- Back to Home »
- Android , Week 4 »
- Android Development
Posted by : x
Thursday, April 24, 2014
For our mobile application we have chosen Android as our development pattern. Android has seen major growth over the past few years and is now the most widely used mobile platform of the world.
Worldwide smartphone sales to end users by operating system in 2013 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Android | 79.0% | |||
iOS | 14.2% | |||
Windows Phone | 3.3% | |||
BlackBerry | 2.7% | |||
Other | 0.9% | |||
Figure: Mobile OS Market Share as of 2nd quarter 2013 Gartner |
To begin development on Android familiarity with Java is required. Many of the developer tools can be found in the official Android Developer Website - developer.android.com
To begin development start by downloading the official Android Software Development Kit (SDK) for the developer website. To write apps you can use any development environment of choice, for this project we will be using the official Android Studio provided on the developer website.