Apple is the exclusive manufacturer iPhone, but smartphones using Google Android OS has large number of mobile phone manufacturer. Large number and varieties of mobiles are available that are using Android OS. The open environment is the driving force of this entire mobile brand community. Developing an app for Android enabled smartphone is comparatively easy than other smartphone platforms. The sources and tools for Android development are huge and easily available. Very strong supporting community is there to help in the programming.
Similar to Apple’s SDK, Google’s Android provides Software Development Kit (SDK) for the development of Android apps. Google releases every new and updated version of the SDK kit for respective OS with the release of every new version of the operating system. SDK is used by the developers to write codes for the application. It is up to the programmers imagination and ability to customize application for phone. It also comes with a simulator, which helps testing the app in the computer before actually installing it in the mobile phone.
API of Core application of Android OS is same as that are used for its application development process. This flexible nature of Android has helped developers to pick any existing apps program and make changes in its functionality or add functionality to it to develop complete new application. A developer can use permutation and combination with an existing app and come up with a new and unique application. This re-usability factor of existing apps program code gives developer an opportunity to think beyond the concept which is already in use.
A large collection of library support is there for Android Mobile OS. These libraries help in the app development. Android app developers should always take Linux in mind when developing because Android development is based on the Linux in its core and Linux manages the hardware resource and its driver.
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