The Android Market

As mentioned earlier , one of the main factors determining the success of a smartphone platform is the applications that support it. It is clear from the success of the iPhone that application play a very vital role in determining whether a new platform swims or sinks.Also, making these applications accessible to the general user is extremely important.

Users can simply use the Google Play application that is preinstalled on their Android devices to directly download third-party applications to their devices. Both paid and free application are available in the Google Play Store, although paid applications are available only to user certain countries because of legal issues.

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What is Android

Android is a moblie operating System that is based on a modified version of Linux. It was originally developed by a startup of the same name , Android , Inc. In 2005 , as part of its strategy to enter the moblie space , Google purchased Android , Inc. and took over its development work (as well as its development team). Google wanted the Android OS to be open and free , so most of the Android code was released under the open source Apache License. That means anyone who wants to use Android can do so by downloading the full Android source code. Moreover, vendors ( typically hardware manufacturers ) can add their own proprietary extensions to Android and customize Android to differentiate their products from others . This development model makes Android very attractive to vendors, especially those companies affected by the phenomenon of Apple's iPhone,which was a hugely successful product that revolutionized the smartphone industry. When the iPhone was launched , many smartphone m...

Debugging Your Application

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Android Studio

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