Tuesday, 29 September 2009

Now available: Android 1.6 NDK

Today Android 1.6 NDK, release 1 is available for download from the Android developer site. To recap, the NDK is a companion to the SDK tha...
Monday, 28 September 2009

Zipalign: an easy optimization

The Android 1.6 SDK includes a tool called zipalign that optimizes the way an application is packaged. Doing this enables Android to intera...
Friday, 25 September 2009

A Note on Google Apps for Android

Lately we've been busy bees in Mountain View, as you can see from the recent release of Android 1.6 to the open-source tree, not to ment...
Thursday, 24 September 2009

ADC 2 Judging Has Begun!

I am happy to announce that Android Developer Challenge 2 's first round of judging has begun! As a reminder, user voting determines whi...
Wednesday, 23 September 2009

An introduction to Text-To-Speech in Android

We've introduced a new feature in version 1.6 of the Android platform: Text-To-Speech (TTS). Also known as "speech synthesis",...
Thursday, 17 September 2009

Introducing Quick Search Box for Android

One of the new features we're really proud of in the Android 1.6 release is Quick Search Box for Android. This is our new system-wide se...
Tuesday, 15 September 2009

Android 1.6 SDK is here

I am happy to let you know that Android 1.6 SDK is available for download . Android 1.6, which is based on the donut branch from the Android...
Thursday, 3 September 2009

Some News from Android Market

I'm pleased to let you know about several updates to Android Market. First, we will soon introduce new features in Android Market for A...