It's the new build tool that Google wants to use for Android. It's being used due to it being more extensible, and useful than Ant. It is meant to enhance developer experience. You can view a talk by Xavier Ducrohet from the Android Developer Team at Google I/O here. There is als...
2.targetSdkVersion is a property that tells the system for which Android version the app was designed and tested on. If the user runs your app on a device with an android version that is higher than the targetSdkVersion defined in your app, for new android features, the...
C++ is often used to write apps that are geared for high performance and quick reactivity (which is why many game developers choose it). If you want to reuse C++ code for your Android app, download the Android native development kit...
Already in Android 13, we were warned that in the next version of Android, we should expect updates of theBack GestureandPredictive Back Gesturewith animation in the form of a preview screen where we will move. Animation for that preview is still not working. If you want it to work, you...
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The Tor network entails Tor relays that route traffic. It is not just used for web browsing but can also be used by many applications which want to route traffic anonymously. Applications like Instant Messaging (IM), Internet Relay Chat (IRC), and web browsers can all use Tor effectively to...
The beginner’s guide to Android game development: Everything you need to know Hopefully that has definitely answered the question: what is Unity? Now you know what Unity is best used for, how to download it, and how to get started with development. All that is left is to get out there...
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you can now download and set-up theAndroid SDKandNDKdirectly through the Unity Hub for instance, which should streamline the set-up process for new developers. Better yet is native Android logcat support for simpler debugging, currently in preview. This is going to make debugging considerably qu...
This step is performed only when `TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD` is set. 3. Build package for the host. This step is performed only when `TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD` is set. 4. Set up a standalone Android NDK toolchain and patch NDK sysroot from patches located in [ndk-patches](../ndk-patches) ...