Android 5.0 Lollipop OS Update Offers New Features for App Developers

The new Android 5.0 operating system release dubbed “Lollipop” was announced in June of 2014 and was released mid-November 2014.  Google’s Nexus devices were among the first to ship with and also receive updates to the new OS and many other hardware manufacturers have been releasing updates throughout January 2015 and ongoing.  The new Lollipop release contains a number of new features for Android phone users, but also contains new APIs for developers to use when building custom apps.  Although the new release contains thousands of APIs for developers, we’ve highlighted some of the most promising related to custom app development [...]