Android Pie SDK is now more Kotlin-friendly

Posted by James Lau, Product Manager ( @jmslau ) When using the Java programming language, one of the most common pitfalls is trying to acce...

Supporting display cutouts on edge-to-edge screens

Posted By Megan Potoski, Product Manager, Android System UI Smartphones are quickly moving towards smaller bezels and larger aspect ratios. ...

Compiler-based security mitigations in Android P

Posted by Ivan Lozano, Information Security Engineer Android's switch to LLVM/Clang as the default platform compiler in Android 7.0 open...

Better Biometrics in Android P

Posted by Vishwath Mohan, Security Engineer To keep users safe, most apps and devices have an authentication mechanism, or a way to prove t...

An Update on non-SDK restrictions in Android P

Posted by David Brazdil and Nicolas Geoffray, Software Engineers In Android, we care immensely about providing the best experience to our us...

Wear OS developer preview reenabling alarms and jobs for background apps

Posted by Hoi Lam , Lead Developer Advocate, Wear OS by Google From the outset of the Wear OS by Google developer preview, battery life has ...

Faster Adoption with Project Treble

Posted by Iliyan Malchev, Project Treble Architect Android P Beta available at android.com/beta As Android continues to evolve, each new rel...

DNS over TLS support in Android P Developer Preview

Posted by Erik Kline, Android software engineer, and Ben Schwartz, Jigsaw software engineer The first step of almost every connection on the...

Protecting users with TLS by default in Android P

Posted by Chad Brubaker, Senior Software Engineer Android Security Android is committed to keeping users, their devices, and their data safe...

Cryptography Changes in Android P

Posted by Adam Vartanian, Software Engineer We hope you're enjoying the first developer preview of Android P. We wanted to specifically...