Android started a multi-quarter program of improvements to make ratings more personalized and indicative of the experience each individual user can expect, and to make them easier to navigate and use for developers. In November 2021, users on phones will start to see ratings specific to their registered country. Also, early in 2022, users on … continue reading
JetBrains Academy launched its new Kotlin Basics program as a free introduction for people getting into software development to get started on the most popular language for building Android apps. In this track, students will get familiarized with the language syntax, concepts, and libraries, as well as with the basics of object-oriented programming. Students will … continue reading
Google launched the fourth beta of the Android operating system, Android 12, which has now achieved the Platform Stability milestone. The changes impacting Android app developers are now finalized. One major change is a new dashboard in Settings that lets users see which apps are accessing which type of data and when. Android 12 also … continue reading
Betty Blocks announced that it raised $33 million in funding, led by European Private Equity and SmartFin Capital. The platform enables fusion teams from the business side and IT to quickly build software, and Betty Blocks stated that it is planning to make the platform easier to use, enhance the citizen development governance features, introduce … continue reading
As organizations have shifted to a mobile-first approach, they’ve found that the main challenge is testing for the sheer variety of devices out there. Also, tests need to be run on various telecom providers in different parts of the world. This infinite web of possible combinations has prompted a need for automation and framework consolidation … continue reading
The Android team at Google has announced that Jetpack Compose 1.0 is now available. Jetpack Compose is a UI toolkit for Android developers. According to the team, Compose has been developed in the open for the past two years with participation from the Android community. As of this 1.0 release, there are already 2000 apps … continue reading
The Android development team has released the third beta for Android 12, which includes the final Android 12 APIs and official SDK. This will enable mobile developers to start testing and updating their apps prior to Platform Stability in Beta 4. “Each month we’re bringing Android 12 closer to its final form, with innovative features, … continue reading
Android announced its updateable, fully-integrated ML inference stack for developers to get built-in on-device inference essentials, optimal performance on all devices and a consistent API that spans Android versions. TensorFlow Lite will be available on all devices with Google Play Services and will no longer require developers to include the runtime in their apps. Also, … continue reading
Microsoft announced that it will no longer provide updates or support for the Zulu for Azure build of OpenJDK as of the end of this year. For those customers who wish to continue using Azul OpenJDK-based distributions, Azul will publish free updates of Azul Zulu builds of OpenJDK, with optional commercial support available through Azul. … continue reading
JetBrains released Datalore for Enterprise, a collaborative team environment that helps data scientists to work together in Jupyter Notebooks. It provides a convenient way to dynamically manage Python environments, helps connect and explore data and introduces smart code autocompletion. In addition, Datalore for Enterprise allows teams to connect hardware, configure team environments, authenticate users and … continue reading
Android announced two new security measures including additional identification requirements and two-step verification. Account owners of developer accounts will also be asked to provide their account type, a contact name, physical address and verification of the email address and phone number. “In August, all new developer accounts will need to specify their account type and … continue reading
Google announced that it is investing in better cross-device experiences by opening its Play Media Experience Program to developers globally. The integrations include Google’s Video TV, video, subscription music, audio services as well as the new Entertainment Space. “Through these integrations, we enable new discovery and re-engagement opportunities for developers to accelerate their overall growth … continue reading
