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8 Ways To Stay Up To Date With Android Development


Android development is growing and oh boy its growing very fast, There is so much happening in the world of android development, There are new libraries, SDKs, Tools and Apps which are constantly popping up. In such a fast growing industry, if you want to survive and make it through then you surely need to stay up to date with android development and the latest trends in this scenario.

with the increasing popularity of android, there are many resources which could help you stay up to date with android development. There are Newsletters, Blogs, Forums and Youtube channels which are just here to help you do this and to further help you I have made a complete list of resources you should follow to stay up to date with android development.

The List Of Resources To Stay Up Date With Android Development


1. Android Weekly
Android Weekly is an android related Newsletter which issues every week and you can subscribe to this newsletter for free. It covers Android development news, latest libraries, development tutorials, Android Jobs etc.

2. Android Devleopers Offical blog.
This is the official blog from google and so this is the probably the first place where all the latest updates and releases are announced. Apart from the announcements this blog also provides you with the code implementation of different techniques in Android, you surely want to subscribe to RSS feed of this blog.

3. Google Devs Youtube Channel
If you are not much of a reader or you prefer the visual medium to get updated with Android Development then all you have to do is subscribe to Google Devs Youtube Channel. This youtube channel is like the a vlog of their official blog, but it has lot more than what the official blog offers. Make sure you subscribe to this channel.

4. Reddit.com/r/androiddev
As Reddit says They are the front page of the internet and this sub reddit is the front page for the android development, This sub reddit has more than 30k devs actively posting information about different android development releases, announcements, concepts, tutorials and common issues. Having a look at this sub reddit will surely help you stay up to date with the android development community.

5. Google Alerts
Google Alerts are very handy and can be used to be informed about a certain topic online. Once you subscribe to your selected topic via Google Alert, you receive an email daily with the latest news surrounding your topic.

6. Android Arsenal
Android Arsenal is a huge collection of android libraries and is being updated very frequently with new libraries so visiting Android arsenal once in a week would keep you updated with the latest android libraries.

7. Follow Android Devs
You can also follow android developers and stay up to date with android development. Some of the android developers I am following are

  • Roman Nurik - Design Advocate at Google and Creator of Android Asset Studio

  • Jake Wharton - The Person behind ActionBarSherlock and NineOldDroid

  • Nick Butcher - Android Developer Advocate at Google

  • Koushik Dutta - Developer on CynogenMod and creator of ROM manager

  • Chris Banes - Android Developers Program Engineer at Google 

8. Blogs
These are some of the top blogs you should be following if you aren't already

  1. Android Police 
  2. Android Authority 
  3. Android Central 
  4. Android and Me 

And Lastly, although this blog is pretty new, but I am very much focused and passionate about android development and I want to make this blog as one stop shop for android developer and up to date with android development, so if you like this post then please subscribe to www.android4devs.com and join me on this mission.
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One Book to Take Your Android Development from Intermediate to Advanced Level

Android Development Book


Starting out android development is pretty straight forward and there are lot of resources to help you grasp the concepts and learn the development, the official android developers website is a good place to start and later on you can just browse around the internet for your needs. The tough part comes when you get around the basic concepts and look to advance your skills, when you are in this stage of the development, you would probably realise that only tutorials won’t be sufficient you need a proper understanding and examples to grasp the concept clearly and to this a book would be a perfect option. So we are here with our recommendation, we are providing only one book as the recommendation so you don’t get confused 

The Book we are recommending is 

Android Programming: Pushing the Limits by Erik Hellman
This book is the powerhouse of useful tips and resources. The book starts with fine tuning your android skills and chapter by chapter tackles each and every advance concept you as a developer should know. The book provides detailed information on Custom View Creation,
Multi-Touch Gesture, User Interface, User Experience, Android Graphics, Background processing, Networking, Maps API and much more

Here are some points which this book promises
    Android Programming
  • Optimize your components for the smoothest user    experience possible
  • Create your own custom Views
  • Push the boundaries of the Android SDK
  • Master Android Studio and Gradle
  • Make optimal use of the Android audio, video and graphics APIs
  • Program in Text-To-Speech and Speech Recognition
  • Make the most of the new Android maps and location API
  • Use Android connectivity technologies to communicate with remote devices
  • Perform background processing
  • Use Android cryptography APIs
  • Find and safely use hidden Android APIs
  • Cloud enable your applications with Google Play Services
  • Distribute and sell your applications on Google Play Store


This Book is for you if you have a mediocre experience in android development and you have good understanding of the basic concepts. If you haven’t ever published your application to android store just because you couldn’t obtain the certain functionality or couldn’t get that professional finish to the application then this book is just for you
So go ahead and get this book, Buy Now 
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