Last Wednesday’s post was about Oracle’s choice (or failure to make one) about which of the various IDEs it’s created/inherited to support. It’s an important issue, but one largely of interest to the ...

The Microsoft Open Technologies group (MS Open Tech) has released an initial preview of a new plugin for JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA Java IDE and the open-source Android Studio IDE, which is based on the ...

The Microsoft Open Technologies group previewed the MS Open Tech Tools Plugin for Microsoft Services, an initial preview of a new plugin for JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA Java IDE and Android Studio IDE.

Google has introduced an IDE (integrated developer environment) aimed at easing development of Android apps. Android Studio made its debut Wednesday at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco.

Google has released App Inventor for Android, a new Java development environment aimed at the recently oft-targeted non-coder developer who wants to build an app for the Android operating system. It's ...

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Hit the road, Jack -- Google is displacing the toolchain, but existing tools and plugins dependent on the Java class file format still should work Android’s mobile application build system will ...

Wondering what the lawyers and programmers are talking about in the highest-profile tech trial in years? Here's a guide to the ties between Android and Java -- and the history leading up to the case.