Mobile Development for Android

The advent of mobile phones have made our life easier than before and thanks to the upgraded versions like that of iPhone, touch screen phones, Smartphones etc. that various mobile technologies are compiled into one device. With the high-end handsets like iPhone and touch screen Smartphones, the users can access all computing applications on the go from their mobile phones. With the introduction of  Android , mobile technology has reached its next level. Mobile development for  Android  is mainly based on Java.

 Android  is the software that has introduced an operating system for mobile phones. It also comes with middleware and other key mobile applications. With its growing popularity, it is quite obvious that  Android  will soon surpass iPhone from marketing point of view. Developers, who want to stay in this busy and competitive market, must embrace  Android  mobile development. So far, more than 50000  Android  mobile applications have already been developed for  Android  powered mobile phones.

There are three versions of  Android  operating systems available for different mobile applications:

•  Android  1.5


•  Android  2.0/2.1


•  Android  1.6

Owned by Google and a group of nearly 65 mobile companies,  Android  offers a leeway to intervene into mobile application development.  Android  has given developers the facility to develop any  Android  mobile application on various platforms such as Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X.

A few things to remember: If you are an  Android  developer, you must keep a few points in mind before working on mobile development for  Android .

•  Android  Apps must be incorporated with more than one application module. Generally, an  Android  application comes with various services, activities, broadcast receivers, and content providers.


• Each of these components should perform distinct roles.


• Each of these modules must be activated separately.


• Files should declare the components along with their requirements. For example, if the component requires a separate hardware configuration, it should be mentioned in the corresponding file.


• There are many non-code app sources such as layout, image and string files, which should be device-specific. For example, developers have to build separate layout files for various screen sizes.

Benefits of mobile development for  Android : There is a trigger, called 'User-friendliness'. The mobile technology that hits the trigger, will win the crown of popularity. Let's check the advantages of  Android  enabled mobile phones over other handsets.

• Easier data transfer across different mobile networks is one of the main advantages of  Android . There are GSM, Bluetooth, UMTS, EDGE, EV-DO, CDMA, and Wi-Fi services in  Android  to transfer data.


•  Android  powered phones offer separate libraries for 2D and 3D graphics. There are also a number of libraries for video, audio, and images.


•  Android  enabled phones have a wide number of features such as Touchscreen, Video Camera, accelerometer and magnetometer, and GPS.


• All the  Android  phones have IPC or Interprocess communication message passing facility.


• There is SQLite for storing data.

To know more about  Android  Development and its features visit http://www.evontech.com/ android-development .html.

Source by Ishita Ganguly