Is Android The Future Favorite Of Mobile Application Development?

By Author: Yancy Marry
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Mobile application development is an art of creating tools that will enable the end user to complete a certain task quickly & easily. The apps which developers design are installed in mobile devices like smartphones, tablets, and PDAs, helping enterprises & individual users accomplish different sets of work. App designers create mobile applications according to the operating system of a mobile device. Today, the Android OS platform is considered almost synonymous with the smartphone app development industry. This is largely because of the fact that Android is an open platform that allows the development of apps across different needs like news, travel, weather, games, education, business, etc.

With the rapid rise in the use of Android as an OS platform, it will not be wrong to say that the number of users subscribing to Android will increase further in the future. The current count of 43.4 percent of worldwide Android users will increase manifold following the current trend of adoption of this operating system. So what makes this OS platform the most popular?

1. Android being an open platform, any mobile app is customized to its OS level at a minimum cost.

2. This platform supports the quick development of mobile applications through the use of Android SDK & ADT.

3. WordPress, available with Android enables writing, editing, and managing of comments along with in built notifications.

4. Accessing every social networking site like Facebook & Twitter is now free with an Android smartphone. Moreover, Android also provides integration of Twitter apps with Facebook apps, which provides entertainment alongside work.

5. Knowledge of only the basic programming languages like C, C++, and Java are required for development of Android mobile applications. Since programming is very simple, the development of third party apps for the Android platform also becomes very easy.

6. The Android operating system allows the use of 2D & 3D graphics for the development of animation mobile apps.

7. The chief reason for which Android usage has surpassed all other OS platforms is the convenience of mobile app testing. Testing of any app is compulsory before releasing it in the mobile market; since apps running on the Android platform can be tested without the use of physical hardware, it becomes a simple task for the app developers.

It is on account of the several advantages that the Android operating system provides to mobile application developers & the end users that it has become the highest used & most popular OS platform of present times. A study reveals that the booming Android market will see a growth of 2 percent to 14 percent by the end of 2013. Moreover, the OHA (Open Handset Alliance) has agreed to develop & market this platform; this further helps to increase the chances of acceptance of Android. The OHA incorporates 50 prestigious members, among which Google, Vodafone, and Sony Motorola are the most popular.

Copper Mobile, the iPhone app development Dallas , has experienced teams of android apps developers to meet customized demands of clients. An enterprise mobile application company has created more than 300 apps using the major OS platforms.