Get an overview of the new features in Android 4.4 KitKat presented by members of the Android team. Chet Haase and Tor Norbye cover many of the new features including Transitions, Storage Access Framework, Immersive Mode, Printing API, and Closed Captioning.By Android Developer Relations

Presented by Riccardo Govoni, Ellie Powers, and Miles Barr at Google I/O 2013. Publishing a new application on Google Play is just the beginning -- you work constantly to update your app, improve user reviews, see what users are doing with your app, expand into new markets, and build a revenue stream. Join the team who brought you the new Developer…

Presented by Reto Meier at Google I/O 2013. Learn how to use advanced Android techniques to build apps so good, people think they're magic. Featuring advanced coding tips and tricks, implementation patterns, and exposure to some of the lesser-known APIs, you'll gain insight into how to build context sensitive apps that delight your users without dr…

Presented by Reto Meier and Rich Hyndman at Google I/O 2013. A high-level view of everything that's now available as part of Google Play services since it's launch, with a special focus on how this affects you as a developer - and what you should be paying attention to.By Android Developer Relations

Presented by Xavier Ducrohet and Tor Norbye at Google I/O 2013. An in-depth tour of the Android development tools, with an introduction to Android Studio. Includes a closer look at everything new - along with tips and tricks for getting the most out of them.By Android Developer Relations

November 16, 2012 Google Android Developer Advocate Reto Meier delivers a review of what's coming up this week on Android Developers Live, and a roundup of what we broadcast last week - plus new app launches and other Android developer news. Links for your convenience: Android 4.2 and the new Nexus Devices: http://bit.ly/NewNexii Android SDK Tools …

Episode 1: "Exit" Buttons You know those days when you're checking out an awesome Android app, then you run into an anti-pattern that totally destroys the magic? I do. Rather than destroy the furniture, I've channeled those emotions into something more productive.By Android Developer Relations

http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/androiddevelopers/Android_Developers_Live/MTV/August_1_Office_Hours_ADLive.mp3 This week the topic of interest was Android's Project Butter with hosts Trevor Johns, Alex Lucas and special guest Romain Guy. The Android Developer Relations team broadcasts Android Developer Office Hours every Wednesday at 2pm Pa…

This week's Android Developer Office Hours was all about efficiency. Hosted by Joe Malin and Trevor Johns, we also invited Reto Meier of Google I/O session "Making Good Apps Great" and Jeff Sharkey of "Doing More with Less". The Android Developer Relations team broadcasts Android Developer Office Hours every Wednesday at 2pm Pacific Time (UTC-7). W…

Presented by Jon Larimer and Kenny Root at Google I/O 2012. Android provides features and APIs that allow development of secure applications, and you should be using them. This session will start with an overview of Android platform security features, then dig into the ways that you can leverage them to protect your users and avoid introducing vuln…

Presented by Neil Rhodes, Nick Mihailovski, and Mike Kwong at Google I/O 2012. We've rethought mobile app analytics from the ground up. If you are a mobile app developer, come see what's new from the land of Google Analytics; Understand how to measure the end-to-end value of your app, and improve its performance to drive usage and retention. You ca…

Presented by Patrick Mork and Kushagra Shrivastava at Google I/O 2012. As soon as you hit the “Publish” button on your app, you become (partly) a marketer; you might as well try to be a good one. We’ll share everything we know about promoting apps on Google play: building a strategic marketing framework, making good use of media channels, taking ad…

Presented by Chrix Finne and Kenneth Lui at Google I/O 2012. There’s more than one way to make money with your Android app: Paid apps, in-app billing, advertising, and so on. This session covers the subject comprehensively, with details on the monetization tools in Google Play and a close look at the AdMob SDK, ad network mediation and Google Analy…

Presented by Chris Yerga and Ellie Powers at Google I/O 2012. Google Play is growing faster than ever. In this talk, we'll share insights about Google Play's momentum, the most successful Google Play apps, and some new developments coming soon from Google Play. We'll also share new publisher-facing features that will help Android app developers get…

Presented by Alex Faaborg and Christian Robertson at Google I/O 2012. Design isn’t black magic, it’s a field that people can learn. In this talk two elite designers from Google will give you an advanced crash course in interactive and visual design. Topics will include mental models, natural mappings, metaphors, mode errors, visual hierarchies, typ…

