Developing Android applications seems like it should be fairly straightforward if you believe the glossy marketing by Google and others. It’s certainly possible to just follow the ...

The Kinect programming for this tutorial has been done with the Tegra Ventana development kit for Android 3.0. An Ubuntu-Linux installation is used, but this technique should be portable to any ...

Reactive programming is an exciting way to write programs, and we delve into using RxJava and RxAndroid to write a simple Android app.

Android Game Programming by Example isn't focused on picking up a commercial game engine and writing scripts, it covers building 2D games mostly from scratch and dives into critical topics like ...

Joel Murach in his latest book, Murach’s Android programming provides a comprehensive coverage of the various aspects involved with the development of Android apps.

Java is one of the most in-demand programming languages in the world and one of the two official programming languages used in Android development (the other being Kotlin). Developers familiar ...

With hundreds of millions of Android devices in use today, there’s little wonder why the Android development job market continues to show strong demand. Job search website Monster.com, for ...

With version 0.9 of the software development kit, programmers get better compatibility with real Android phones due next quarter--but no Bluetooth interface.

The App Inventor for Android is powerful, easy, and fun. In fact, it's a bit of a gateway drug to hardcore Android programming.

Kotlin offers big advantages over Java for JVM and Android development, and plays nicely with Java in the same projects.