The latest release of Apple’s language, Swift 5.5, introduces new features aimed at making it easier for developers to write asynchronous code as well as several extensions to the language and compiler, not the least CGFloat and Double interchangeabili…
Anbox Cloud is a solution from Canonical that lets you stream Android apps at scale to any device. The new Anbox Cloud Appliance makes a small-scale version of Anbox Cloud readily available on the AWS marketplace. InfoQ has taken the chance to speak wi…
In a recent article, Facebook has described its novel technique for Android app compression, Superpack, which combines compiler analysis with data compression. While not yet available for everyone, Facebook is hoping to open source it. By Sergio De Simone
The latest release of Android Studio focuses on three main areas, says Google: improving UI design, extending device support, and boosting developer productivity. Additionally, Android Studio Arctic Fox introduces preview support for Apple Silicon proc…
Jetpack Compose, Google’s Kotlin-based declarative UI framework for Android, has now reached stability at version 1.0, which also brings a few new tools to improve developer experience. While Google’s Compose only supports Android, Kotlin maker JetBrai…
IoT-focused low-code programming tool Node-RED reaches version 2.0, bringing flow debugger and flow linter to help programmers find bugs in their flows. By Sergio De Simone
The Android Game Development Kit (AGDK) aims to make it easier to develop, optimize, and deliver Android games. Composed of both existing and new tools and libraries, the Android Game Development Kit is built using C and C++ APIs to maximize performanc…
Airbnb’s server-driven UI (SDUI) departs from the usual approach to implement client UIs for different platforms, including Web, Android, and iOS. Instead of letting each client platform drive its UI, SDUI passes both the data and its UI representation…
Google has announced a new mobile ML stack, dubbed Android ML Platform and built around TensorFlow Lite, which aims to solve a number of problems that developers find when using on-device machine learning. By Sergio De Simone
Starting August 2021, Google Play will require all new apps to be submitted as Android App Bundles (AAB), which provide greater efficiency that APKs, says Google. By Sergio De Simone