How to choose an Android HTTP Library
Monday, June 5, 2017 by Leanid Vovk
Today almost every Android app uses HTTP/HTTPS requests as the main transport for transferring data. Even if you're not using HTTP directly, you may be using multiple SDKs that rely on HTTP for networking, such as analytics, crash reporting and ads. So it’s fair to say that HTTP is the ubiquitous, and perhaps even obvious, choice for data transfers. But choosing HTTP in...
OPPO is the smartphone company you may have never heard of
Wednesday, November 30, 2016 by Christian Hargrave
OPPO is a global electronics and smartphone technology company that you may not have ever heard of before. Based out of Dongguan, China, OPPO is currently leading the Chinese smartphone according to their 2016 3Q report with over 25.3 million units sold ousting big brand names like Apple and Xiaomi from the top of the ladder. At that volume of sales, that's a 121% incre...
New Android Emulator for Auto Developers
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 by Richard Harris
Google is releasing the Desktop Head Unit (DHU), a new testing tool for Android Auto developers. The DHU enables a developer’s workstation to act as an Android Auto head unit that emulates the in-car experience for testing purposes. Once a developer has installed the DHU, they can test Android Auto apps by connecting a phone and workstation via USB. The phone will ...
Adeneo Embedded Releases TI Android KitKat 4.4.4 Development Kit
Friday, August 28, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Adeneo Embedded is expanding its developer offerings for embedded environments with the release of the Texas Instruments (TI) Android KitKat 4.4.4 development kit based on Android KitKat 4.4 for TI’s Sitara AM335x Evaluation Module (EVM) and AM335x Starter Kit, as well as Beagleboard.org’s BeagleBone Black. This release includes improvements for CTS compliance for the A...
A is for Alphabet and Android M is for Marshmallow
Friday, August 21, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Following on the heals of its announcement of a corporate restructuring and new Alphabet name, Google gets back to more mundane technical pronouncements with the release of the official Android 6.0 SDK and reveal of the Marshmallow designation as the company opens up Google Play for publishing apps that target the new API level 23 in Android Marshmallow.For most develop...
Amazon Releases Developer Preview of Fire OS 5
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 by Richard Harris
Amazon has announced the developer preview of Fire OS 5, the Android-based operating system for Fire tablets, Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. Fire OS 5 is based on Android Lollipop which helps ensure Android apps work on Fire devices with no additional engineering effort. Developers can request early access to the Fire OS 5 developer preview and view apps running...
Ship.io Updates To Android L (Lollipop) And Xcode 6.1.1 Development Platforms SaaS
Saturday, December 20, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Electric Cloud, a San Jose based company for enterprise Continuous Delivery, has released new updates to Ship.io, officially in beta, for mobile continuous integration on Android L and Xcode 6.1.1 latest versions. The free SaaS development platforms can be used by up to thousands of mobile app developers across the world.The updates include auto detection and configurat...
Nokia Unveils First Ever N1 Tablet After Speculations Of A Sequel To Its TV Streaming Product Release
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Nokia's new N1 Tablet is the company's first-ever Android tablet. The N1 Tablet was released just days following speculations that an additional TV streaming product release would be launched. N1 delivers simplicity, clean design and a personalized experience which is a competitive offering compared to uniform complex devices. The company’s tablet was released...
Android 5.0: Making a Material Design Checklist and Checking it Twice
Tuesday, November 4, 2014 by Richard Harris
The new Android 5.0 Lollipop material design brings a new design system for the Android platform and system apps. Material design provides a comprehensive guide for visual, motion, and interaction design across platforms and devices. The Android 5.0 operating system will soon be rolling out to consumers just in time for the holidays and developers now have access t...
What Developers Need To Know About Android 5.0 Lollipop
Monday, October 27, 2014 by Richard Harris
Google is touting Android 5.0 Lollipop as its largest and most ambitious release for Android and now that the public has been notified of its upcoming availability, we thought we’d provide an overview of the latest L iteration.Google’s main goal with the new mobile SDK is to provide a more seamless experience across phones, tablets, wearables, TVs, cars and anything els...
Imagination Technologies Releases PowerVR SDK v3.4 Including Support for Android 5.0 and WebGL
Thursday, October 23, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
The PowerVR SDK v3.4 is the latest release of Imagination Technologies software development kit which offers a full range of licensable multimedia technologies across the areas of graphics, ray tracing, video and vision.Key features of this release include the addition of the latest compilers for PowerVR Series6 (FP16 and FP32) and Series6XT GPUs to PVRShaderEditor, pro...
