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What is Kotlin? The Java alternative explained
Kotlin is a general purpose, free, open source, statically typed “pragmatic” programming language initially designed for the JVM (Java Virtual Machine) and Android, and combines object-orient...
Android 13 brings themed app icons, security tweaks
Android 13, the latest version of Google’s popular mobile OS, has arrived, with new features for developers such as themed app icons, per-app language preferences, and better text support. Th...
Jetpack Compose 1.2 packs text improvements
Jetpack Compose 1.2, Google’s toolkit for building native Android UIs, is now generally available. Highlights of the update include text improvements such as font padding and downloadable fonts...
JetBrains launches cross-platform UI framework for Kotlin
JetBrains has officially launched Compose Multiplatform 1.0 , a tool that promises to speed the development of user interfaces for desktop, Android, and web applications, using the company’s Ko...
Google unveils developer preview of Android 12L
Google has introduced a developer preview of optimizations that tweak its Android 12 mobile platform for large screens, called Android 12L. Due in early-2022, Android 12L refines the Android ...
Microsoft weighs in on Surface Duo apps
Microsoft has invited Android developers to build or enhance apps for dual-screen devices, especially the company’s Surface Duo systems. Following the September 22 introduction of Surface Duo...
Google Flutter 2.5 UI kit is now stable
Flutter 2.5, the latest version of Google’s UI toolkit for native application development, offers better performance as well as full-screen enhancements for Android. Introduced September 8, ...
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3632887/google-flutter-25-ui-kit-is-now-stable.html#tk.rss_android
Jetpack Compose for Android turns GA
Jetpack Compose , Google’s native UI toolkit for Android mobile application development, has reached its official 1.0 production release status. Leveraging a declarative approach, Jetpack Com...
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3627298/jetpack-compose-for-android-turns-ga.html#tk.rss_android
Microsoft sunsets Xamarin toolkit
With Microsoft’s .NET MAUI (Multi-platform App UI) cross-platform framework due later this year, serving as the next generation of Xamarin Forms , the company announced plans to sunset its Xam...
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3626453/microsoft-sunsets-xamarin-toolkit.html#tk.rss_android
Gradle 7.0 improves incremental builds, backs Java 16
Gradle 7.0, the latest release of the popular software build tool leveraged in Android development and elsewhere, offers faster incremental builds as well as support for Java 16. With the Gradl...
NativeScript 8.0 shines on Apple M1, Webpack
Version 8.0 of NativeScript , a framework for developing native mobile apps using JavaScript, adds support for Apple M1 systems and the Webpack 5 module bundler. With the addition of Apple M1 b...
Google Android team embraces Rust for Android OS development
Looking to prevent memory bugs, the Android Open Source Project now supports the Rust language for development of the Android mobile OS itself, taking on development tasks that have been the do...
Google wins Java dispute, Oracle remains defiant
In a case that went back and forth for more than a decade, the US Supreme Court has sided with Google in the dispute with Oracle over Google’s use of Java code in Android. The top court decided...
PinePhone: A Linux smartphone a developer could love
Is the widespread dominance of Android and iOS phones proof of the final victory of open source? The Android phones, after all, are built on the Linux kernel , and the iOS core, at least in the w...
Google Jetpack Compose Android UI toolkit now in beta
Google’s Jetpack Compose toolkit for the Android mobile platform has moved to a beta stage of release. The declarative UI toolkit is designed to speed up the process of building native apps a...
Android 12 developer preview bolsters privacy, user experience
With the first developer preview of the planned Android 12 platform, the developers of Google’s mobile OS are emphasizing privacy, user experience, and app compatibility. The Android 12 deve...
Google introduces API for faster Kotlin builds
Google has rolled out the alpha version of Kotlin Symbol Processing (KSP), an API for building lightweight compiler plug-ins in the Kotlin language . Similar to the Kapt compiler plug-in for a...