Open source apps are usually leaner and more efficient. Without ads, constant tracking pings, or unnecessary permissions, ...

Droid-ify is a third-party client built specifically for browsing and managing the F-Droid catalog, and it makes discovery ...

Currently, developer verification is already required for the Play Store but not for apps installed from other sources. Today ...

Having used Android phones for the better part of the past decade, I've gotten accustomed to several open-source Android apps. I find these better than their closed-source equivalents—in both ...

Like many other open-source projects, AOSP accepts code contributions from third-party developers. However, Google conducts most AOSP development itself, as it “treats the Android project as a ...

There are plenty of incredible open source Android games available for your smartphone, but to get your started, here are my favorites.

Google is not discontinuing the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), but it has made big changes that affect how Android source code is shared, especially for those who build custom ROMs of Android.

Earlier this year Google revealed that while it will continue to support the Android Open Source Project by releasing source code for each new build of the operating system, the actual development ...

Android has always been an open-source project, meaning its core code is publicly available for anyone to see, use, or modify—in this case, through AOSP.

If you're a fan of open-source software, you'll be glad to know that there's plenty of FOSS software available for Android. Here are my favorite six apps.