Hacker News
- Integrating Rust into the Android Open Source Project https://security.googleblog.com/2021/05/integrating-rust-into-android-open.html 28 comments
- Exodus for Android: Finds trackers embedded in all your apps (Open-Source) https://www.privacytools.io/guides/exodus-for-android-finds-trackers 15 comments opensource
- An (open-source) app to control your mobile platform from an Android phone via Bluetooth https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bluetooth 6 comments arduino
- Interested in learning Android? Let us save you a couple hundred hours. Here's our attempt at High-quality Open-source Android "Cliffnotes" https://github.com/thecodepath/android_guides/wiki 47 comments programming
- Kakapo - an open-source privacy-centric social networking app for Android https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/fg1kyu/kakapo_an_opensource_privacycentric_social/ 16 comments privacy
- Android Was 2011's Open Source Story of the Year http://ostatic.com/blog/android-was-2011s-open-source-story-of-the-year 2 comments linux
- The ProtonMail Android app is open source https://protonmail.com/blog/android-open-source/ 4 comments freesoftware
- Open Source Android Terraria/Minecraft Clone Release! https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/4r3yqa/open_source_android_terrariaminecraft_clone/ 21 comments gamedev
- Mishaal Rahman: Android might swap which open-source decoder it uses for playing back AV1 videos in order to improve performance on lower-end hardware https://twitter.com/MishaalRahman/status/1722742433887216102 4 comments android
- How often are Android open source apps audited? https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/5konn8/how_often_are_android_open_source_apps_audited/ 4 comments privacy
- SkyTube: open source YouTube app for Android with ad-blocking and video downloading https://www.ghacks.net/2021/05/30/skytube-open-source-youtube-app-for-android-with-ad-blocking-and-video-downloading/ 3 comments degoogle
- Introducing the new lead for Android Open Source Project https://opensource.googleblog.com/2018/08/introducing-new-lead-for-android.html 28 comments linux
- Oracle Announces Open Source JavaFX for iOS and Android http://www.infoq.com/news/2013/02/javafx-ios-android 17 comments programming
- Open source on the move: Android passes iPhone in US market share. http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-20004585-266.html?tag=newsleadstoriesarea.1 8 comments programming
- Open source chromium os with android apps and linux for chromebook https://www.asus.com/de/Laptops/For-Home/Chromebook/ASUS-Chromebook-Flip-CX5-CX5500/ 7 comments chromeos
- Kore: A Kodi remote app for Android (official and open source) http://liliputing.com/2015/05/kore-a-kodi-remote-app-for-android-official-and-open-source.html 6 comments opensource
- Nexus S gets its first OTA update (Android 2.3.1). Thanks to Android open source project http://www.geekword.net/install-android-2.3.1-nexus-s/ 18 comments opensource
- Google Open Source Blog: Introducing Android Scripting Environment http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2009/06/introducing-android-scripting.html# 4 comments linux
- eelo: An Open Source Android-alternative Being Developed By Mandrake Linux Creator https://fossbytes.com/eelo-mobile-os-open-source-android-alternative/ 21 comments linux
- The first release of the libcamera (an open source camera stack and framework for Linux, Android, and ChromeOS) team is out! https://twitter.com/libcamera/status/1581941610413056000 14 comments linux
- Awesome Android Apps - A curated list of awesome open source Android applications, tutorials, and resources. https://gitlab.com/linuxcafefederation/awesome-android/-/blob/main/README.md#productivity 13 comments opensource
- Mirror and control you android device from your computer using Scrcpy, a free and open source application https://medium.com/@krishnivas/mirror-and-control-your-android-device-from-your-computer-using-scrcpy-5e3addf6006 36 comments linux
- GrapheneOS is an Android-based, security-hardened, open source operating system https://liliputing.com/2019/04/grapheneos-is-an-android-based-security-hardened-open-source-operating-system.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+liliputing+%28liliputing%29 4 comments technology
