6 Android 17 features in development I can't wait to use

It's only been a few weeks since Google rolled out the Android 16 QPR3 update, which brought changes like the ability to hide the At a Glance widget, customize navigation buttons, and enable Desktop ...
9to5Google

Swift, a coding language developed by Apple, now offers official Android support

Roughly a year after the effort was announced, the Apple-developed coding language, Swift, has just launched support for Android.
PCMag

Google Ships Latest Android 17 Beta. Here's What's New

Privacy-minded users may appreciate a new location-permission control that app developers can embed, granting one-time access ...

Swift 6.3 Brings First SDK for Android

Swift.org announced the release of Swift 6.3, the latest version of the open source programming language that was created ...
TMCnet

Embrace Contributes Its Kotlin Implementation and SDK to OpenTelemetry

LOS ANGELES, March 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Embrace, the user-focused observability platform, announced that the donation of ...
Security Boulevard

Kotlin vs Java in 2026: What Smart Businesses Are Choosing for Android Development

Most Android projects don’t fail because of bad developers. They fail because of bad technology decisions. If your mobile app development is taking too long,...Read More The post Kotlin vs Java in ...

Chainguard is racing to fix trust in AI-built software - here's how

Chainguard is expanding beyond open-source security to protect open-core software, AI agent skills, and GitHub Actions.
InfoQ

How Grab Optimizes Image Caching on Android with Time-Aware LRU

To improve image cache management in their Android app, Grab engineers transitioned from a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache to a Time-Aware Least Recently Used (TLRU) cache, enabling them to reclaim ...
InfoWorld

Java use in AI development continues to grow – Azul report

Java is becoming more popular for building AI applications, with 62% of respondents in Azul’s just-released 2026 State of Java Survey and Report relying on Java for AI development. Last year’s report ...
Digital Trends

Android 17 Beta 1 is around the corner, will skip the traditional Developer Preview stage

While Android beta testers were exploring the newly-launched Android 16 QPR3 Beta 2.1, Google decided to surprise everyone. The official Android Beta Program handle on Reddit has confirmed the arrival ...
Droid Life

Here’s Why There is No Android 17 Developer Preview

You may be wondering why Android 17 Beta is already here without several Android 17 Developer Preview builds before it? The reason is pretty simple. In July of last year, Google introduced the Android ...
The Conversation

Are video game developers using AI? Players want to know, but the rules are patchy

Thomas Byers receives funding from The Research Training Program Scholarship, supported by the Australian Commonwealth Government and the University of Melbourne. Bjorn Nansen receives funding from ...