Topic: google play
SD Times news digest: Data safety in Google Play Console; Developer portal for Teams now available; Olive launches app store for healthcare
The Android development team announced that it will be incorporating the Data safety form in Google Play Console. Additional guidance is also available in the help center, developer guide, Play Academy Course, and more. The rollout will happen gradually over the next few weeks as access is slowly expanded to everyone. In order to submit … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Android giving extension to comply with new Play Payments Policy, Sentry performance monitoring for iOS and Release Health for Python, Sysdig to acquire Apolicy
Android stated that it would extend the September 30th deadline for adhering to the Google Play Payments policy to March 31st, 2022. Starting on July 22nd, developers can appeal for an extension through the Help Center. Android said it will review each request and get back to requests as soon as possible. Additional details are … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Google Play developer updates, New Relic launches Errors Inbox, OpenLogic by Perforce adds support for Rocky Linux and other CentOS alternatives
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
SD Times news digest: LogDNA’s Browser Logger, Rust 1.5.2.0 released, and Google Play to launch new safety section
LogDNA announced a new browser logging capability designed to enable full-stack and front-end developers to ingest frontend log data into LogDNA more efficiently to debug web applications. The new feature automatically captures errors and logs occurring in the user’s browser and allows dev teams to centralize those errors alongside server-side logs, according to the company. … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Facebook joins the Rust Foundation, Updated Google Play guidance, and mabl announces native Jira integration
Facebook announced its support for the Rust Foundation and stated that it is committed to sustaining and growing the Rust open-source ecosystem and community. According to Facebook, it currently has multiple teams throughout the company writing Rust code and even has a dedicated Rust team that is primarily responsible for the growth of Rust development … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 and v16.10 Preview 1, Python 3.10.0a6 released, and .NET Upgrade Assistant preview
The new Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 preview 1 includes new features such as Address Sanitizer with C++, which is now generally available; C++ conformance, which allows destructors and new expressions to be ‘constexpr;’ and C++ Intellisense. Visual Studio 2019 also now offers the ability to filter out redundant frames from the call stack when the … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Kotlin 1.4.20 released, Android releases its target API level requirements for 2021, Accusoft announces beta testing program
The update brings support for new JVM features like string concatenation via invokedynamic, improved performance and exception handling for KMM projects, and extensions for JDK Path: Path(“dir”) / “file.txt”. Kotlin 1.4.20 also introduces a new configuration block for the browser target called commonWebpackConfig. Inside it, users can adjust common settings from a single point, instead … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Quantum SDK updated, new Google Play Console features, Call for Code winner announced
Cambridge Quantum Computing today announced the latest 0.6 version of t|ket>, its high-performance quantum software development kit (Q-SDK), which now enables quantum circuit execution on Amazon Braket. The latest release extends the number of supported devices, simulators and development frameworks, enhances circuit optimization and noise mitigation techniques, and extends operating system support. t|ket> works across … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Google Play feedback, Uno Platform 3.0 released, and IBM’s Call for Code global challenge finalists
Google shared its full perspective on supporting developers’ ability to choose how they distribute their apps through multiple app stores on different platforms, ensuring equal treatment for all apps, and allowing developers to communicate with customers. The company explained it will be making changes in Android 12 next year to make it easier for people … continue reading
SD Times news digest: GitHub Sponsors, CTO.ai announces $7.5 million for delivering “DevOps shortcuts”, and Google Play point rewards come to the US
GitHub Sponsors is now out of beta for developers that have bank accounts in one of 30 countries. The number is still growing and developers without bank accounts there can sign up on the waitlist to join the beta in their country. “In the coming months, we’ll continue to roll out general availability to countries … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Google Play’s instant-enabled app features, Netlify Dev, and React-Redux 7.0.1
Google is starting the deprecation process for its Android Gradle 3.4.0 feature plug-in and instant app plug-in, which were included in Android Studio 3.4. Developers will receive a warning flagging those plug-ins as deprecated as they are building apps. The Android team urges developers to migrate their apps to an instant-enabled app bundle soon. Instant-enabled … continue reading
Android adds new features for Android App Bundles
Last year Google made it easier for Android developers to utilize modular development with the release of Android App Bundles and Google Play’s Dynamic Delivery. Over the past year, developers have implemented these new models in over 60,000 applications, resulting in reduced app sizes and time needed to manage releases. Now, the Android team is … continue reading
