While Java is the default programming language for Android, it isn’t always the best method for making apps, specifically games. Many engines used to make Android games use the Android Native ...

Liam loves Android, design, user experience, and travel. He doesn't love ill-proportioned letter forms, advertisements made entirely of stock photography, and writing biographical snippets. Today, ...

Virtual reality is starting to take off, and not to be left behind, Google released the Google VR SDK and NDK. With this, Google plans on bringing virtual reality to the mobile masses by allowing ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Google’s Android team took significant technical and ...

Android mobile app developers use more analytics SDKs than any other type, according to the latest data from SafeDK Mobile Ltd., which also noted big growth in usage of Google's Firebase back-end ...

With more and more manufacturers creating “gaming” phones, and heavy hitters like Fortnite arriving on Android, it makes sense that Google would want to support developers any way they can. To that ...

Want a sneak peek at what Google's Android operating system has in store? The Open Handset Alliance offers the SDK for download today, allowing Windows, Mac or Linux coders to get cracking on programs ...

Let’s build a “Hello, World” Cocos2d-x project for an Android device. I prefer to do this via a command line since there are no Cocos2d-x project templates available via the Eclipse* IDE at the moment ...

Java-based development within a specialized, optimized virtual machine is one of the founding principles of the platform that makes Android what it is -- but sometimes, you need a little more oomph ...

Today, you might have heard that the Nexus 4, 10, and the HSPA+ version of the Nexus 7 went on sale, and sold out rather quickly. You may have also heard that Android 4.2 started rolling out to the ...