Android development starts with the Android SDK (Software Development Kit). While there are many different programming languages and a host of IDEs (Integrated Development Environments) you can ...

Google introduced its new Google AI SDK to simplify integrating Gemini Pro, its best-performing model to date, in Android apps. Using this SDK, developers need not build and manage their own ...

Now, in theory, the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) is still free and open source -- but the Android SDK is the de facto tool for developing apps for every flavor of Android.