Android Vitals

MUST SEE:
Introducing Android vitals, a guide to better app and games performance that helps drive engagement and installs.

reCAPTCHA Android API announced as part of Google Play Services.

The first SafetyNet reCAPTCHA API announced as part of Google Play Services.

reCAPTCHA Android API is included with Google SafetyNet, which provides services like device attestation and safe browsing to protect mobile apps. Mobile developers can do both the device and user attestations in the same API to mitigate security risks of their apps more efficiently. This adds to the diversity of security protections on Android: Google Play Protect to monitor for potentially harmful applications, device encryption, and regular security updates. Visit the site to learn more about how to integrate with the reCAPTCHA Android API, and keep an eye out for iOS library.

source: Android Developers Blog - Making the Internet safer and faster: Introducing reCAPTCHA Android API

I have tried, please read "Example using SafetyNet reCAPTCHA API in Android App".

Announced at Google I/O: Android support Kotlin officially

Kotlin: Android Support Announced at Google I/O

Kotlin website - https://goo.gl/W6bJJJ
Kotlin and Android documentation - https://goo.gl/NWt6O7

Android announced full support for the Kotlin language at Google I/O along with an increased commitment to both the Java programming language and C++. This video interviewed key stakeholders involved with the decision from both Google and Jetbrains to help understand why this decision was made and what it means to the Android developer community.

Introduction to Kotlin (Google I/O '17)

Life is Great and Everything Will Be Ok, Kotlin is Here (Google I/O '17)
In the first part of this talk, Jake will cover advancing the usage and design patterns of the language for Android development to solve larger problems. In the second part, Christina will share her experience using Kotlin in production, from mistakes to successes, and help you answer questions your team/company might ask about adopting it.

#Kotlin

Android Studio 3.0 available on canary release channel

Just in time for Google I/O 2017, Android Studio 3.0 is available to download on  canary release channel.

To accelerate your development flow, Android Studio 3.0 includes three major features: a new suite of app performance profiling tools to quickly diagnose performance issues, support for the Kotlin programming language, and increased Gradle build speeds for large sized app projects. Android Studio 3.0 also tightly integrates with Android platform development with these additional key features: support for Instant App development, inclusion of the Google Play Store in the Android O emulator system images, and new wizards for Android O development. Overall, this first canary release of Android Studio 3.0 has 20+ new features.



Please refer to the announcement blogpost "Android Studio 3.0 Canary 1" for more details.

Kotlin programming language, Now official on Android

At Google I/O 2017 keynote, the Android team announced first-class support for Kotlin. Kotlin is a statically typed programming language for modern multiplatform applications

Starting now, Android Studio 3.0 ships with Kotlin out of the box, meaning Android developers no longer need to install any extras or worry about compatibility. It also means that moving forward, you can rest assured that both JetBrains and Google will be supporting Android development in Kotlin.

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This tutorial, Getting started with Android and Kotlin, walks us through creating a simple Kotlin application for Android using Android Studio.

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Related:
~ Download and install Android Studio 3.0 Canary 1 on Ubuntu 17.04, and create Hello World of Kotlin language.

Treble: A modular base for Android

With Treble in coming Android O, device-maker will easier to update devices to a new version of Android.

know more: Android Developers Blog - Here comes Treble: A modular base for Android

Developer Preview of Android O

Google share a first developer preview of the next version of Android OS: Android O. Android O introduces a number of new features and APIs to use in your apps.

read more: Android Developers Blog - O-MG, the Developer Preview of Android O is here!

Google�s Internet of Things platform: Android Things and Weave

Google announced updates to Google�s Internet of Things platform: Android Things and Weave, to know the details, refer Announcing updates to Google�s Internet of Things platform: Android Things and Weave

To get started, check out Google's IoT developer site, or go directly to the Android Things, Weave, and Google Cloud Platform sites for documentation and code samples. You can also join Google's IoT Developers Community on Google+ to get the latest updates and share and discuss ideas with other developers.

Google Play is launching on Chromebooks

At Google I/O 2016, Google announced that Google Play would be launching on Chromebooks. As an Android developer, your apps will soon be compatible with Chromebooks. Here�s how you can improve the Chromebook experience for your Android apps:

• Begin by reviewing the I/O session - �Bring your Android App to Chromebooks�
  
• Read this Android Developers Help Center article to learn how to optimize your Android apps for Chromebooks.
• Update the AndroidManifest.xml and set touchscreen as not required if you want to reach customers on non-touchscreen Chromebooks.
• Learn how to manage your app's compatible devices and more about Chrome OS Device Support for Apps.

No action is required, but we recommend the steps above to best position your app for the millions of potential customers using Chromebooks.