Android Studio v1.5 has made its way onto the stable release channel, bringing along a lot of bug fixes and under the hood enhancements. Users can now use short names for code-completing custom views, and also use the built in tools for detecting causes of leaked activities.
Android in the purest AOSP form for many years was available mainly on Nexus devices. Luckily, thanks to Code Aurora efforts. it’s now much easier to get the AOSP working on Qualcomm devices like Sony or LG. XDA Senior Member rcstar6696 added some necessary fixes to make Android 6.0 almost 100% stable for Sony Xperia Z2. Only the camera is an issue, so if you are not a selfie-lover go ahead and flash it onto your device!
Music lovers may have heard about Walkman and ClearAudio technologies developed by Sony. Some of this audio magic is also present on the latest Xperia Z5 Premium, and XDA Senior Member androidexpert35 has attempted to bring the same experience to all devices. Only requirement is that the device should be on Lollipop or above.
Google had recently announced that it will require all apps to disclose if they use advertisements. Some developers are claiming that their app is incorrectly being flagged as having ads. In a blog-post at Commonsware, the author points out that any apps depending on the Play Services SDK may inadvertently include the AdMob SDK, which could erroneously trigger the Play Store to flag your app as “ad-supported”.
