Friday, February 3, 2012

Here’s bright future for Android game development


It’s quite easy to guess the popularity of Android game development by the fact that Electronic Arts, the giant in PC gaming domain, has also launched Android version for most of its popular PC games. It’s an exciting experience whether for me or any gaming freak to play a PC game like Need for Speed Underground on Android. Android’s Market is just stuffed with similar free & paid games.

Gone is the time when I used to play games on mobile and used to struggle while handling game’s protagonist by a number of buttons. I always felt sorry for not making any sizable record using those buttons. But now, highly responsive touch screen and accelerometer in smartphones have removed the use of mechanical buttons and controlling the game has also become very easy. It is simple to move a smartphone left or right to drive a car and putting and slipping finger on touch screen to target birds towards naughty pigs. I can never imagine completing even a single stage of Angry Birds if it for ordinary mobile. Thanks to the inventors of touch screen and accelerometer.

Android OS, like any other smartphone, is quite popular platform for game developers, especially for those who have matchless ability of conceive, develop and release games. If you are a programmer, Android game development welcomes you to introduce a game in market. Just submit a one-time fee and you can release your products to millions of customers.

The process followed for Android game development has given a wide variety of games in smartphone market. Depending on the requirement, customization can take the game very close to the original concept. Excellent support to 2D & 3D graphics helps developer in developing world class mobile games, which have all features to surpass any type of PC game.

Friday, September 9, 2011

Market Share of Android Operating System’s versions


With so many android versions in the market, Google released an update regarding the market share of each version so that the android mobile app developers know which version to work on. The update shows that 1.5-1.6 versions have less than 3% of the market now and developers can ignore app development for these versions. 

                                                                                                               

This chart would tremendously help the developers understand the market requirement and work on the platforms accordingly. It’s a surprise to see that maximum android phones are still not using OS 2.3 and it has been over 10 months since this OS has been released. Google needs to work on it and needs to get the manufacturers to update the OS in the mobiles. 

Google needs to get the manufacturers update the version in the latest mobile as this would be beneficial for Google itself as the browsers will be able to run new HTML5 web apps by Google. This way Google would be able to keep their browsers updated . Therefore, with this latest release of information from Google, the mobile developers as well as the mobile app developing companies know on which version of the Android OS they need to focus on.

Friday, August 26, 2011

Android Apps: Hit in the Market


Companies like Gartner have reported Android’s first position in the smartphone segment. Recently Nielsen latest report shows that Android owners use apps on android market for more that 1 hour daily and they have more than 300,000 applications to choose from.  The data shows that how it is becoming a strong competitor for its rivals.

The report suggests that an average time an android user spends using applications and web is around one hour in a day and out of which nearly 40 minutes is utilized using the android applications. People usually spend time on apps like YouTube, Google Maps and more and these are the part of the top 10 android apps where the customer spends almost 45% of the time using these on the android phones. As a result of which it is safe to say that people spent more than half of their time on these applications when they are using android phone.







With the above mentioned data and the figures to support the same it clearly shows that Android’s App market will grow, because of which companies and organizations are looking for app developers and programmers for development.  Go get out in the market; choose the vendor who can develop the correct application for your business.

Monday, August 1, 2011

Androids Endeavor as Top Notch Application Developer


Today, Android apps development is making other OS sweat in the market of mobile application technology. It is a versatile open source application development platform which provides a catalyst for business in mobile application technology. Android is Linux based open source OS with Java Library and powerful application development capabilities. This system was introduced by Google along with the Open Handset Alliance and has a versatile range of spectrums for social media and other lifestyle apps. Android app developers are the latest breed of app developers who are evolving rapidly. They have now got the confidence to take on the toughest assignments and deliver excellent Android apps that everyone loves. With the kind of work exposure these developers are getting , they keep acquiring highly specialized skills and the background of OS X programming , determining the use of underlying frameworks which are critical for Android software development in the course of development of top of the line Android Mobile applications.

Android endeavor to give top notch new apps to their ever demanding clients. In addition to being able to deliver professionally Android Development, designing and implementing software that will perfectly on different sort of mobile devices, the developers have also to ensure that the content on the web is easily accessible via Android apps.

Android mobile app developers have to be literally on their toes all the time, keeping track of all the developments in the Android world. A few prominent fields of Android app development are Custom Android Application Development, Android Gaming Application Development, Android Multimedia Applications, and Android Enterprise Application etc.