Android SDK Archive

Updates and news from the Android Software Development Kit (SDK), new build release information including the ongoing development of the SDK and Android operating system.

Google have today announced announced the release of the latest Android SDK.
The beta SDK that we’re releasing today is the first big step on the SDK’s road to compatibility with 1.0. Since this is a beta release, applications developed with it may not quite be compatible with devices running the final Android 1.0. However, the [...]

According to security vendor Core Security, the latest Android SDK version m5-rc15 update arrives without a root password by default, “Unprivileged users with shell access can simply use the su program to gain privileges,” said Core.
Since the end of January Google have received numerous reports about it’s Google SDK possessing a number of security [...]

A new Android SDK update has been released to fix a minor security issue involving handling of images files. Android SDK version m5-rc15 doesn’t include any new features or changes to the API but it is recommended users upgrade.
The update doesn’t change any of the Android APIs or introduce any new ones. Eclipse users don’t [...]

According to an article in the Sydney Morning Herald, downloads for the Android Software Development Kit (SDK) have broken some 750,000 downloads since its release in November 2007.
Given that many early news reports slammed the SDK as being ‘too clunky’ for keen developers to get stuck into, these download numbers are made to seem even [...]