Android Studio offers a rich palette of built-in development tools, and an even more abundant plugin ecosystem. The first three articles in this series focused on installation and setup and coding and ...

Hidden in your Android phone's developer options is the USB debugging switch. This useful setting is designed to let Android developers send data and commands between a computer and their phone, but ...

Every developer has gone through a long afternoon of making a bunch of tiny changes to their app, rebuilding and running it, then repeating the same steps just to get back to a point where they can ...

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In the world of Android development, you need to connect your computer to your phone, usually via a USB cable, in order to transmit your app to your phone. To simplify and modernize this process, ...

Hidden away in your Android phone's developer settings is a powerful feature called USB debugging. It's a special mode that opens a direct line of communication between your smartphone and a computer, ...

Let's be honest: When debugging with Android -- and Mono for Android (MfA) on Windows by extension -- using the emulator requires patience. This isn't a condemnation of Mono for Android; merely ...

When it comes time to debug your Xamarin Android apps, you have several options. You can debug your application in an emulator or on your own smartphone. Your phone can be connected to your computer ...