subject: Android Application Developmentadvantages [print this page] Recently Android development has gained much attention of the users and developers alike. It has spread its tentacles in various demographics of the world and become a favorite OS for mobile users. Android based smartphones have beaten the other smartphone platforms and established its own place in the market. This is possible because Android has certain advantages over other platforms and in this article we will see it in brief.
The first and foremost advantage of the Android platform is its opensource nature. No doubt iPhone has provided set of tools for its developers freely but it has imposed certain restrictions over the developers so Google has seen this gap and offer an opensource platform in form of Android and won the sympathy of the developer community. Due to opensource nature there is a win-win situation for developers as well as clients. Clients get the system without paying anything as license fees this way it reduces the initial investment and observe a steep reduction in overall development cost.
Android app developers use classic opensource OS Linux so it saves buck spending on the development and purchasing of OS. Moreover opensource nature of the Linux allows you to see any file created in it. That indirectly means your source code is open and you can add, delete or modify source code easily. In other words it allows extensive customization of your source code and hence your application in Android development. Thats why there are many companies out in the market which provide their services for custom Android app development and come up with innovative solutions for Android app development.
Google provides all Android app developers a opensource software development kit(SDK) for Android development freely so anyone who knows Java can be a developer of Android. Java is common language for enterprises usage so you can easily found the Java developers in compare to Objective C for iPhone development. This abundance of the Java developers fills the void of the developer market and makes them more competitive so naturally you will find the developers easily and at competitive rates. This way Android development too is cost effective deal and let you have robust application developed by Android developers with affordable rates.
Android is based on Linux kernel therefore it is the most stable and secure language and provides many features which are security concern and let you enjoy the fruits of development in a secure environment.
