Is Android Os Still Fragmented?

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The issue of Android fragmentation has been problematic for Android Application Development, mobile operators, device manufacturer and Google itself. There are over 3,000 possible combinations of different devices running Android platform and thus the entire Android ecosystem is hugely fragmented.

Main threat now lies in front of Google Android, is fragmentation. It is one of the biggest criticisms as sources said it has become far too fragmented, making it difficult for the Android application developers to write apps that work consistently over the entire ecosystem.

New research reports demonstrate how fragmented Android is. According to these reports there are still eight different versions of android in use and still maximum users are running older version. It can be understood as android is an open source operating system, so now the main concern is diverging variants of Android platform. This has started creating a major headache for the Android App Developers. Because of various issues with android fragmentation, they ...
... have to test the app on almost all the devices powering up with Android. Android app development experts say that there is a huge task when it comes to testing the app.

Most android application developers are forced to spend time creating app to run old version instead of moving forward with the development for new android versions. The same problem is again faced by the user as many times application fail to work in need some application will not work for mobile phone powering older version of android. Software updates now present a major pain for the users as the new version consists of new features but unfortunately the users with older version of android didn’t get benefit this is because they don’t support it. Problems also arise for the android app developers developing games as it is one of the most loved feature in Android Industry developing it is one of the biggest challenges in industry as screen size, pixel density has an adverse effects and because of fragmentation it will be the field which is most effected and would create a mixture of challenges for Android Application Development Industry.

Although there is a threat of fragmentation, but there is also a sigh of relief to Android App Developers as Google has Created Compatibility Programme to help quell fear of Android fragmentation. Android fragmentation is still not a problem for many of us as at user side it runs on variety of devices, which means it also runs on variety of resolution.

But it still is a question “Is android still fragmented?” If we look android towards fragmentation it has both advantages and disadvantages. On the one side it is a benefit as consumers can get exactly the phone they want but again the downside is for all the Android application developers.

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