- Google’s iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/ 64 comments linux
- Arista Transcoder 0.9.4 released (User-friendly multimedia converter for GNOME) Adds support for Android, WebM and more. Project and website are 100% open source. http://www.transcoder.org/ 14 comments opensource
- Cryptocam: Record encrypted video to protect sensitive footage (open source Android app) https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/n89n7r/cryptocam_record_encrypted_video_to_protect/ 8 comments privacy
- Tutanota's new website puts open source front and center, even sporting the F-droid logo before Android and iOS https://tutanota.com/ 12 comments opensource
- Zim - desktop based open source note taking application. Despite lacking an android app, I have used Zim to store all my notes for almost a year now. It stores everything in text format and has incredible features not found in other apps of its type. Give it a try. http://www.zim-wiki.org/ 37 comments linux
- Neo900 Project - An open source, open hardware successor to the Nokia N900, with support for Android, Debian, and others http://neo900.org/ 29 comments opensource
- Eugene Kaspersky: Open source will kill off the iPhone. Apple needs to ease developer restrictions. Android, Symbian will survive but will be hacker targets. http://news.techworld.com/personal-tech/3221881/open-source-will-kill-off-the-iphone-says-kaspersky/?intcmp=nws-hm-l 21 comments programming
- So some guys are developing a real Linux (not Android) based open source smartphone. Definitely gonna get one of these myself. https://www.reddit.com/r/pinephone?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share 7 comments technology
- GrapheneOS - open source privacy and security focused mobile OS with Android app compatibility https://grapheneos.org/ 16 comments programming
- pressureNET Data Visualization: an open source, global network of barometer-carrying Android phones are building a giant weather network. Here is a first look at our data http://pndv.cumulonimbus.ca 4 comments technology
- Any Android users? A subreddit for free and open source Android software has been created. Come hang out before SOPA destroys Reddit. https://pay.reddit.com/r/fossdroid/ 5 comments opensource
- Linux Foundation Announces Tizen - Open Source, Standards-Based, Software Platform for mobile devices. Could it give Android a run for its money? http://www.thethoughtsbubble.com/2011/09/tizen-open-source-standards-based.html 13 comments linux
- OpenLogic Scan Shows Open Source License Violations for iPhone and Android: More Than 70%+ Of Mobile Applications Containing Open Source Fail to Comply http://www.openlogic.com/news/press/03.08.11.php 4 comments opensource
- This Week in Open Source - Ubuntu on RISC-V, Android 13, Linux 6.0 rc-1, Flathub update, and other news and releases you might have missed https://fossweekly.beehiiv.com/p/foss-weekly-13-ubuntu-on-risc-v-android-13-linux-6-0-purchases-on-flathub-and-other-updates-from-thi 4 comments linux
- Sign the petition to open kernel source of Phoenix OS - Android-x86 Nougat based with full desktop UI. Community will help improve hardware support! https://www.change.org/p/phoenix-os-is-a-great-desktop-ui-android-nougat-for-pcs-but-has-poor-hardware-support-lets-ask-the-os-maker-to-open-source-the-kernel-and-allow-the-community-to-help-with-the-issue-sign-the-petition-now-phoenix-os-chaozhuo-technology?recruiter=383567004&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition 55 comments linux
- "Android is huge. Creating an open source mobile platform was one of the smarter things Google has done. It's too bad that they haven't done that great of a job doing it. Android has succeeded despite Google...Android is successful for one primary reason. The iPhone is only available on AT&T." http://www.itsbeach.com/blog/2010/08/developing-for-android.html 212 comments programming
- Fedora is changing: "look at successful products MacOS X, Playstation 4, Android and ChromeOS, the red thread between them is that while they all was built on top of existing open source efforts, they didn’t just indiscriminately shovel in any open source code and project they could find" http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2014/04/16/preparing-the-ground-for-the-fedora-workstation/ 252 comments linux