Android has been leveraging the more efficient Vulcan API for many years. With Android 16’s new changes, Google is doubling down, requiring devices to support the new Host Image Copy feature.

REST is by far the most commonly-used style for designing APIs, especially for mobile platforms. Indeed, REST APIs are well suited for providing content to apps running on small devices, like ...

Connecting to Microsoft Graph is the first step every Android app must take to start working with Office 365 services and data. This sample shows how to connect and then call one API through the ...

This is a simple guide to making a GET request API using the Volley library in Android, using Java and XML. The application was written using methodologies and tips from the book "Android Programming: ...

In this 10-question RESTful web services quiz, we will test you on how to develop REST-based APIs, how RESTful web services leverage the HTTP protocol and how to structure URLs and URIs in order to ...

For nearly 10 years, Google has argued that its use of Java API in building Android was to create an ecosystem in which Java programmers could more easily create Android apps.