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Android developer verification: Balancing openness and choice with safety
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.
A new layer of security for certified Android devices
Starting in 2026 and in select countries first, Android apps must be registered to a verified developer in order to be installed.
Building an Android app in AI Studio
What We Talk About When We Talk About Sideloading | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
We recently published a blog post with our reaction to the new Google Developer Program and how it impacts your freedom to use the devices that you own in th...
An Open Letter to Google regarding Mandatory Developer Registration for Android App Distribution
Open Letter to Google Regarding Mandatory Developer Registration for Third-Party App Distribution
Play for On-device AI (beta) | Other Play guides | Android Developers
Play for On-device AI enables developers to efficiently distribute custom machine learning models via Android App Bundles and Google Play, offering various delivery modes and device targeting capabilities to optimize deployment on Android devices.
Keep Android Open
Your phone is about to stop being yours. In 2027, Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with them.
A new era for choice and openness
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.
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🎬 Watch The Android Show | I/O Edition 2026
Improve device security with Advanced Protection for Android - Android Help
When you turn on Advanced Protection, you get the strongest security and privacy features to protect you and your device against online attacks, harmful apps, and data risks. This feature offers seve
Tim Sweeney on Twitter / X
Google is opening up Android all the way with robust support for competing stores, competing payments, and a better deal for all developers. So, we've settled all of our disputes worldwide. THANKS GOOGLE! https://t.co/Dq6eXNnZd0— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) March 4, 2026
Build TV games | Android TV | Android Developers
How to bring your games to Android TV, including recommendations and examples.
Google’s iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary
From the archives: Android is open—except for all the good parts.
Build your own cloud emulator | Android Open Source Project
Effective in 2026, to align with our trunk stable development model and ensure platform stability for the ecosystem, we will publish source code to AOSP in Q2 and Q4. For building and contributing to AOSP, use android-latest-release. The android-latest-release manifest branch will always reference the most recent release pushed to AOSP. For more information, see Changes to AOSP.
Taking the final wrapper off of Android 7.0 Nougat
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.
APK (file format)
Android Package Kit (APK) is the file format that software for Android is distributed in. It is an extension of the ZIP file format. An APK file contains bitcode for Android's Dalvik Virtual machine, resources used by the program (such as images and sounds), and sometimes native executable code, usually for the ARM processor.