For instance, in API level 26 (Android 8.0), Google changed the way background tasks worked by turning off many power-hogging background processing features for apps and requiring them to use a ...

Talking of the latest update to Android (Version 5.1 of Lollipop rolls out)… Google has just officially announced the 5.1 SDK, which now represents API Level 22, to enable development and testing of ...

A new update heading to Android later this year means that apps that are over two years old will need to update their API target in order to stay accessible on newer devices. Currently, Android ...

Starting from August 2019, new app submissions to the Play Store will be expected to target API level 28, which is Android 9.0 Pie.

Google Play is moving forward in its war on old, un-updated apps. The Play Store has had a rolling minimum level for Android version support for a while now; developers have to use a "target API ...

Android 8.1 Developer Preview Android 8.1 brings new features and developer APIs (API level 27), along with the usual optimizations, bug fixes, and security patches.

Today, with the official release of the Nexus 4, Nexus 10, and Nexus 7 HSPA+, Google has released the Android 4.2 SDK, "a new and improved Jelly Bean." Along with the SDK release, Google has made ...