Addressing Major Android Development Issues

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Google keeps developing Android and giving it away for free. It is an open source mobile operating system that for now, is powering more than 70 percent smartphones all over the world. Another amazing fact about this OS is smartphones running on Android sell more than other operating systems. Apple’s iOS, RIM’s BlackBerry and Microsoft’s Windows Phone are far behind in the race.

Android is an app-friendly platform. It supports great customizations. There are more than 700,000 apps available for Android powered phones and tablets. But Android application development is not without any pitfalls and in some special cases, there are severe pitfalls.

The increasing adoption of Android has triggered a market for application development. And with each passing day, it is getting bigger. Google Play Store is the official place to publish and download Android apps. But not all apps on this store do perform well. There are fewer successful apps. So what are the challenges in creating successful applications for Android platform? Here are some top challenges because of those apps fail.

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Because Android is a free OS, mobile device manufacturers can use it without obtaining a license, tweak it, add and remove some of its features, and customize it according to hardware environment of their devices. And here begins the problem! Device makers are not using universal standards to manufacture devices for Android; instead, they are customizing the OS according to their hardware. This approach is creating fragmentation and making it difficult for developers to design and develop a universal Android application.

Lack of universal policies
Google is active enough to update the Android version every year and sometimes, twice in a year. But at the same time, Google is also lenient allowing application developers to tweak and twist its OS to suit their purpose. This no rules approach lets every Peter, David and John developer build apps and publish it on Google Play. But it causes problem for other developers.

Diversity in hardware and software
Google is rather positive for its mobile OS but it seems that mobile device manufacturers are just opportunists. They are using Android because it has all the features of a smartphone OS. Because Android is available for free, device manufacturers are not bounded to update the OS. They either keep delaying the OS update or do it not at all.

These three are top challenges before most of the Android developers. Here at Rapidsoft Technologies app developers do proper research before actualizing their idea, and hence save significant resources. They can do a research to target devices and versions, and decide the best suit to target their apps.

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