Apple's Swift programming language is now being officially extended to support Android app development through the establishment of a ...

James Steele and Nelson To, authors of a new book on Android programming, know a thing or two about Google's mobile OS--including the bright side of fragmentation.

Take your pick. If you want to develop Android apps, step one is picking a language. The differences between the various Android programming languages can be a little complex and nuanced.

1. Head First Android Development: A Brain-Friendly Guide. If you’ve had Java programming experience but have never really dived into Android application development, this book may be meant for you.

“Google, in partnership with Udacity, is making Android development accessible and understandable to everyone, so that regardless of your background, you can learn to build apps that improve the ...

Learning Android development is harder. But if you approach it in the right way, then you can save yourself a lot of time and drastically improve the chances of a positive outcome.

Members of the Boston Android Developers Group, for instance, have begun to leverage Scala for Android development, said Burns, who runs the group: “Scala lets you write the code more quickly ...

Android applications use a range of standard platform resources for designing and programming user interfaces. Android applications use classes in the Java language to implement various aspects of ...

It is available as a fully-supported programming language within Android Studio 3.0. According to the Kotlin website, users include Pinterest, Evernote, Uber, and Atlassian.

Both Android and iPhone devices are accessed via a USB cable during development. Both allow you to set breakpoints, single steps, and view variables in the IDE.