Android Studio offers a rich palette of built-in development tools, and an even more abundant plugin ecosystem. The first three articles in this series focused on installation and setup and coding and ...

Ryne was ostensibly a senior editor at Android Police, working at the site from 2017-2022. But really, he is just some verbose dude who digs on tech, loves Android, and hates anticompetitive practices ...

In the world of Android development, you need to connect your computer to your phone, usually via a USB cable, in order to transmit your app to your phone. To simplify and modernize this process, ...

Google today announced the release of Android Studio 1.3, a major update to the integrated development environment (IDE) that first hit 1.0 in December. The new version includes a new way to check ...

Hidden in your Android phone's developer options is the USB debugging switch. This useful setting is designed to let Android developers send data and commands between a computer and their phone, but ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Google today launched Android Studio 4.1, the latest version of its ...

Google adds new debugging and performance tools to its Android SDK 20.0 revision. Google adds new debugging and performance tools to its Android SDK 20.0 revision.

In a recent post, I drew analogies between Apple's iOS and Google's Android, and Apple's Mac OS X and Microsoft's Windows. Although the conclusion of that prior writeup was generally favorable to ...

Jon has been an author at Android Police since 2021. He primarily writes features and editorials covering the latest Android news, but occasionally reviews hardware and Android apps. His favorite ...

When it comes time to debug your Xamarin Android apps, you have several options. You can debug your application in an emulator or on your own smartphone. Your phone can be connected to your computer ...