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Get the Google Pixel 2’s Product Sans Font from Android Oreo 8.1
This week Google released the first developer preview of their upcoming Android Oreo 8.1 update and with it came a new font they’re calling Product Sans. Thanks to XDA Senior Member SharkcpN, we now...
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Google is Adding AAC Bluetooth Audio Codec for All Devices in AOSP
Android has been criticized in the past for the way Bluetooth as a whole performs on Google’s mobile platform. Some people have issues getting Bluetooth devices to connect properly, others have come...
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Android 8.1 Reduces Inactive App Sizes to Save Storage Space
Storage space on smartphones tends to be at a premium, and it’s frustrating to have to constantly clear space for application updates, new applications, and even over-the-air (OTA) updates. It’s...
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[Update: Coming to Android P DP2] Android P May Support Blocking Calls From...
Update 10:18PM CST 3/8/18: Tonight, the commits responsible for the below changes have been merged to the master branch. Barring a future set of commits that revert these changes, that means you should...
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Future Android version may natively support facial recognition hardware
According to a recent commit on the AOSP Gerrit, native support for facial recognition hardware may be coming in a future version of Android. This comes off of the back of recent commits potentially...
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[Update: Needs IMEI/GSF ID] Google now blocks GApps on uncertified devices,...
Update 3/27/18 at 08:51AM CST: Were you, like everyone else, having trouble registering your Android ID on the uncertified device registration page? You’re not alone. Apparently, it’s not looking for...
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Win a device from Sony by becoming a Hero Open Source Developer
Sony is one of the largest contributors to the Android Open Source Project, bringing us RRO themes and more. The company has always been fairly open in development as well, running its Sony Open...
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We Sent Out Free OnePlus 6 Units to our Development Community. Here is what...
In June, we teamed up with OnePlus to offer a developer program to help encourage development within the XDA community. A handful of the top developers from the forums were chosen to receive a free...
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Google’s support library for developers, AndroidX, is available on AOSP
Google announced AndroidX as a part of Android Jetpack at Google I/O 2018. This redesign of the Android Support Library helps developers build apps with wide compatibility on different versions of...
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Android Pie (Android 9) source code now uploading to AOSP
Today, Google unwrapped its latest Android dessert: Android Pie (Android 9). Android Pie has been in the Developer Preview state for a few months now and is quite a step up from Android Oreo. It brings...
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Google appoints Jeff Bailey as new head of AOSP
Android P was officially given a version number and tasty nickname this week. To go along with the big announcement of Android 9 Pie, Google pushed the source code to the Android Open Source Project...
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Android Pie source code confirms wallpaper support in Always on Display
Earlier this week, Google officially unveiled Android Pie for the Google Pixel and Google Pixel 2. The latest version of Android brings a ton of goodies to Android like gesture navigation, a revamped...
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Sony posts guide on building AOSP Android Pie on Xperia devices
When it comes to developer friendly OEMs, Sony is generally somewhere towards the top of the list. While they have been known to do things such as wipe DRM keys when the bootloader is unlocked, they...
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Android Pie GSI now available for Project Treble-enabled devices
When Google first announced Project Treble with Android 8.0 Oreo, there was some skepticism among the community about how effective Treble would be at bringing faster updates to Android devices. After...
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Google Nexus 6 and Nexus 5X get AOSP Android Pie ports
As lots of devices get Android Pie ports on our forums, the Nexus 6 and the Nexus 5X are the next up to receive them. Both of these devices are pretty old and have had their official support cut-off....
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List of Android Pie (Android 9) ports for smartphones and tablets
Since Android Pie was announced and its source code made available on AOSP, the developer community on our forums has been hard at work building the latest release for their devices. Although the...
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Google document suggests API Level 29 will be Android Q
Every year, Google unveils a new Android version. The new flavor this year is Android Pie, also known as Android 9. While it’ll take many months for Android 9 Pie to make its mark in the Android...
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Open GApps ARM/ARM64 packages for Android Pie ROMs now available
If you want to flash a custom ROM and use the Google Play Store or any other applications that require Google Play Services, then you’ll most likely need to flash a separate Google apps package...
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Android Q will protect your hearing by suppressing an incoming call ringtone...
Every year, Google announces a new version of Android. This year brought us Android Pie with its new gesture navigation, refreshed Material Design theme, Adaptive Battery, and more. But there’s more to...
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Wileyfox Swift, Wileyfox Storm, and Yu Yuphoria get official LineageOS 15.1
Yu released the YU Yuphoria back in May of 2015 as a mid-range smartphone with the Snapdragon 410 SoC and 2GB of RAM. The device is has been receiving LineageOS 14.1 since the 17th of last month. This...
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