Google Pay: Sharing Is Caring Earlier this year Android Pay and Google Wallet combined forces to create Google Pay, a one-step payment process for Android users. The app has featured online payments with certain websites/apps by initially linking a credit card and then checking out in the future with one click. More technologically impressive it uses NFC (Near Field Communication) …
The Six Degrees Of Activity Lifecycles As an Android developer, one of the most fundamental concepts that you’ll learn about is Activities. Activities are a Java class that focus on a single thing that users can do. Many involve user interactions, and in most apps on your phone you can think of each page of the app as an activity. …
Samsung Is A Go For Android Go We’ve talked about Android Go a few times here before. It’s Google’s movement to bring budget phones to the rest of the world by stripping down the software and limiting specs. There’s been a bit of buzz around the movement recently, and earlier this week a leak has revealed some details about Samsung …
Improved Security Or Less Freedom? APK Updates Earlier this week a small change rolled out to the Google Play Store. It’s one that you likely won’t even notice, but for those who have it’s tough to decide whether the shift is good or bad. What change? Just a small string of metadata for apps. Google is adding a security string …
The Pixel 3 Leaks Just Keep Coming! If you’re a phone junky then you’ve probably been following all the buzz surrounding the upcoming Pixel 3. And if you haven’t been but are interested in catching up, then you’ve come to the right place. Rumors and leaks galore have been floating around this week and late discussing what the Pixel …