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Android apps are the applications that have been specifically devised using Java programming language. The applications are created using the Android Software Development Kit, also called as the SDK. It is not the only kit available for development. There are other development kits viz Android NDK and indigenous tools meant for extensions or applications in C/C++. In the android apps development process there is a visual setting which is referred to as Google App Inventor. It is usually preferred by amateurs or trainee android apps developers. It is also availed by multiple phone web-based application frameworks. The end users can avail of Android apps in two different ways. They can download the applications from an apps store such as Amazon Application store or Google Play. Another way includes downloading and setting up the APK file of the application from a third party website. When you access the Google Play Store, you can browse through applications and download the most useful ones. You can even modify the apps that are made by android developers and launched by Google. These applications are published on the Google Play Store. These might be pre-installed on smart devices that adhere to the compatibility criteria set by Google. The number of android apps store sold or downloaded is increasing by the minute. Since the beginning of the apps era, the number of sales of android apps has always been increasing and surpassed the figure of twenty five billion. Numbers say that the number of smart devices powered by Android OS is more than four hundred million. One important feature that an android application facilitates is the multitasking feature. This facility has been upgraded with the introduction of Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 version. If the smart phone users continue to press the multitasking button or the home button of an Android device, a task manager comes up to list the features of the apps which have been recently accessed. The users may select to begin the using the application in the previous state. The process of creating android applications involves creating apps that may be used on the Android OS. As per a survey conducted in the year June 2011, more than 67 percent of the cell phone developers have availed of the Android platform for publishing applications. Mobile apps developers prefer this platform as it is user-friendly. The increase in sale of android powered phones and its applications indicate the success of Android and declare it as the market leader. Following are the tools utilized in the Android application development process: Android Software Development Kit (SDK) Android Open Accessory Development Kit Native development kit HyperNext Android Creator App Inventor for Android The Simple project Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) Basic4android In the end it can be stated that because of the flexibility it offers and its open source nature, Android will continue to relish its popularity and achieve new strides. Shivani Ajmerani is working as a content writer at Fusion Informatics , She has a relevant experience of writing content about software, Android Apps Developmentetc.
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