If you’re an Evil Customs Agent or other nefarious Three Letter Agency Person, you’re probably very interesting in getting data off people’s phones. Even if the screen is locked, there’s a way around ...

Keeping up with the latest developer android com tools releases platform-tools can feel like a full-time job. New versions of Android Studio and the SDK tools drop regularly, each bringing changes ...

Android Studio offers a rich palette of built-in development tools, and an even more abundant plugin ecosystem. The first three articles in this series focused on installation and setup and coding and ...

When it comes time to debug your Xamarin Android apps, you have several options. You can debug your application in an emulator or on your own smartphone. Your phone can be connected to your computer ...

Android devices including Samsung’s Galaxy flagship smartphones and tablets pack lots of hidden features that are specifically intended for tech savvy users. Many of these features are lined up in the ...

Following a number of delays, Android 11 Beta 1 has released to owners of Google Pixel phones today. Coinciding with the release, Google has brought a variety of improvements for developers, including ...

Hidden away in your Android phone's developer settings is a powerful feature called USB debugging. It's a special mode that opens a direct line of communication between your smartphone and a computer, ...

In a recent post, I drew analogies between Apple's iOS and Google's Android, and Apple's Mac OS X and Microsoft's Windows. Although the conclusion of that prior writeup was generally favorable to ...