Android 10

Some of the newest ways to control your privacy, customize your phone, and get things done. 

It’s Android, just the way you want it.

Android 10 Highlights:

• Dark Theme
• Location controls
• Family Link
• Sound Amplifier
• Smart Replay
• Privacy controls

for more: https://www.android.com/android-10/

Introducing Android Q Beta

Build anything on android

The latest release of Android brings a host of new features, like stronger protections for user privacy, new ways to engage users, better support for foldable's ,  Vulkan extensions, and more!

What's in Android Q

BEHAVIOR CHANGESSystem changes that may affect your app when it's running on Android Q.

PRIVACY FEATURESNew safeguards to protect user privacy that you'll need to support in your app.

NEW FEATURES & APISAPIs for foldables, sharing, connectivity, media, NNAPI, biometrics, and more.

Read More: https://developer.android.com/preview

Google I/O 2019

May 7-9, 2019

Mountain View, CA

I/O brings together developers from around the globe for talks, hands-on learning with Google experts, and a first look at Google’s latest developer products.

1. Explore themes
2. Platforms
3. Utilize platforms that connect you to billions of users around the world.
4. Grow and Earn
5. Acquire and engage new users; grow meaningful monetization streams.
6. Build on Mobile
7. Apply infrastructure and services to take your mobile apps to the next level.
8. Beyond Mobile
9. Expand onto new screens and push the limits of what’s possible.

For more :https://events.google.com/io/

Android Q Beta 2 update

A few weeks ago Google Introduced Android Q Beta, a first look at the next version of Android. Along with new privacy features for users, Android Q adds new capabilities for developers - like enhancements for foldables, new APIs for connectivity, new media codecs and camera capabilities, NNAPI extensions, Vulkan 1.1 graphics, and more.
For more details
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2019/04/android-q-beta-2-update.html?m=1

Android Q Scoped Storage: Best Practices and Updates

Application Sandboxing is a core part of Android’s design, isolating apps from each other. In Android Q, taking the same fundamental principle from Application Sandboxing, we introduced Scoped Storage.

Since the Beta 1 release, you’ve given us a lot of valuable feedback on these changes -- thank you for helping shape Android! Because of your feedback, we've evolved the feature during the course of Android Q Beta. In this post, we'll share options for declaring your app’s support for Scoped Storage on Android Q devices, and best practices for questions we've heard from the community.
To know more
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2019/04/android-q-scoped-storage-best-practices.html?m=1

Android Version Timeline

Android 1.5, Cupcake: April 27, 2009
Android 1.6, Donut: September 15, 2009
Android 2.0-2.1, Eclair: October 26, 2009 (initial release)
Android 2.2-2.2.3, Froyo: May 20, 2010 (initial release)
Android 2.3-2.3.7, Gingerbread: December 6, 2010 (initial release)
Android 3.0-3.2.6, Honeycomb: February 22, 2011 (initial release)
Android 4.0-4.0.4, Ice Cream Sandwich: October 18, 2011 (initial release)
Android 4.1-4.3.1, Jelly Bean: July 9, 2012 (initial release)
Android 4.4-4.4.4, KitKat: October 31, 2013 (initial release)
Android 5.0-5.1.1, Lollipop: November 12, 2014 (initial release)
Android 6.0-6.0.1, Marshmallow: October 5, 2015 (initial release)
Android 7.0-7.1.2, Nougat: August 22, 2016 (initial release)
Android 8.0-8.1, Oreo: August 21, 2017 (initial release)
Android 9.0, Pie: August 6, 2018