotlin

Android Studio 3.0 available on canary release channel

Just in time for Google I/O 2017, Android Studio 3.0 is available to download on  canary release channel.

To accelerate your development flow, Android Studio 3.0 includes three major features: a new suite of app performance profiling tools to quickly diagnose performance issues, support for the Kotlin programming language, and increased Gradle build speeds for large sized app projects. Android Studio 3.0 also tightly integrates with Android platform development with these additional key features: support for Instant App development, inclusion of the Google Play Store in the Android O emulator system images, and new wizards for Android O development. Overall, this first canary release of Android Studio 3.0 has 20+ new features.



Please refer to the announcement blogpost "Android Studio 3.0 Canary 1" for more details.

Kotlin programming language, Now official on Android

At Google I/O 2017 keynote, the Android team announced first-class support for Kotlin. Kotlin is a statically typed programming language for modern multiplatform applications

Starting now, Android Studio 3.0 ships with Kotlin out of the box, meaning Android developers no longer need to install any extras or worry about compatibility. It also means that moving forward, you can rest assured that both JetBrains and Google will be supporting Android development in Kotlin.

~ read more

This tutorial, Getting started with Android and Kotlin, walks us through creating a simple Kotlin application for Android using Android Studio.

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Related:
~ Download and install Android Studio 3.0 Canary 1 on Ubuntu 17.04, and create Hello World of Kotlin language.

Treble: A modular base for Android

With Treble in coming Android O, device-maker will easier to update devices to a new version of Android.

know more: Android Developers Blog - Here comes Treble: A modular base for Android

Developer Preview of Android O

Google share a first developer preview of the next version of Android OS: Android O. Android O introduces a number of new features and APIs to use in your apps.

read more: Android Developers Blog - O-MG, the Developer Preview of Android O is here!

Google’s Internet of Things platform: Android Things and Weave

Google announced updates to Google’s Internet of Things platform: Android Things and Weave, to know the details, refer Announcing updates to Google’s Internet of Things platform: Android Things and Weave

To get started, check out Google's IoT developer site, or go directly to the Android Things, Weave, and Google Cloud Platform sites for documentation and code samples. You can also join Google's IoT Developers Community on Google+ to get the latest updates and share and discuss ideas with other developers.

Google Play is launching on Chromebooks

At Google I/O 2016, Google announced that Google Play would be launching on Chromebooks. As an Android developer, your apps will soon be compatible with Chromebooks. Here’s how you can improve the Chromebook experience for your Android apps:

• Begin by reviewing the I/O session - “Bring your Android App to Chromebooks”
  
• Read this Android Developers Help Center article to learn how to optimize your Android apps for Chromebooks.
• Update the AndroidManifest.xml and set touchscreen as not required if you want to reach customers on non-touchscreen Chromebooks.
• Learn how to manage your app's compatible devices and more about Chrome OS Device Support for Apps.

No action is required, but we recommend the steps above to best position your app for the millions of potential customers using Chromebooks.

Google announced a Developer Preview of Android N!

Developer Preview of Android N released, support new system behaviors to save power and memory. Extend your apps with multi-window UI, direct reply notifications and more.

source: Android Developers Blog - First Preview of Android N: Developer APIs & Tools

Related:
- Create AVD of Android N Preview for Android Emulator, in Android Studio