New technology which pertains to accessing the internet via mobile phones has flooded the market. Android based phones make up the majority of the smart phones which are capable of surfing of the internet. As a result of this, there has been an increased demand for Android Apps. The development of these apps helps to create fresh and unique apps for the users of mobiles with Android platform.
Today’s mobile phone users want the latest functions and features on their devices. There are quite a few developers of Android apps who are equipped to supply the needs for android applications. The android platform is extremely influential and automatic, which makes it the best available option. This development of the application has the potential of bringing about a total change in the feeling, function and appearance of the mobile phone.
Developers, through the help of android, can quickly and easily build new and dominant mobile applications. Android is both a software platform and an operating system for mobile phones. Open Handset Alliance and Google have developed this software. As a result of this, developers are able to affordably modify the operating system level. Additionally, Android provides Java support for mobile app developers; this allows them to use Java and Android Framework to create third party apps.
Some of the most recent mobile apps that Android can offer are:
1. An extensive collection of libraries for audio, video and image files. The formats includePNG, H.264, MP3,MIDI, H.263,AAC, JPG, WAV, GIF, MPEG-4, BMP and H.264.
2. A large variety of libraries for 2-D and 3D graphics
3. Technologies such as EV-DO, UMTS,GSM,WI-Fi,EDGE, Bluetooth and CDMA used for sending and receiving data
4. Features that pertain to touch screens such as Video camera, magnetometer, accelerometer andGPS.
5. Inter process communication
6. P2P with the help of Google Talk
Android includes a Software Development Kit (SDK) which has an extensive collection of libraries and tools for creating Android apps. The software tools offered in the SDK smooth the process of the crafting of the app’s user interface. This assists the development of the application code as well as debugging. Quite a lot of editions of the Android platform are incorporated in the SDK to facilitate optimum use for the development of Android Application. An Android library and a totally helpful system image are incorporated in the SDK
The main apps integrated in the Android SDK are:
1. SMS
2. E-mail capacity
3. Personal Information Management (PIM) program
4. Web browser
5. Google Map application
6. Picture viewer
7. Music player
8. Amazon MP3 store
9. Facility to download applications of third party
The four major mechanisms of Android app development are content provider, services, broadcast receivers and Activities.
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