Android Authority

The best free and paid Android app development courses

If you’ve been thinking of becoming an Android developer, now is the time to jump in. Android is by far the most popular smartphone operating system and it gives developers a huge amount of ...
ZDNet

Android's existential crisis: Why Java needs to die on mobile devices

Over the last several weeks, as part of my Smartphone Survival Test as a dyed-in-the-wool iPhone and iOS user, I've been immersing myself in the world of Android -- specifically, low-cost Android ...
CNET

Court sides with Oracle over Android in Java patent appeal

Oracle wins big in protracted legal fight over use of Java APIs in Android, as appeals court rejects pro-Google ruling. Seth Rosenblatt Former Senior Writer / News Senior writer Seth Rosenblatt ...
VentureBeat

Google confirms next Android version will use Oracle's open-source OpenJDK for Java APIs

Google is replacing its implementation of the Java application programming interfaces (APIs) in Android with OpenJDK, the open source version of Oracle's Java Development Kit (JDK). The news first ...
CNET

Java makes Google App Engine more mainstream

As cloud computing gathers steam, Google gives programmers what they've been asking for by gracing its App Engine with support for Java programs. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...