Google has released Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2, confirming that the API surface is now locked and app-facing behaviors are finalized. Developers can now safely adapt their apps to the latest features ...

Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2 achieves Platform Stability adds SMS OTP protection, custom icon shapes, while taking down sideloading from Android.

Google's upcoming developer verification system for Android may prevent users from sideloading apps without an internet ...

An Android SDK update raises questions about the impact of developer verification on users' ability to sideload apps when ...

Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2 has arrived for Pixel phones. Google says that this build has reached Platform Stability, meaning that ...

Originally Android apps were only developed in Java, targeting the Dalvik Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and its associated ...