Learn how to use a web API from within an Android app using Retrofit. Get posts from social media, ... To that end, create a new class in your project and call it “PlaceholderPost”.

To create a more-standardized experience for detecting screenshots, Android 14 introduces a privacy-preserving screenshot detection API. This API lets apps register callbacks on a per-activity basis.

Google is replacing its implementation of the Java application programming interfaces (APIs) in Android with OpenJDK, the open source version of Oracle’s Java Development Kit (JDK). The news ...

Android has been leveraging the more efficient Vulcan API for many years. With Android 16’s new changes , Google is doubling down , requiring devices to support the new Host Image Copy feature.

Now, with Android 10, Google is making further changes with the “Biometric API.” The company explains: With the launch of Android 10 (API level 29), developers can now use the Biometric API ...

Android Q Beta 2 is the first release to include this new MicrophoneDirection API, which allows for developers to specify audio capture from two directions (front or back), plus explicit external ...

No public reason has been given for the RCS API’s “punt” from Android Q. 9to5Google’s Take. This is not a strong showing on Google’s part for the success of Chat and RCS in the near future.

Droid-Life points out that during Google I/O, Google and Qualcomm have announced updatable neural network API drivers, representing a new model that will roll out along with Android 12. Google ...

Google has now pivoted to "an experimental Android WebView Media Integrity API [emphasis ours]." Unlike the web version, which would have been a big step "forward" for invasive DRM solutions, ...

Google is cracking down on apps that use Android's accessibility API. Even though the APIs have been around for years without any kind of rules about usage, Google has now started telling ...