iFixit Tears Down the Sony Xperia Z5 Compact

Thanks to a member-contributed teardown performed by Lenka, iFixit was able to publish a teardown of the latest small flagship from Sony, the Xperia Z5 Compact. During the teardown, they note that there is a lot of adhesive keeping many of these parts in place. In particular, the adhesive that keeps the LCD panel on the middle housing is quite strong, so caution is to be maintained.

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Google releases Sample Game “Zooshi” to Demonstrate New C++ Game Libraries

Fun Propulsion Labs, a Google team dedicated to advancing the Android gaming ecosystem, has released an open-source, cross-platform game called “Zooshi.” The game is written in C++ and is meant to serve as a demonstration of some new open-source game technologies released by Google. The team hopes that game developers will use Zooshi to learn how to implement these new libraries into their own games.

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LG Delays the Release of the LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE

Citing a “hardware issue”, LG has decided to cancel the roll out of the LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE. Those who had purchased the device from AT&T can receive a refund and other places like Verizon and Google Play will simply not sell the device. It’s unclear whether or not LG will decide to re-release the device because even they haven’t decided this yet.

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Google Releases Brillo Source Code

At Google I/O, the company announced Brillo, the Android based-OS for the “Internet of Things” designed to run on embedded systems such as home appliances. Google promised developers more information about the OS, and previously posted a video explaining how the new OS works. Now, the company has released the source code for Brillo, so any developer looking to eventually create for this new platform should keep a close eye.

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Change Your Icons with Flipster Xposed Framework Module

Changing an icon for a specific application is not a big problem when you are using a ROM with Theme Engine. If you crave this feature, you can use Flipster, an Xposed Framework module created by XDA Senior Member PunchUp. Install it on your device, put an icon name and enjoy the new icon look of your favorite apps.

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Android Studio 1.5 Stable Released

Android Studio v1.5 has made its way onto the stable release channel, bringing along a lot of bug fixes and under the hood enhancements. Users can now use short names for code-completing custom views, and also use the built in tools for detecting causes of leaked activities.

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AOSP 6.0 Marshmallow for Sony Xperia Z2

Android in the purest AOSP form for many years was available mainly on Nexus devices. Luckily, thanks to Code Aurora efforts. it’s now much easier to get the AOSP working on Qualcomm devices like Sony or LG. XDA Senior Member rcstar6696 added some necessary fixes to make Android 6.0 almost 100% stable for Sony Xperia Z2. Only the camera is an issue, so if you are not a selfie-lover go ahead and flash it onto your device!

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