Heads up, Google Play's Indie Games Contest Europe submissions close Dec 31

Enter your game now → g.co/play/indiecontest

Not a lot of time left to submit your game for the Google Play Indie Games Contest Europe! Give your game the exposure it deserves and win prizes that will help you grow.

Security metadata to be added to APKs in 2018

Starting in early 2018, we'll be adding a small security metadata onto new or updated apps to verify that the app was officially distributed by Google Play.

Read more from our blog here → goo.gl/gvwsdA

There is nothing that you need to do, and this change doesn't impact publishing or APK signing. To account for the small, additional size of the metadata, we'll also raise the maximum APK size accordingly.

#AndroidOreo is stuffed full of security enhancements including support for hardware security, platform hardening, process isolation and more!

Read our blog post here → goo.gl/zweU3e

Over the past few months, we've covered how we've improved the security of the Android platform and its applications: from making it safer to get apps, dropping insecure network protocols, providing more user control over identifiers, hardening the kernel, making Android easier to update, all the way to doubling the Android Security Rewards payouts.

Coming to Google Play: Security metadata, Target API level & 64-bit support requirements

Full details and timings → goo.gl/gvwsdA

Today we’re giving Android developers a heads-up on three upcoming changes to Google Play that will improve app security and performance, and ensure compatibility with future Android devices.

The #Android Emulator is better than ever with #QuickBoot, performance improvements, the #PlayStore, and much more!

Check out our tips and updates here → goo.gl/iwkSra

Most importantly, the emulator now passes the Android compatibility test suite running Android Nougat and above.

We updated the guidelines for publishing your #AndroidTV #app! There is a new quality section for your app’s home screen channels.

Checkout our checklist here → goo.gl/Sdorg1

We would love to hear your feedback for the new APIs!

LoWPAN support available today in #AndroidThings with the #Dev Preview 6.1 release, including first-class networking support for Thread. Get started quickly with supported #OpenThread hardware.

Read our blog post here → goo.gl/zpdyUD

The Low-power Wireless Personal Area Networks (LoWPAN) API enables Android Things apps to manage and configure Thread mesh networks. With this API, developers can integrate additional radios into their device to communicate directly with other peer devices on a Thread network, even ultra-low power battery operated nodes that may not have WiFi or Bluetooth connectivity.

Developing in #3D? GAPID (Graphics API Debugger) is a new tool to diagnose rendering and performance issues and save you precious time

Read our blog post → goo.gl/xkup63

With GAPID, you can capture a trace of your application and step through each graphics command one-by-one. This lets you visualize how your final image is built and isolate problematic calls, so you spend less time debugging through trial-and-error.

Want to add fluid animations to your #Android #app without lots of #code? We cover building complex animations keyframes via #ConstraintLayout

Watch here → goo.gl/V7zJM5