Presented by Adam Powell and Richard Fulcher at Google I/O 2012. An app is useless if people can’t find their way around it. Android introduced big navigation-support changes in 3.0 and 4.0. The Action Bar offers a convenient control for Up navigation, the Back key’s behavior became more consistent within tasks, and the Recent Tasks UI got an overh…

Presented by Daniel Lehmann, Tor Norbye, and Richard Ngo at Google I/O 2012. The Android Design Guide describes how to design beautiful Android apps, but not how to build them. In this talk we'll give practical tips for how to apply fit & finish as you are implementing your design, we'll show you how to avoid some common pitfalls, we'll describe so…

Presented by Rachel Garb, Jens Nagel, Nate Streu, and Matias Duarte at Google I/O 2012. You have a great idea for an Android app. You want it to stand out among hundreds of thousands. You want your users to love it and tell everyone they know. The Android User Experience team is here to help. We’ll talk about the Android Design guide and other tric…

Hosted by Chris DiBona, panelists include Reto Meier, Dave Burke, Xavier Ducrohet, Dan Morrill, Diane Hackborn, Rebecca Schultz, and Ficus Kirkpatrick. Meet the Android Engineering team, and dig deep on the technology. You can find our schedule at http://developers.google.com/live/androidBy Android Developer Relations

Presented by Nicolas Roard at Google I/O 2012. Hundred of thousands of Android applications use WebView to display HTML content. In Android 4.0 it’s hardware-accelerated, which allows support for HTML5 features such as inline video, CSS 3d, CSS animations, and overflow elements. This talk will give an overview of the underlying implementation in IC…

Presented by Dan Galpin and Ian Ni-Lewis at Google I/O 2012. This session reveals the things experienced game developers do to get good Google Play reviews, create a strong Android user experience, and be considered for featuring in Google Play Apps. You can find our schedule at http://developers.google.com/live/android…

Presented by Yaniv Inbar, Sriram Saroop at Google I/O 2012. Google offers a large and growing set of back-end services, from AdSense to Tasks to Calendar to Google+, that can enrich your app, and increasingly they have a uniform set of APIs. This session discusses how to use them efficiently and securely, including authenticating safely and with go…

This week's Android Developer Office Hours is hosted by Joe Malin, Trevor Johns, and Alex Lucas. We also invited the speakers from Google I/O 2012 session "Google Cloud Messaging for Android" -- Francesco Nerieri. The Android Developer Relations team broadcasts Android Developer Office Hours every Wednesday at 2pm Pacific Time (UTC-7). We answer An…

Presented by T.V. Raman, Charles Chen, Alan Viverette, and Peter Lundblad at Google I/O 2012. Android 4.0 introduced platform-level accessibility APIs so that you don't have to be an expert to make an app that's accessible to people with disabilities. Come learn how APIs for accessibility make your job easier. For all I/O 2012 sessions, go to https…

Presented by Bruno Oliveira and Adam Powell at Google I/O 2012. This session will show you how to build user interfaces that work consistently across Android versions, from Eclair to today. We'll cover topics including the Action Bar, Fragments, style, size qualifiers, app structure, and navigation. For all I/O 2012 sessions, go to https://develope…

Presented by James Dong at Google I/O 2012. Jellybean introduces a new set of powerful low-level media APIs that provide developers with the ability to access hardware codecs directly from Java. This session introduces the new APIs with examples. For all I/O 2012 sessions, go to https://developers.google.com/events/io/…

Presented by Martijn Coenen and Robert Hamilton at Google I/O 2012. A session covering the developer-oriented NFC features we’ve been adding to the Android platform. Learn how to use Android Beam to add magic sharing abilities to your application, and see what other new and exciting NFC features we’re working on. For all I/O 2012 sessions, go to ht…

Presented by Jeff Sharkey at Google I/O 2012. Faster and lighter is better, especially on mobile devices with limited resources. Learn advanced techniques to optimize for CPU, RAM, and I/O efficiency, and best practices for using JNI and SQLite. For all I/O 2012 sessions, go to https://developers.google.com/events/io/…

Presented by Francesco Nerieri at Google I/O 2012. Cloud-to-device-messaging (C2DM) is coming out of beta and getting a new name: Google Cloud Messaging for Android. GCM for Android incorporates the lessons we learned in the C2DM beta, many of which take the form of new features. This session will cover the new service end-to-end and in detail. For…

