Posted by Isabella Fitterman – Product Marketing Manager, and Sandhya Mohan – Product Manager One of the most exciting announcements for Android developers at this year’s Google I/O was the introduction of StudioBot, an AI-powered coding assistant, directly into Android Studio. Studio Bot accelerates your ability to quickly write high-quality Android apps by helping you generate code for your app, answering your questions, and finding relevant resources without leaving Android Studio. After our announcement, your friends told us how excited they were about this AI-powered code, and those of you outside the US were eager to get your hands on…
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Posted by Jacqueline Hart, Director, Trusted Experiences, Developer Enablement hi there, Millions of Android apps focus on the privacy and security of the titles that users download. That’s why it’s so important to build user trust with engaging, high-quality app experiences built on a secure foundation. I’m Jacqueline Hart and I lead the team that helps developers navigate our policies. We are also responsible for reviewing apps on Google Play to ensure they are safe for users. In this edition of Google Play Notes, I’d like to share how we’re working to improve your user experience and help strengthen user…
Posted by Rob Simpson, Product Manager – Google Play and Joe Davis, Manager – Google Play Academy Since launching Google Play Store Listing Certification in 2021, our no-cost, self-paced training courses have helped thousands of developers in over 80 countries increase app installs. During the training, developers will learn essential mobile marketing best practices, including how to use Play Console development tools such as Store Listing Tests (SLEs) and Custom Store Listings (CLLs). Today, we’re excited to release a major update to our self-paced training that covers all of the new CSL and SLE features, as well as real-world examples…
Posted by Leticia Lago, Developer Marketing Another month, another reason to celebrate the trailblazers behind some of the most innovative apps and games. From an equestrian training platform in Sweden to a frozen fishing game in the Republic of Korea, let’s take a look at some of the fun #WeArePlay stories of founders and their creations. Ingrid is a huge fan of horse riding and has always loved the social aspect of the sport. But when she wanted to take her passion online, she was surprised that she couldn’t find sports platforms specifically for equestrians. So Ingrid and her partners…
Posted by Serban Constantinoscu, Product Manager Wouldn’t it be great if every update improved your app’s startup time, performance speed, and memory usage? Google Play System Update for Android Runtime (ART) does the same. These updates provide performance improvements, the latest security fixes, and unify core OpenJDK APIs on hundreds of millions of devices, all Android 12+ devices, and soon Android Go. ART is the engine behind the Android operating system (OS). It provides the runtime and core APIs that all applications and most operating system services rely on. Both Java and Kotlin are compiled to bytecode by ART. Improvements…
Posted by John Markoff, Privacy Sandbox Developer Communications Earlier this year, we released a privacy sandbox beta on Android, with the goal of testing our privacy ad solutions on users’ devices in the real world. Since then, we’ve launched several additional Privacy Sandbox releases, each with new features and improvements in developer preview and beta. This is part of our ongoing commitment to helping developers create privacy-focused apps and content that are accessible to everyone. Your feedback has helped us refine and improve these releases and new design ideas, and we greatly appreciate it. Today, we’re announcing. Developer Preview for…
The upcoming stable Android 14 release is fast approaching. If you haven’t already done so, now is a good time to test your app with the latest release changes. With platform stability, you can submit apps targeting SDK 34 to the Google Play Store.Android 14 introduces a new feature called Selective Photos Access, which allows apps to access specific images and videos in their library, rather than giving access to all types of media. This is a great way for users to feel more comfortable sharing media with apps, and also a great way for developers to build apps that…
The person who posted it Dave BurkeEngineering Vice With Android 14 just weeks away from its official release, today we’re bringing you the final scheduled beta 5 in our Android 14 beta program. It’s your last chance to make sure your apps are ready and provide feedback before non-beta users start getting Android 14. Beta 5 is available for Pixel Tablet and Pixel Fold to enable you to test your apps on devices that include multiple form factors. In addition to the rest of the supported Pixel family and the Android emulator. What’s in Beta 5? Beta 5 is the…
The person who posted it Ben TrengroveAndroid Developer Communication Engineer Today, as part of the August 23 Bill of Materials, we’re releasing Jetpack Text Editor, Android’s modern, native UI Toolkit 1.5 for use by apps like the Play Store, Dropbox, and Airbnb. This release focuses mostly on performance improvements, as our major conversion improvements that we introduced in the October ’22 release have now been integrated. Performance When we first released Compose 1.0 in 2021, we focused on getting the API page right to give it a solid foundation. We need a powerful and expressive API that is easy to…
Posted by Anna Bernbaum, Product Manager and Ksenia ShumelchykAndroid Developer Communication Engineer We are excited to announce that version 1.2 of the Compose for Wear OS and Wear Tiles libraries has reached the stable phase. This makes it easier than ever to use these modern APIs to build beautiful and engaging apps for Wear OS. We continue to develop the Android Jetpack library for Wear OS with new features and improvements to streamline development, including the latest Wear OS 4 release. Many developers are using powerful tools and intuitive APIs to create unique experiences for Wear OS. Partners like Peloton…