“Silver”
Silver is a free implementation of Apple’s Swift programming language. Currently in Beta.
Dumpey
Gtihub user ‘tslamic’ introduces us to Dumpey which will help you run the money on multiple Android devices/emulators and do converted memory heap dumps before and after it
Getting Started With Android Development Using Groovy 2.4 and Android Studio
Hosain show us how to set up anew Android studio project with Groovy 2.4 support
Android Studio Tips Of the Day – Roundup #5
Developer Phil gives us a few pro tips on Android Studio
Android Studio – Migration from maven central to jcenter
In this article on TechnoTalkative, Paresh Mayani goes into detail on answers to questions that he raised during an android workshop relating to Maven Central and jCenter
Moving from ActionBar to Toolbar
a simple walkthrough of some things you may come across when switching your app over from the ActionBar to Toolbar
How to root any Android device using vRoot
Androidxda takes us through a ‘How To’ using vRoot (or Root Master) to root any Android phone in a single click
JitPack.io
An easy to use package repository for Gradle, Maven and Sbt projects
Go with the DBFlow: The fastest Android ORM database library
Andrew Grosner takes us through how to use DBFlow as a more efficient and powerful alternative to reflection
The Guardian — Understanding and engaging mobile users
Leticia Lago shows us how the Guardian news organization is so effective in engaging mobile users with over 100 million monthly unique browser and app users.
Interview with Tor Norbye: the Present and the Future of Developer Tools for Android
Andrey Cheptsov interviews Tor Norbye, one of the googlers behind the new Android Studio
Android Studio 1.1 Release Candidate 1 Available
This release contains only a small set of bug fixes on top of the beta 4 release from last week
Beta Channel for the Android WebView
Richard Coles (software engineer for Google London) explains how developers can now use a new beta channel to test the latest version of WebView and provide feedback with Lollipop.
Android Studio and Gradle plugin Unit Testing
Oleksandr Kucherenko has spent some time investigating latest unit tests approach introduced in Android Studio 1.1 and gradle build plugin 1.1-rc2. This article details his findings
Accelerate Your Gradle Build Time from 90 to 8 Minutes
marcin grzejszczak shows us how to save many minutes on different parts of the gradle build process
RecyclerView Animations Part 2 – Behind The Scenes
Yigit Boyar goes into more detail on RecyclerView Animations
TouchDevelop
Microsoft introduced TouchDevelop, a touch-friendly app creation environment for iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac and Linux