Presented by Chet Haase and Romain Guy at Google I/O 2012. Great user experience requires buttery smoothness in rendering and animating your interface; your app must have a good, consistent frame rate. This session deep-dives into our work on the Android framework to find and fix performance issues, along with tips on how you can do the same for yo…

Presented by Julia Ferraioli at Google I/O 2012. Create a more engaging and personalized experience for your users by incorporating aspects of Google+ into your mobile app. Learn how your users can share pictures, links, and more into Google+ from your app, and how doing so can raise visibility and discoverability of your application. For all I/O 2…

Presented by Ross McIlroy and Anton Hansson at Google I/O 2012. If you are building Android smartphone, tablet or Google TV applications and want to incorporate high-quality YouTube video playback in your product this session will rock your world. For all I/O 2012 sessions, go to https://developers.google.com/events/io/…

Presented by Dmitry Grinberg, Travis Geiselbrecht, and Eric Schlaephfer at Google I/O 2012. Introducing the new APIs and capabilities in ADK 2.0, with demos. For all I/O 2012 sessions, go to https://developers.google.com/events/io/By Android Developer Relations

This week's Android Developer Office Hours is hosted by Joe Malin and Trevor Johns. We also invited the speakers from Google I/O 2012 sessions "What's new in Jelly Bean" and "What's new in Android Developer Tools" -- Romain Guy, Chet Hasse, and Xav Duchochet. The Android Developer Relations team broadcasts Android Developer Office Hours every Wedne…

This week's European Android Developer Office Hours is hosted by Nick Butcher, Rich Hyndman, and Sparky Rhode. The European members of the Android Developer Relations team broadcasts Android Developer Office Hours every Wednesday at 2pm UK time (UTC+1). We answer Android development questions from a moderator queue and from folks who join us live i…

Presented by Tony Chan, Ankur Kotwal, and Tim Bray at Google I/O 2012. Android has a sensitive side. In this session, we will call out all the Android sensors: accelerometer, gyroscope, light, and more. We’ll cover best practices for handling sensor data, with special focus on balancing battery life and usability. For all I/O 2012 sessions, go to h…

Presented by Reto Meier at Google I/O 2012. In a follow-up to last year’s protips, this session - Android Protips 2: Electric Boogaloo - introduces more advanced techniques for expert Android developers. This session deep dives into advanced techniques for minimizing battery drain, improving stability, and delighting your users; helping you take yo…

Presented by Xavier Ducrohet and Tor Norbye at Google I/O 2012. A tour of everything that’s new in Android developer tools, with guidance on how to use them for best results. For all I/O 2012 sessions, go to https://developers.google.com/events/io/By Android Developer Relations

Presented by Chet Haase, Romain Guy, and Daniel Sandler at Google I/O 2012. This is a developer-centric tour of what's gone into the system and application frameworks since the last time we got together. For all I/O 2012 sessions, go to https://developers.google.com/events/io/By Android Developer Relations

In this week's Android Developer Office Hours Joe Malin is joined in Mountain View by Trevor Johns, Alex Lucas, and Joe Fernandez, The Android Developer Relations team broadcasts Android Developer Office Hours every Wednesday at 2pm Pacific (UTC-7). We answer Android development questions from a moderator queue and from folks who join us live in ou…

In this week's Android Developer Office Hours Joe Malin is joined in Mountain View by Trevor Johns, Alex Lucas, and Joe Fernandez, with a special visit from Roman Nurk coming to us via Hangout from New York. We had a slight technical glitch at the 13:26 mark, so apologies for the awkward transition. The Android Developer Relations team broadcasts A…

This week's European Android Developer Office Hours is hosted by Nick Butcher, Rich Hyndman, and Sparky Rhode. The European members of the Android Developer Relations team broadcasts Android Developer Office Hours every Wednesday at 2pm UK time (UTC+1). We answer Android development questions from a moderator queue and from folks who join us live i…

In this week's Android Developer Office Hours Joe Malin is joined by Alex Lucas and Dan Galpin, with a special visit from Roman Nurk - live from New York. 0:40 What happens when you initiate a chargeback from a Google Play purchase? 2:37 What's the best way to securely store username / password within an app without persisting it? 4:14 Anything new…