In this video on C/C++ programming on Android, Michael Jennings, a Google UK software engineer and Developer Advocate, describes Android as a Java-centric mobile operating system that is built on top ...

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. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

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Not a big fan of Java? Well, get over it, because that's the primary and recommended way to write applications for Android devices. It's portable and... what's that? Android's Dalvik Java VM not fast ...

Google’s open source Android operating system is maturing and beginning to attract a more diverse audience of third-party developers. To accommodate the growing need for more power and flexibility, ...