Google has recently allowed Progressive Web Apps (PWA) using the Trusted Web Activities (TWA) API in the Google Play Store. Using Trusted Web Activities allows web content to be displayed in fullscreen with system-level features and limited native code. Apps like Facebook Lite, Instagram Lite, and Twitter Lite are running PWAs and most of these apps use
Google is implementing new rules for the Google Play Store on how the “SMS” and “Call Log” permissions are used by Android devices. The new rule now only allows certain apps the ability to request the device’s call logs and SMS permissions, and any apps will be removed from the Play Store altogether if the
Google has recently announced that the company is partnering with Unity for a dedicated “Android Game SDK” project. The primary goal of the Android Game SDK project is to improve game development efficiency and improve Unity 3D engine’s performance on Android. The Android Game SDK project is based on Android NDK and the Vulkan cross-platform graphics
Formerly known as JavaScriptMVC, DoneJS is an open source JavaScript framework used by mobile app developers for building real time UIs that can be exported to run on multiple platforms such as Android, iOS and web applications. And its creators have released a new version with DoneJS 3.0, the new version now has faster rendering and
Good news for Android app developers, Google has just launched Android Studio 3.3, latest version of its integrated development environment (IDE). Android Studio 3.3 brings over 200 bug fixes with a heavy focus on “refinement and quality”. According to a blogpost by Android Studio Product Manager Jamal Eason: The goal is to ensure Android Studio
Google has released an update to Angular, their popular JavaScript framework for building mobile and desktop apps. Angular Version 7.2 is now available as a production release, now produces better code and better supports Google’s Material Design. Angular 7.2 provides dependency injection, very useful for assembling data services for mobile and web apps, along with use
It’s no secret that Google is working on the much-requested system-wide dark mode on Android. Thanks to a comment from a Googler, we now have more evidence that a full dark mode option may arrive with Android Q this 2019. Spotted by Android Police, a bug tracker comment by Googler Lukasz Zbylut is mainly talking
Fuchsia OS, Google’s mystery in-development and potential replacement for Android will support Android apps once it’s released. 9to5Google recently spotted a new update to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), suggesting Google Fuchsia will be using a special version of Android Runtime (ART) to enable it to run Android apps. Having this feature would enable
According to a new market study released by AppsFlyer, the app advertising market is forecasted to grow at a rapid pace in the coming years, growing around 136% from $27.1 billion back in 2017 to $64.1 billion in 2020. The market research report is projecting that mobile app developers will increase their marketing spend to
During cross-platform mobile development, developers must choose between either developing the same app multiple times for different operating systems, or to create a compromise that trades native speed and accuracy for portability, compatibility, and not to mention the included mess of non-native code. Here Flutter provides a solution that gives app developers the best of
