Google has started rolling out Android’s new developer verification process. Most users won’t notice changes yet, but unverified apps will soon require the ...

According to Google’s Chief Product Explainer, Matthew Forsythe, this new system is designed to follow you, not slow you down. Once you complete the “advanced flow” on your current Android phone, ...

Rajesh started following the latest happenings in the world of Android around the release of the Nexus One and Samsung Galaxy S. After flashing custom ROMs and kernels on his beloved Galaxy S, he ...

Android users who source their apps from locations other than Google’s Play Store are used to side-loading APK files. That process, according to Google, is about to get a shade more complicated. For ...

Android's sideloading is not being shut down by Google. Rather, it is being revamped to help better secure the third-party experience on the smartphone platform. The sideloading revamp for Android ...

Sideloading has been a key part of Android since the beginning, not only delivering a lot of flexibility to Android, but also a sense of openness and freedom. After Google announced it would make ...

A hot potato: A year after announcing the most significant change to Android in a long time, Google is now introducing a new process aimed at making the mobile platform "open" again. Mountain View ...

Sideloading, one of Android’s core features — and the hallmark of its open-source nature — is changing. On March 19, Google announced a lot of new rules and restrictions coming to Android’s ...

Google is preparing a significant overhaul of Android’s app installation system, aiming to curb malware threats without fully closing off sideloading. The changes, expected to roll out in September, ...

Google has detailed how users will be able to sideload apps from unverified developers once it implements its more restrictive policy towards downloading software on Android. The company originally ...

Google rebuilt Android’s kernel using AutoFDO and real app data, boosting performance, speeding system calls, and improving app launches. Image: Denny Müller/Unsplash Android could soon feel ...

A component view to help lazy load any view component (using layout resource ID). It inflate the layout when it is shown in the viewport seen by user. Thus, it helps to reduce layout startup time by ...