ActionBarCompat and I/O 2013 App Source

Posted by Chris Banes, Android Developer Relations Following on the Android 4.3 and Nexus 7 announcements, we recently released two importan...

Daydream: Interactive Screen Savers

Posted by Daniel Sandler, a software engineer on the Android System UI team I’ve always loved screen savers. Supposedly they exist for a pra...

Accessibility: Are You Serving All Your Users?

[This post is by Joe Fernandez , a technical writer for developer.android.com who cares about accessibility and usability. — Tim Bray.] We...

Android Design V2: Now with stencils

[This post is by Android designer Alex Faaborg , on behalf of the entire User Experience team. —Tim Bray] When we initially released Android...

Say Goodbye to the Menu Button

[This post is by Scott Main, lead tech writer for developer.android.com . — Tim Bray] Before Android 3.0 (Honeycomb), all Android-powered de...

Introducing the Android Design site

[This post is by Christian Robertson , who leads the Android visual design group. He is also the designer of the Roboto font family. —Tim ...

Holo Everywhere

[This post is by Adam Powell , an Android Framework engineer who cares about style. —Tim Bray] Android 4.0 showcases the Holo theme family, ...

New Layout Widgets: Space and GridLayout

[This post is by Philip Milne , who is part of the Android framework team. — Tim Bray] Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) sports two new widgets that ...

Preparing for Handsets

[This post is by Scott Main, lead tech writer for developer.android.com . — Tim Bray] Early this year, Honeycomb (Android 3.0) launched for ...