Additionally: Recently, for Android 14, we refactored the interface between the Package Manager, the service that determines how to install and update apps, and ART.

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The new In-App Updates API gives developers two new ways to update their apps. Developers can even make it where their apps are inaccessible unless users download updates.

Here's what Meta's developers have learned from moving their code base from the Java programming language over to Kotlin.

Gradle, the build system of choice for Android mobile development, has been upgraded with better support for building Java applications. Gradle 3.4 offers fast incremental results and “the end ...

Getting locked out of an app while it updates is probably the very definition of a first world problem, but Google is addressing it anyway. The company is introducing a new API for Android that ...

What just happened? The latest Google Play system update for the Android Runtime (ART) brings a number of critical improvements, including much faster app launches. Described as the "engine behind ...

ART is the engine that powers Android and is responsible for compiling Java and Kotlin into bytecode and executing it. Updates to ART have let Google improve the speed of apps, even without a full ...

Android users now face forced app updates, thanks to Google's new dev tools Google is giving developers tools to push users into updating their apps.