Android Development – An Insight
Well mobile platform recently developed by Google has been the talk of the techno savvy world and unless you are stuck on a forsaken island you couldn’t have missed it. Android has emerged as the new open source for mobile and operating systems and which finds its basis in the software called Linux kernel. By using the android the users can easily customize the Operating software as per their design of the hardware leading to limitless innovation. Android development process uses the programming language of JAVA and hence the platform gets opened to all the Java programmers with this familiarity of language.
Android development may even be started without having to wade your way across several pages comprising technical documentation along with all the procedures which may be necessary. It is extremely easy for anybody to write some very simple applications for android and even deploy these on any emulator without much anxiety and problems.
Android development is not an expensive affair. All that is required will be a PC that either has Windows or Linux, even a Mac will work fine. Now in this article will be enumerated the requirements which will make android development an easy process for you.
Android SDK can be easily found on the internet absolutely free of any cost. Latest version of Android SDK being the Version 1.1. This android SDK will be available with all the relevant tools and the APIs needed to write as well as debug the android applications. This will also include an Android Emulator which allows the developer to test the applications without using the real device. Yet for some of the applications one will require hardware for devices like Bluetooth, camera and other, these will also require the physical device too.
For issues of the real device the developer has only one option of buying the Android Phone called Dev1 especially those located outside US. The total cost of this phone is around US$399 and a minimal of US$25 is required in order to register for Android market.
Android development will also involve the use of Eclipse IDE which once installed will require a custom plug-in of ADT. This tool will help by adding the android support in the project Eclipse and may be downloaded by most of the Android developers. Several of the websites online will provide the developers with detailed instruction on the ways to configure as well as obtain the plug-in for ADT.
In a nutshell any of the android application which will be developed will require four basic steps to be followed, these are as follows:
- Downloading as well as the setting up of the Eclipse version IDE
- Downloading of Android SDK along with the expansion of zip file contents into any folder.
- Installation of the plug-in called ADT in the Eclipse
- Configuration of Eclipse using Android SDK.
With such tools and software you are now fully equipped to start the process of developing any android application with minimal hassles and issues.
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