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Hey, #Android #GalaxyTabA and similar folks: my old tablet is nearly out of internal storage (15.8 of 16 GB used), but the more detailed breakdown only shows about 2.5 GB actually used (see pics)(because nearly all my apps and data are on the SD card). Any suggestions for finding/clearing out this Black Matter?

Google makes Vulkan the official graphics API for Android

Google’s biggest announcement today, at least as it pertains to Android, is that the Vulkan graphics API is now the official graphics API for Android. Vulkan is a modern, low-overhead, cross-platform 3D graphics and compute API that provides developers with more direct control over the GPU than older APIs like OpenGL. Thi

osnews.com/story/141929/google

www.osnews.comGoogle makes Vulkan the official graphics API for Android – OSnews

This is cool and allows me to run python and curl and such on my #Android phone in a VM by just enabling the feature and starting the Terminal app.

Annoyingly the VM only seems to get an #IPv6 address on the mobile network and not wifi. I wonder why but haven't debugged yet.

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"Google slips built-in terminal, Debian Linux VM into Android 15 March feature drop • The Register"
theregister.com/2025/03/13/and

The Register · Google slips built-in terminal, Debian Linux VM into Android 15 March feature dropBy Liam Proven

Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro review is on Patreon! patreon.com/posts/xiaomi-pad-7

It's a delightful slab of compute power, which is impressively capable at work and gaming. I think we're really close to that tipping point where this kind of hardware is a better solution for more people's daily needs.

We're SO close...

Made this issue for Lemuroid, which is an Android app that contains lots and lots of emulators, like Retroarch but uses a simple, Android-native GUI. Just, the game view can't be focused with TalkBack, so no image descriptions.

github.com/Swordfish90/Lemuroi

Disclamer In order to keep this bug tracker manageable, you need to keep a few things in mind: Any issue not following this template will be closed as invalid Is the issue reproducible on RetroArch...
GitHubAccessibility: Lenuroid doesn't expose the game view to accessibility services so TalkBack cannot get image descriptions in games · Issue #1014 · Swordfish90/LemuroidBy devinprater

Troisième semaine de test avec @GrapheneOS. Mis à part le mobile payment que je regrette vraiment (Google wallet ne veut rien savoir, Revolut ne fonctionne pas encore mais je vais les travailler au corps), vraiment rien à redire de mon côté. Je suis même très surpris en bien.
#grapheneos #android

Google is expanding tools that help PC developers bring premium games to Android, and games are heading in the other direction, too. The PC-based Play Games platform is expanding to bring every single Android game to Windows.

#android #windows #gaming
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0

Ars Technica · At GDC, Google promises more PC games on Android, more Android games on PCBy Ryan Whitwam

I want to install a custom CA to an Android device and cannot??? (without rooting it)

"As of Android N, you need to add configuration to your app in order to have it trust the SSL certificates."

Requiring this for security reasons is a sham.