Cool apps that surprise and delight mobile users—built by developers like you—are a huge part of the Android vision. To support you in your efforts, Google has launched the Android Developer Challenge, which will provide awards for great mobile apps built on the Android platform.
ADC 2 has now launched! Learn more »
Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications. The Android SDK provides the tools and APIs necessary to begin developing applications that run on Android-powered devices.
This site provides information about Google projects based on the Android platform, such as external libraries that extend the Android platform, Android applications, hosted services and APIs, the Android Developer Contest, and more. Everything on this site is provided by Google for the benefit of Android developers.
If you are looking for general information about Android, please visit the www.android.com site. If you are interested in developing applications for Android devices, please visit the Android Developers site at developer.android.com
The Google APIs add-on extends your Android SDK to give your applications access to Google libraries such as Maps. Using the Maps library, you can quickly add powerful mapping capabilities to your Android applications.
