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About twice a year, I get involved in a project that requires me to do some Android development; so, about twice a year, I re-launch Google’s so-called integrated development environment, Android ...

At the Android Dev Summit today, Google announced Android Studio 2.0, the second major version of its integrated development environment (IDE). Version 2.0 adds Instant Run, a faster Android emulator, ...

Goodbye Eclipse, hello Android Studio 1.0. For months Google had warned Android developers that the official IDE for programming in Java against its popular mobile OS would eventually become its own ...

Life for an Android developer has always been pretty straightforward. You downloaded Eclipse and installed the Android Developer Tools. The tools did the job, and ...

Google is offering a preview release of its Android Studio 2.2 IDE, with improvements in areas ranging from testing to build system and layout accommodations. The enhancements focus on three areas: ...

Without any doubt, Android is the world’s most commonly used mobile operating system. To many, it presents quite an opportunity and a large, lucrative market for app developers. Creating top-notch and ...