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AndroidX moving to minSdkVersion 19




Posted by Aurimas Liutikas, Software Engineer on AndroidX





AndroidX libraries are moving to a default minimum supported Android API level 19 (previously 14) starting with releases in October, 2023. According to Play Store check-in data, nearly a...
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Bare-metal Rust in Android

Posted by Andrew Walbran, Android Rust Team



Last year we wrote about how moving native code in Android from C++ to Rust has resulted in fewer security vulnerabilities. Most of the components we mentioned then were system services in userspace (runni...
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Search Central Live Zurich is back!


We're very excited to announce that Search Central Live is coming back to Zurich on Tuesday, October 24th, 2023!
After our last Search Central Live event in Zurich in December 2019, we're back in town for more presentations, Q&A and networ...
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Scaling Rust Adoption Through Training

Posted by Martin Geisler, Android team



Android 14 is the third major Android release with Rust support. We are already seeing a number of benefits:



Productivity: Developers quickly feel productive writing Rust. They report important indicators of...
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