Most Android widgets don’t fail because they’re missing features. They fail because they ignore some very basic principles of good design: consistency, adaptability, and meaningful interaction. Let’s ...

Abstract: Poster-level relation extraction (PosterRE) identifies spatial and semantic relationships among layout elements. While recent rule-based approaches improve ...

Google Pixel phones are adding support for the three-button layout used in navigation by Samsung Galaxy smartphones, but only in the latest beta for now. Android has largely moved to gestures for ...

Abstract: Automatic exploit generation (AEG) is widely recognized as one of the most effective methods for assessing the risk level of vulnerabilities. To exploit heap-related vulnerabilities, it is ...

What’s happened? The latest Android Canary release (2510) includes a new setting that lets users flip the navigation button layout. Why is this important? The ability to flip the navigation button ...

What problem does this solve or what need does it fill? This is related to plain old "centering a div" prblem in box model. Say, for android constraint layout, you effectively set both left + width + ...

Brace yourself: Once you've read this, you'll never think about your folding phone in the same way again. When you live with a folding phone and you’re the kind of person who likes taking total ...

Google is working on a compact keyboard layout as part of Gboard for typing in Hindi. This new layout places characters from the Hindi alphabet across a grid of ten buttons. Each button can hold up to ...

After years of using Android phones, I got sick of the standard background and row of icons. Here are a few tools I use to change up the appearance and feel of my device. I’m a mobile writer at PCMag, ...

Android 16 delivers a significant update to smartphone design and functionality, anchored by Google’s Material 3 Expressive design language. This release emphasizes a visually dynamic user interface ...