Google confirms Android dev verification will have free and paid tiers, no public list of devs

Confirming app verification status will be the job of a new system component called the Android Developer Verifier, which ...

This fundamental Android feature is 'absolutely not' going away, says Google - but it is changing

About a month ago, Google announced that the rules around sideloading apps -- the ability to install apps from unverified developers, bypassing Google's Play Store -- onto Android devices were set to ...

Google Claims Android App Sideloading Won't Die, But Change

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Android Police

Google is making Android development more of a private affair

Dallas was working on cars at a Honda dealership rocking a MyTouch 4G when Artem and the gang started Android Police. It was this very website that got him into Android in the first place — he'd sneak ...
Ars Technica

Google makes Android development private, will continue open source releases

Google is planning a major change to the way it develops new versions of the Android operating system. Since the beginning, large swaths of the software have been developed in public-facing channels, ...
Android Authority

Android OS development is going fully private, but Google still wants help from other developers

Google has confirmed to Android Authority that the Android team will still review code contributions from external developers. The company also shared details on what branch of Android platform ...
Android Police

Android's 2022 platform certificate leak explained

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...
Android Authority

Exclusive: Google will develop the Android OS fully in private, and here's why

Google has confirmed to Android Authority that development of the Android operating system will soon fully happen in private. Currently, Google shares some of the work it does on the public AOSP ...
ZDNet

Google will now keep Android development a secret - until official release

Google plans to move all development of Android OS behind closed doors so that the process will no longer be visible to the public. This change is a big shift for Android, which has long allowed ...
Android

Google Closes the Curtain on Android Development

Ultimate Summary: Google will start developing Android OS behind closed doors, starting next week. Not to be confused with taking Android closed-source, as Google will continue to open source the code ...
Gizmodo

Google Is Closing Up Android Development, but It’s Not What You Think

The writing has been on the wall as Google has slowly moved away from Android as the core product and toward the bright light of artificial intelligence. This week’s news about how Google plans to ...