With millions of apps on the Google Play Store, it's tricky to choose which ones truly deserve a spot on your Android device. Some promise convenience, others claim to provide better connectivity, ...

Next year, Google will prohibit sideloading on Android—one of the few prominent things differentiating the Android operating system from Apple's iOS. Per the forthcoming policy, Google will ask all ...

There are inevitably going to be times when you can't hold your phone in two hands: Maybe you're carrying groceries, hanging on tightly to a subway carriage rail, or walking the dog. That means just ...

The Java ecosystem has historically been blessed with great IDEs to work with, including NetBeans, Eclipse and IntelliJ from JetBrains. However, in recent years Microsoft's Visual Studio Code editor ...

Anu is a Features author at Android Police. You'll find her writing in-depth pieces about automation tools, productivity apps, and explainers. Before joining AP, she used to write for prominent tech ...

Android 16 introduces a “Secure Lock” feature that enhances the security of remotely locking a lost device. Secure Lock restricts access to notifications, Quick Settings, widgets, and the digital ...

Method references are a shorthand way to write lambda expressions that call a single method. Rather than implementing a method in a functional interface, a method reference simply points to an ...

In this video, I've partnered with both Minwax and Purdy Brushes in order to turn all of the scrap wood I had laying around the shop into some acoustic sound diffusion panels for my office. My office ...

App shortcuts were introduced with Android 7.1 in October 2016. They’ve seen some UI changes over the years, but they’ve mostly stayed the same. I long-press the application icon to access the menu ...

If you have a Samsung tablet, connecting it to a Windows PC is easy. Galaxy slates offer a Second Screen option in the Quick Menu that lets you seamlessly connect to your computer – with no other ...

An Android Chatting Application coded in Java language using Android Studio. Backend is implemented using Firebase. Users can send messages, delete messages, edit messages, send images, and set their ...