As we announced at Google I/O, today we are releasing version 3.1 of the Android platform. Android 3.1 is an incremental release that builds on the tablet-optimized UI and features introduced in Android 3.0. It adds several new features for users and developers, including: Open Accessory API. This new API provides a way for Android [...]
[This post is by Jim Cotugno and Nick Mihailovski, engineers who work on Google Analytics — Tim Bray] Today we released a new version of the Google Analytics Android SDK which includes support for tracking e-commerce transactions. This post walks you through setting it up in your mobile application. Why It’s Important If you allow users to purchase [...]
[This post is by Eric Chu, Android Developer Ecosystem. —Dirk Dougherty] As part of our ongoing efforts to provide better tools to help you manage your business, we are introducing merchant sales reporting on Android Market. Developers now have convenient access to monthly reports that detail the financial performance of their applications directly from the [...]
[This post is by Nick Butcher, an Android engineer who notices small imperfections, and they annoy him. — Tim Bray] Since the introduction of the Action Bar design pattern, many applications have adopted it as a way to provide easy access to common actions. In Android 3.0 (or Honeycomb to its friends) this pattern has been baked in [...]
[This post is by Bridgette Sexton, an innovation advocate for the African tech community. — Tim Bray] En Français. In the past year alone, we have met with over 10,000 developers and techies across Sub Saharan Africa. We are continually impressed by the ingenuity and enthusiasm of this community in solving real problems with technology. From applications that [...]