There was a time when you had to choose between creating universal mobile apps and native apps. Universal apps used web technologies like HTML and JavaScript, which often performed badly in mobile ...

Android may be one of the most popular operating systems in the world, but it’s far from the only mobile operating system. If your app is going to reach the widest possible audience, then you’ll need ...

There are many different ways that you can use location data in your Android apps. Previously, we’ve seen how you can display the user’s location on a Google Map; reverse geocode coordinates into a ...

At its I/O developer conference, Google today announced a number of updates to Firebase, Google’s popular back-end-as-a-service platform. The focus here is mostly on deeper integrations with the rest ...

Cody has been writing with Android Police for ten years. While best known for the hundreds of APK Teardowns and breaking news on many of Google’s new products and services, he also covers deeper ...

Google will continue to offer Firebase's cloud-based synchronization service. It's a new step to making Google's tech foundation more compelling to programmers. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...

Google's Firebase has more than 3 million apps using its services as the mobile platform has added a bevy of new features for developers. Firebase was an independent company that was acquired by ...

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