Developing Android applications seems like it should be fairly straightforward if you believe the glossy marketing by Google and others. It’s certainly possible to just follow the well-trodden path, ...

There was a time when you had to choose between creating universal mobile apps and native apps. Universal apps used web technologies like HTML and JavaScript, which often performed badly in mobile ...

What if the tools you rely on to code, debug, and build software were suddenly rendered obsolete? With the launch of Google AI Studio, that scenario may no longer be hypothetical. This new platform ...

Google is rolling out a wave of new AI-powered tools for Android developers, led by Gemini integrations across Google Play and Android Studio. Developers can now use Gemini to translate and localize ...

In addition to serving up its own flavor of vibe-coding tools for building on Android, Google announced it will also offer tools that allow AI agents, like Claude Code, OpenAI’s Codex, or its own ...

Up to this point, I have written about the background behind creating Only News.The fact that I wanted to create a news app ...

The Android team has announced that the Android Studio Meerkat Feature Drop is now stable. This release adds developer productivity enhancements, such as the ability to analyze crash reports using ...

"Can an amateur really build an app using ChatGPT?"Driven by that simple question, I decided to try building an Android app for the first time.I am not a programmer. While I have opportunities to use ...