Android L Will Have Data Encryption Turned On by Default
Android L, once it is eventually released, will feature data encryption turned on by default. This information has been revealed by Niki Christoff, spokeswoman for Google. And in doing so, the Mountain View company...
ARChon Lets You Run Android Apps in Google Chrome Browser
Not too long ago, Google added the ability to run select Android applications on Chrome OS. While Google’s OS for more traditional computers is great in some use cases, it is generally limited...
Flyme OS Finds Its Way to the Google Nexus 5
Flyme OS is a heavily modified Android variant developed by the Meizu team for their MX smartphone line. This variant is based on Android 4.4 and offers a few unique solutions that...
MultiROM Makes Its Way to the LG G2
Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen quite a few flagship (and former flagship) devices get to enjoy multiboot goodness. And as can be expected, the vast majority of these come in the...
Paid Android App Developers Will Soon Have to Provide Physical Address
Google has now changed its policies regarding paid app developers. Every developer who opened the developer console today was greeted with a message stating that a physical address must be...
Windows Developers Rejoice! Dev Program’s $99 Yearly Fee is No More!
Microsoft rule in the mobile market, much like the giant dinosaurs that once roamed the Earth several millions of years ago, is nothing but a distant memory with remnants of...
Android App Review: Control Your Phone with Quick Control Panel – XDA Developer TV
Your Android smart device has many features that you use often. Sometimes getting to those options is not as quick as it could be, and getting there often requires you...
Play Music on Android Wear with Stellio Music Player
Android Wear smartwatches are growing in popularity every day. Some devices have already been released to the market, while some some others were announced and are awaiting mass availability. One thing is...
Schedule is up for xda:devcon ’14
With xda:devcon ’14 just around the corner, and the venue close to selling out, there is a lot of excitement building here at XDA. We have some amazing things lined...
aLogcat Returns Thanks to XDA Love
The developers of Android, that is Google, gave users several great debugging tools that can be used in development. The most basic (yet still quite powerful) of these is undoubtedly...
And the Winners in the XDA Pebble Development Challenge Are…
Almost two months ago, we set out with Pebble to find three amazing apps/watch faces that developers would put together for the Pebble Watch. That contest came to a close last...
MediaTek Releases Full Kernel Source for First Android One Devices
Those who might have thought that MediaTek would never release working kernel source might have to wipe their eyes right about now. It’d be best for such readers to sit down...
