Android Development
Google’s Android is an open source operating system for mobile devices that includes middleware and key applications, and uses a modified version of the Linux kernel. It was initially developed by Android Inc., a firm later purchased by Google, and lately by the Open Handset Alliance. It allows developers to write managed code in the Java language, controlling the device via Google-developed Java libraries.Google's Android Mobile Operating System offers a lot of advantages when it comes to developing applications for the Android Mobile Phone. First of all, Android being a Google Open Source Platform, it provides Android app developers the liberty to do whatever they want with the Operating System for Android Application Development.
Unlike other Smartphone platforms, the Google Android platform offers greater amount of freedom for custom apps development. This kind of freedom to Android App developers leads to a score of innovative applications leaving them nothing less than exciting and engaging.
The Android SDK for the Android OS provided by Google for all Android App developers to create applications for Android and then also testing them on an Android simulator prior to loading them onto an actual Android device. Custom Android Apps integrated in your Android Mobile handset increases its functionality and productivity. What makes Android a developers favourite is its open source background. Add to this the factor that a lot of handset manufacturers are launching new phones based on this platform. This is the prime factor for Android based phone outnumbering the number of iPhones sold in the 1st quarter of 2010 in the USA.
The Android market looks very promising. Its rich features find place both in the hands of the enterprise users as well as the normal average customer.
