Lessons From The Top Mobile Apps

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Created by Google, the Android operating system is available for everyone who has appropriate skills, and who wants to produce applications for Android-powered smartphones and tablets. The process of developing Android apps is completely opposite to Apple. Apple controls over the applications used by users on their iPhones and iPads, whereas Android is better known for its openness. The open design of Android attracts lots of developers who can literally build whatever they want. The customization can go outside imagination. Due to such flexibility, many iPhone application developers have jumped the ship and now they build Android apps.

Should you develop an app that will be reviewed, judged for quality before being published on iTunes and can be rejected too? Many programmers fear of whether Apple will approve their apps or not. Apple follows a tough censorship procedure that often hurts developers. But this does not happen with Android. This OS appears to be free. It makes you feel free from any restrictions. It is the OS of everyone; it is available for all. Today Android powers more than 50 percent smartphones all ...
... over the world. No surprise increasing popularity of Android OS is driving every developer to create Android applications.

When it comes to development of Android Applications, the language used for this purpose is Java. You either need to learn Java or to hire an Android Application developer. Android application development now has turned into a business. Professional Android developers use SDK (software development kit) from Google for developing apps. A SDK consists of lots stuffs like classes, libraries, codes, interface etc. Developers also take help of Google’s APIs Add-On extension that includes libraries to add various Google web services to an app.

Professional Android developers also have graphic designers to model the graphical user interface using graphic designing software like Illustrator. The entire design is created in vector graphic format. Developers can use standard vector graphics which are available in libraries in the SDK. If the app produces information that needs to be stored for future reference, they use SQLite database.

Android development firms also have software testers who test the performance, productivity and functionality of the app and find errors. When errors are fixed by developers, and testers make sure the quality, the app is published on Google Play to be downloaded by millions of Android users around the world.

This is an ideal process for developing Android Applications, but it may vary from Android mobile developers to developer.