Taking the final wrapper off of Android 7.0 Nougat

Posted by Dave Burke, VP of Engineering Android 7.0 Nougat Today, Android 7.0 Nougat will begin rolling out to users, starting with Nexus d...

Strictly Enforced Verified Boot with Error Correction

Posted by Sami Tolvanen, Software Engineer Overview Android uses multiple layers of protection to keep users safe. One of these layers is ve...

Final Developer Preview before Android 7.0 Nougat begins rolling out

Posted by Dave Burke, VP of Engineering As we close in on the public rollout of href="https://developer.android.com/preview/index.html?...

Changes to Trusted Certificate Authorities in Android Nougat

Posted by Chad Brubaker, Android Security team In Android Nougat, we’ve changed how Android handles trusted certificate authorities (CAs) to...

Improving Stability with Private C/C++ Symbol Restrictions in Android N

Posted by Dimitry Ivanov & Elliott Hughes, Software Engineers As documented in the href="https://developer.android.com/preview/beha...

Security "Crypto" provider deprecated in Android N

Posted by Sergio Giro, software engineer If your Android app derives keys using the SHA1PRNG algorithm from the Crypto provider, you must st...

Notifications in Android N

Posted by Ian Lake, Developer Advocate Android notifications are often a make-or-break interaction between your Android app and users. To ...

Designing for Multi-Window

Posted by Ian Lake , Developer Advocate As a developer, there’s a wide range of features added in Android N to take advantage of , but when...

Hardening the media stack

Posted by Dan Austin and Jeff Vander Stoep, Android Security team To help make Android more secure, we encourage and reward researchers who...

Developing for Direct Boot

Posted by Wojtek Kaliciński, Developer Advocate Starting with Android N, a device that has been powered on can boot into a new mode called D...