When you first boot up a new Android Studio project, you’re greeted not with a blank page, but a whole bunch of what is known as “boilerplate” code. This is code needed for the vast majority of apps and to get that “Hello World” example up and running. But what does it all mean? What is an onCreate() anyway? If you have ever tried reverse-engineering a project or following instructions, you’ll likely have spotted that a lot of the same lines come up time and again: things like onPause().

AT&T is upping its game in the bid for your network dollar; the carrier has just announced a tempting new plan called Mobile Share Advantage (MSA). While a few more spitballing sessions on the name might not have gone astray, the plan itself is actually pretty attractive, primarily because it does away with overage charges. The best AT&T phones to spend your money on The Best Once you get to your data threshold each month, you’ll automatically start using any leftover that may have rolled over from the previous month.

Despite the supposed “death grip” issues that should have pushed back the releases of the Droid Razr HD and Razr Maxx HD until after Black Friday, it now seems that Verizon is all ready to put the duo up for grabs. According to “several sources” close to Droid-Life, Big Red has “begun training” for both devices and will launch them as soon as next week, on the 18th. None of the two devices is currently listed on Verizon’s website as coming soon or available for pre-order though, so we wouldn’t get our hopes too high.

TL;DR Google Bedtime feature will replace Wind Down within the suite of Digital Wellbeing tools. As with Wind Down, Bedtime helps you get some sleep by pushing you to stop using your phone. It also helps with alarms. Pixel phones are getting Bedtime starting now, other phones will see it later this summer. Google’s suite of Digital Wellbeing tools are available on select Android devices, and they have one singular purpose: to make your life better.

If you own one of of the Nest security cameras or its Nest Hello video doorbell devices from Google, you know you can also sign up for the company Nest Aware service. It offers a way to save video clips from those cameras to the cloud, along with other services, for a fee. Today, as part of the company’s hardware press event, Google announced a revamping of its Nest Aware pricing and plans, which will go into effect in early 2020.

According to a leaked AT&T memo, discovered by Phone Arena, the list of Google Pixel 4 carriers in the United States might actually be complete this time around. According to the memo, AT&T will carry the Pixel 4 at its initial launch. If this ends up being true, this will be the first time ever that a Pixel device has been available at all four of the major wireless carriers in the US, which includes Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint.

Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR Starting in August 2021, Google will require all new Android APKs to land on the Play Store as App Bundles instead. This will invariably result in smaller file sizes and other boons for the end-user. However, it will also require app developers to push out APK versions of their apps to other non-Play Store channels, as they won’t support App Bundles. For as long as Android has been around, Android apps have been launched in the APK format (which stands for Android Package).

Mountain View surprised the world when it announced the creation of and restructuring into Alphabet, a holdings company of which Google is now but a part of. Indeed the name seemed both amusing and surprisingly logical, and as of last week it’s also official. Nonetheless, the mission doesn’t end there, as protecting vested interests are a vital component of modern online businesses. Obviously abc.xyz was insufficient, as according to re/code, Google has fittingly purchased the domain for the entire alphabet.

Table of contents Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have seen a substantial rise in popularity in recent years. While trading these assets used to be a convoluted and insecure process that involved sending money to strangers online, buying and selling crypto has become much more official and streamlined. There are plenty of renowned exchanges and legit financial services that offer trading Bitcoin and a variety of other cryptocurrencies. PayPal is one of them, and today we’ll show you how to buy Bitcoin with Paypal.

Unity is one of the most powerful tools that developers have available for making games and a huge number of the best-selling apps in the Play Store owe their existence to it. We’ve covered the engine before with both a general overview and a guide to making 2D platformers. We also touched on it briefly when discussing how to make games for the Gear VR. But long before Unity was being used to make platformers and VR apps, it was being used to make 3D shooters; usually of the FPS persuasion.