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Google releases details on Android Market launch
VentureBeat —
... With the launch of the T-Mobile G1, Google is formally launching the Android Market where users can download applications that work with their phones that run Google’s Android software. It has also set the terms for developers to upload applications with minimal fees. ...
Google Releases Details On Android Market; Will Split Revenues Between Developers And Carriers
mocoNews —
... ) provided an update today on how developers can sell apps on the phone through the Android Market. Today, 50 applications are available, but starting Monday the floodgates will open, according to a post on the Android Developers Blog. Google said developers will have to register and pay a one-time $25 application fee in order to upload their applications to the storefront. In perhaps the most relaxed rules in the industry, once the developer is registered, the apps are available to users without further validation and ...
Android App Market Relaunches With 43 Apps
AppScout —
The T-Mobile G1 Android phone went on sale today, and with it Google relaunched the App Market, their answer to Apple's App Store. You can read the official statement on Google's blog, and take a look at some of the apps on their ...
iMeem & Amazon: Music App Development
Android Phone Fans —
... The Android Developers Blog continued their look inside some of the top Android Applications, including interviews with the developers who made them. This time around they looked at the iMeem Android Application made by Allan Hsu and the Amazon Music Application made by Casey Langen. ...
Resource Roundup: Planet Android
AndroidGuys —
... Planet Android is a blog planet, by which I mean an aggregator of existing blogs, effectively turning dozens of separate feeds into one. With a single feed subscription, you can get all the latest news and information about Android, with a strong emphasis on building Android applications. The planet includes the official Android developers blog, key Googlers like ...
El nuevo Android 1.5 presenta problemas de compatibilidad
Celularis —
... En el blog oficial de desarrolladores de Android se dice: “¿desea permitir que su aplicación se ejecute en todos los dispositivos, o sólo en los que se ejecuta el software más reciente?” y recomiendan los parches necesarios que habría que hacerle al software de cada desarrollador para garantizar algo de la compatibilidad perdida, con lo que demuestran claramente que tienen un serio problema, pues muchas de las mejoras al sistema operativo no correrían en los millones de equipos ya vendidos. ...
Becoming a better blogger, reader and helping me take out the trash: Trimming in Public: Episode 2
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... Android Developers Blog: When covering an operating system, application, or software company in general, there are usually two forms of public relations: developer focused and user focused. The type of news covered on Developer blogs is more in depth and useful for people who create applications, while the type of propaganda spewed forth on blogs meant for end users is meant to build hype for a particular feature or new version. I’m not a developer, but if you really care about software, you want to read the PR material that was meant for developers. You may find a nugget ...
Google's Android gets native development capabilities
Macworld —
... virtual machine, which is Google’s own software for running Java and serves as Android’s primary runtime. The native kit is a companion to the Android SDK. “Keep in mind that using the NDK will not be relevant for all Android applications. As a developer, you will need to balance its benefits against its drawbacks, which are numerous,” according to a post in the Android blog . “Your application will be more complicated, have reduced compatibility, have no access to framework APIs and be harder to debug. That said, some applications that have self-contained, CPU-intensive ...
Android NDK Could Help Usher in More Useful Applications [OStatic]
GigaOM Network —
Google's announcement last week of its Native Development Kit for Android could be a significant step in ushering in important applications. The Android 1.5 Native Development Kit (NDK) lets developers implement parts of applications using native languages such as C and C++. Android applications run in the Dalvik virtual machine, but the new NDK will allow developers to call native code in such a way that they can create high-performance applications running directly on Android's Linux base.
David Turner's post on the Android ...
Android NDK Could Help Usher in More Useful Applications
OStatic blogs —
Google's announcement last week of its Native Development Kit for Android could be a significant step in ushering in important applications. The Android 1.5 Native Development Kit (NDK) lets developers implement parts of applications using native languages such as C and C++. Android applications run in the Dalvik virtual machine, but the new NDK will allow developers to call native code in such a way that they can create high-performance applications running directly on Android's Linux base.
David Turner's post on the Android Developers blog provides some ...
ADC2 Submissions Thread
Planet Android —
... Unfortunately Google seems to miss the opportunity to create more emotions and buzz inside the Android community, for example by a quick blog post about the status quo and further progress. The latest blog on the android developer blog is “ADC2 Submissions Closing Monday!”, and the ...
The Donut Has Landed
AndroidGuys —
... The Android 1.6 SDK, based on space-age “donut” technology, is now available for Android application developers. ...
The Donut Has Landed
AndroidGuys —
... The Android 1.6 SDK, based on space-age “donut” technology, is now available for Android application developers. ...
The Donut Has Landed
Planet Android —
... The Android 1.6 SDK, based on space-age “donut” technology, is now available for Android application developers. ...
Google Android Developer Challenge 2 underway, Android to get lots more apps
Gadgetell —
... get in on the judging action by downloading the Android Developer Challenge 2 app, which gives you a random set of apps to download and and rate. The first round of judging will be open for a minimum of two weeks starting from September 24 and will go until enough votes have been received to pick the top 20 apps for each 10 categories. The second round will also have a user voting component, so you will have plenty of chances to weigh-in on the contenders.
Read: [Android Developer’s Blog]
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12 Phones Strong, Android Army Mobilizes for Explosive Growth
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... Fortunately, the Android team at Google is working to ensure their platform is compatible with every mobile phone, specifically when it comes to screen resolution. The Android 1.6 SDK, the developer’s kit, allows a manufacturer or developer to add code in their application to conform to different handset’s resolutions. (E.g.., “You do this when the phone has a resolution of 320×480; you do that when the resolution is larger.”) They have created three categories of resolution sizes that any given device will fall into, ensuring a single third-party ...
