Android apps are becoming more and more popular due to their features like reliability and toughness. In the market you will find many mobile phones with Android platform. One of the main reasons for this is that Android is open source and getting access to and using it is very easy. Now it has become necessary to consider Android based smartphone users as a different market segment. This market segment will try to access the Internet through the Android-based smartphones they have. This hints that the websites must be compatible with the Android platform. This has increased the demand for Android applications.
Android is a group of software programs that are especially intended for mobile devices. It consists of an operating system (OS), key applications, and middleware. The Android SDK provides the necessary tools and APIs to start application development on Android. The Android SDK also has a QEMU-based phone emulator, sample code, tutorials, and documentation. The Java programming language should be used to develop Android applications.
Android features are responsible for its popularity. The embedded browser is based on the WebKit engine, which is open source. The application framework allows for the replacement and reuse of components. 3D graphics follow the Open GL ES 1.0 specification. In this hardware acceleration is optional. The support of media like common video, audio and images extends in different formats like H.264, MPEG4, AMR, MP3, PNG, AAC, JPG and GIF. The Android application development environment includes the debugging tools, device emulator, performance profiling, memory, and Eclipse IDE plugin. For mobile phones the Dalvik virtual machine has been optimized. For functions such as low-level memory management and threading, the Dalvik virtual machine depends on the Linux kernel. Graphics are optimized with the help of a custom 2D graphics library. The SQLite is used to store the data in a structured way. This list includes hardware dependent features such as GSM phone system, Wi-Fi, EDGE, Bluetooth, 3G, accelerometer, GPS, camera, and compass.
Because Android is open source, app developers have the freedom to access location information, device hardware, run services in the background, add notifications to the status bar, and set alarms. The list of benefits will not stop at least until the developer community stops contributing to its development.
Android is open source and therefore it is very possible that the application developed is similar to that of others. A successful Android app must be customized to be unique. To develop a unique Android app, you need to hire the services of a professional and technically savvy Android app development service provider.