What are Android apps? They’re pieces of software that are usable on an Android operating system. They either come pre-installed along with Android OS, or you can download and install them after the ...

Almost every app we use or develop has to store data for one purpose or another. It’s not all the same data, either — some apps need access to settings, images, and much more. The big question is how ...

Lindroid is a new open source app that lets you install a GNU/Linux distro on an Android device and run Linux applications with full support for your phone’s hardware. It does this by putting Linux ...

The vast majority of you probably use Google Play Store exclusively. That is Google’s official app store, and it comes pre-installed on the vast majority of Android smartphones, as part of Google ...

Android app widgets may look pretty simple – essentially, they’re just small windows that users embed in an App Widget Host, typically their device’s homescreen – but your average application widget ...

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Automating repetitive actions is an efficient way of performing your day-to-day tasks. Android, being open to tweaking and customization, offers you the ability to automate various trivial and tedious ...

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Android is the most popular mobile OS on the planet, and Google has brought the OS to cars, watches, and televisions. And, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Google will soon be ...