https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/25/android-ps-final-beta-preview-is-live/ Android just dropped Beta 4 for Android P, marking the last preview milestone before the full version launches. The release is primarily focused on developers. It seems that the still unnamed mobile OS version is just around the corner — promised to arrive at some point later this summer. →
https://opensource.com/article/18/5/termux This looks interesting: Termux is an Android terminal emulator and Linux environment. Termux is Linux, but it is based on Android and runs in a container. That means you can install it with no root access required. What that means in practice is that you can install Termux on most Android devices and do →
https://developers.googleblog.com/2017/11/announcing-tensorflow-lite.html?m=1 Google has announced TensorFlow machine learning for Android and iOS devices: “we’re happy to announce the developer preview of TensorFlow Lite, TensorFlow’s lightweight solution for mobile and embedded devices! TensorFlow has always run on many platforms, from racks of servers to tiny IoT devices” TensorFlow already supports mobile and embedded deployment of models through →
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/22/permissionless_data_slurping_google/ Somebody else than just your mobile operator gets to know where you are: According to an old Chinese proverb: “When a wise man points at the Moon, an idiot looks at his finger.” Google may have been hoping that you were examining a finger, not reading a Quartz story yesterday, which reveals how Android phones send →
https://www.hackster.io/mhanuel/industrial-iot-gateway-based-on-android-things-c680d1 This project is a proof of concept of an Industrial Gateway based on Android Things. Android Things allow to cut development time of the gateway by facilitating the integration with required interfaces such as Ethernet, UART, SPI and I2C. Android Things can be used in common SBC such as Raspberry Pi to have a quick →
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/09/android-users-rejoice-linux-kernel-lts-releases-are-now-good-for-6-years/ The free and open source Linux kernel powers most of the devices around us. It’s not only present in computers and servers, in Android devices, the Internet of things, and almost anything else you can call “smart.” A major change in the maintenance lifecycle of Linux kernels is coming for good. During a Linaro →
https://www.android.com/versions/oreo-8-0/ New Android version has been released. →
https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2017/03/16/installing-linux-on-an-android-phone/?sc_cid=7016000000127ECAAY For Linux developer, being able to run a Linux distro alongside your pre-existing mobile OS on your android phone is a very enticing offer. Installing Linux on an Android device can help you to turn your simple phone into a highly useful tool for web development, troubleshooting, and various other procedures common in the IT industry. →
http://www.instructables.com/id/Voice-Controlled-Bluetooth-Car/ This looks really interesting! Everyone has used the remote controlled car…. but what about a voice controlled car??? Ever used it?If not then you will build it now. Just you need an arduino as the brains and a smartphone. Arduino nano is the brains of the project. Now the voice feature actually works with →
https://www.davisnolan.com/kotlin-java-android-developer/ Ever since the Google I/O keynote, developers have been wondering whether they should stick to Java or start focusing on Kotlin, which is now an official programming language for the development of Android applications. The truth is that as opposed to Java, the resources for learning Kotlin are scarce. Java vs. Kotlin shouldn’t even be a →