Abstract: Android system provides application developers with the ability to define custom permissions, which serve to moderate the sharing of resources and interactionswith other applications.

If your company has a mobile application, you should be ready to address new age-assurance requirements, starting Jan. 1, 2026. In 2025, four states enacted laws that will require app stores to ...

Google is backpedaling on its decision to introduce new identity verification rules for all developers, stating that it will also introduce accounts for limited app distribution and will allow users ...

Jon has been an author at Android Police since 2021. He primarily writes features and editorials covering the latest Android news, but occasionally reviews hardware and Android apps. His favorite ...

The Swift Android workgroup has announced nightly preview releases of the Swift SDK for Android, a tool kit for developing Android mobile applications with Apple’s Swift language. Instructions for ...

We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts in the comments and vote in the poll below — your take might be featured in a future roundup. I’ve encountered plenty of new apps in 2025, most of which I ...

The first preview release of the Swift SDK for Android was published this week, allowing developers to build Android apps in Swift with official tooling and making it easier to share code across iOS ...

Starting next year, Android will block the installation of apps from unverified developers, a policy that affects both Play Store and sideloaded apps. The new system ...

The takeaway: App sideloading has been a contentious issue since the dawn of mobile computing. Google is now taking a hardline approach, citing alleged security concerns, but a major app platform is ...

The free Android app store F-Droid is slamming Google’s upcoming developer registration rules, warning they could wipe out third-party Android app distribution. “We do not believe that developer ...

Google is introducing a new defense for Android called ‘Developer Verification’ to block malware installations from sideloaded apps sourced from outside the official Google Play app store. For apps on ...

Android’s open nature set it apart from the iPhone as the era of touchscreen smartphones began nearly two decades ago. Little by little, Google has traded some of that openness for security, and its ...