Google releases source code of its I/O 2014 app

Google is hoping to help developers create the best Android apps they can. The tech company just released the source code of its I/O 2014 app. They want it to serve as a template of sorts for any app development. According to Google, some of the features, design approaches, and APIs used in the app include “fragments, loaders, alarms, notifications, SQLite databases, Action Bar, Navigation Drawer, Google Cloud Messaging, Google Drive API, material design, etc.

They also rebuilt the app to work with JSON files instead of a specific API to allow it to be repurposed for other conferences. They also plan to release the technical articles related to the source code as well as update the app in the coming months.

Source: The Next Web

Google I/O represents crossroads for Android's bevy of products

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Today's Google I/O Keynote felt very much like a bookend to Apple's own WWDC keynote earlier this month in the same venue. Just like Apple, Google focused on its two main operating systems and their surrounding ecosystems. Android, which is now being called Android "L" because even Google realizes calling an OS 'Lollypop' just sounds juvenile, and Chrome as well as it's huge array of cloud services.

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