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Spotlight Week: Design and develop widgets
Spotlight Week: Design and develop widgets

03 March 2025

Posted by Summers Pitman – Developer Relations Engineers We’re kicking off the next edition in our Spotlight Week series! This week, ...


Meet the Android Studio team: A conversation with Android Developer UX Manager, Dan Dole
Meet the Android Studio team: A conversation with Android Developer UX Manager, Dan Dole

27 February 2025

Posted by Ashley Tschudin – Social Media Specialist, MTP at Google Welcome to "Meet the Android Studio Team"! In this blog...


Meet the Android Studio team: A conversation with Engineering Director, Tor Norbye
Meet the Android Studio team: A conversation with Engineering Director, Tor Norbye

20 February 2025

Posted by Ashley Tschudin – Social Media Specialist, MTP at Google Welcome to "Meet the Android Studio Team," our new ongo...


Meet the Android Studio team: A conversation with Staff Developer Programs Engineer, Trevor Johns
Meet the Android Studio team: A conversation with Staff Developer Programs Engineer, Trevor Johns

12 February 2025

Posted by Ashley Tschudin – Social Media Specialist, MTP at Google Android Studio isn't just code and algorithms – it's buil...


Meet the Android Studio team: A conversation with Director of Product Management, Jamal Eason
Meet the Android Studio team: A conversation with Director of Product Management, Jamal Eason

06 February 2025

Posted by Ashley Tschudin – Social Media Specialist, MTP at Google Dive into the world of Android Studio and meet the mastermi...


Designing for Wear OS: Getting started with designing inclusive smartwatch apps
Designing for Wear OS: Getting started with designing inclusive smartwatch apps

22 May 2023

Posted by Matthew Pateman & Mallory Carroll (UX Research), and Josef Burnham (UX Design) Smartwatches are becoming increasingly p...


U-NEXT sees 1.5X increase in tablet installations after boosting support for large screens
U-NEXT sees 1.5X increase in tablet installations after boosting support for large screens

25 April 2023

Posted by Maru Ahues Bouza, Director, Android Developer Relations As one of the largest domestic streaming and digital content servic...


Working Towards Android App Excellence
Working Towards Android App Excellence

16 August 2021

Posted by Jacob Lehrbaum Director of Developer Relations, Android Great app experiences are great for business. In fact, nearl...


Expand your app beyond mobile to reach Android users at large
Expand your app beyond mobile to reach Android users at large

05 September 2019

Posted by Sameer Samat, Vice President, Platforms & Ecosystems From day one, we designed Android to be a flexible, adaptive plat...


User experience tips to help you design your app to engage users and drive conversions
User experience tips to help you design your app to engage users and drive conversions

08 May 2017

By Jenny Gove, Senior Staff UX Researcher, Google Play We know you work hard to acquire users and grow your customer base, which can be c...


Learn How UX Design can Make Your App More Successful
Learn How UX Design can Make Your App More Successful

31 July 2014

By Nazmul Idris , a Developer Advocate at Google who's passionate about Android and UX design As a mobile developer, how do you cr...