To help us all better understand Android, Google has made it possible to browse and search through Android Open Source Project code.

The company behind MIPS has released the source code for porting the Android operating system to that processor architecture.

Source code for Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) is now available for developers to examine and manufacturers to build into their new devices.

In a statement posted to an Android developer mailing list, Google software engineer Jean-Baptiste Queru announced that the Android 4.0 source code is being rolled out to the public Android Open ...

Open source apps are usually leaner and more efficient. Without ads, constant tracking pings, or unnecessary permissions, ...

With Android 5.0 debuting on the Nexus 9 and Nexus Player, Google has pushed out the newest Android source code to the public Android Open Source Project (AOSP) repository. Anyone who wants to ...

When Google announced the Android operating system and established the Open Handset Alliance to support it, the plan was always to release the mobile operating system as open-source code. Today ...

Less than a year after announcing Android, the open-source phone operating system intended to jump-start the mobile Internet, Google began sharing the project's underlying source code.

Most of Android's problems stem from the fact that it is an open source operating system.