The goal for this privatization is to simplify Android OS development and not to hinder external developers, which is why Google remains committed to publishing source code to AOSP after each release.

Google will now conduct all its active Android development internally, ceasing real-time code commits to the public AOSP branches. This change aims to improve efficiency by eliminating merge ...

Currently, the way it works is, Android is able to accept code contributions from third-party developers. Even though the majority of the AOSP development is done by Google itself, others can ...

Traditional Android app development used to take developers many hours to create code manually before debugging errors while testing features for proper operation.

Google LLC today unveiled more features for Android Studio, its toolkit for building Android apps, powered by its Gemini artificial intelligence model. Naming classes, methods and variables is ...

Developing Android applications seems like it should be fairly straightforward if you believe the glossy marketing by Google and others. It’s certainly possible to just follow the ...

Google plans to move all development of Android OS behind closed doors so that the process will no longer be visible to the public. This change is a big shift for Android, which has long allowed ...

Google told Android Authority that it will move all Android development to its internal branches next week, marking a significant shift from the system that has been ...

We’re still waiting for Android 15 to fully release, but we’ve already found a potential code name for Android 16. Almost every Android version has had a delicious-sounding internal code name ...

Google has told Android Authority that it is doing this to streamline the development of Android. Currently, the way it works is, Android is able to accept code contributions from third-party ...