subject: The Change In Mobile App Development Scenario Since 2007 [print this page] The year 2007 marked a milestone in the mobile industry with Apple releasing its first version of the iPhone in the US market. With more than 200,000 iPhone sold during the first quarters of its release, there was a rapid growth in the demand for mobile applications. But the major improvement in the mobile app development industry was recorded in June 2008 when Apple launched the iPhone 3G. The second iPhone version was equipped with faster 3G accessibility & a SDK to allow programmers to shift all mobile apps to the main Apple website to allow authorized downloading by the mobile audience. 2008 thus revolutionized the mobile app development industry as app designers could now receive 70 percent of the charges spent in the development process, while 30 percent of the revenue generated was received by Apple Inc. iPhone app sales reports in the year 2008 was estimated at more than 2 million mobile apps each day during the initial months from the launch of iPhone 3G. A major advantage that Apples iPhone apps enjoyed during this period was the non availability of apps running on the Android platform.
It will not be wrong to say that Android came across as the only other OS platform that could lend iPhone apps a stiff competition. The Android platform still enjoys the second largest popularity among both mobile app developers & mobile customers. From Android 0.9 preview to Android 4.0, this open platform has always provided new resources, tools, and information to programmers & designers for creating the most innovative & cost effective mobile apps. Ever since the first version of Android was unveiled in the year 2007, the platform has been very simple for use by developers since it comes with a set of demonstrative classes that explain the best practices to be adopted for good quality mobile apps. Moreover, there are Android experts available for seeking help throughout the day at the android design site to assist app developers in inventing innovative & creative designs by effectively using the Android development tools. Apart from providing tips, experts at the design site of Android also ask app designers from all over the world to share their experiences & tips and stay connected with one another so as to contribute towards the improvement of the development platform. Though these facilities were not available to developers during the launch of the Android OS platform in 2007, today Android is considered as one of the best operating systems to create apps for enterprises & individual users. From the poor documentation & less functionality in 2007 to acquiring more than half of the mobile market share in 2012, Android has evolved as one of the most used app development platforms. While the platform boasts of easy usage patterns, app development for the ADP (android dev phone) can be done by only advanced & experienced mobile application designers. The year 2008 marked the release of an updated home screen for this OS platform when the Android 0.9 SDK was launched. With an extended API and improved quality tools, developers can build highly sophisticated mobile apps.
It is the change in the awareness & demand of mobile applications that has led to the evolution of the world mobile app development scenario since the concept was born in the year 2007. This change has been rapid and has led to the production of mobile apps higher in quantity & quality.
