Articles Tagged “Developers”

Developers Are Shooting Down the Myth that “Android Can Never Be as Smooth as iOS”

by Lucian Armasu on Jan 24, 2012 4 Comments">4

About a month ago, there was a post from a former Google intern who worked on Android, where he tried to give his opinion on how the UI works on Android and how it works on iOS. His post became viral because it seemed like a pretty elaborate technical post, and for non-developers especially it seemed like what he’s saying made sense. The intern also said that because the way (he thinks) the Android UI works, it can never be as smooth as the UI of iOS. Well, since then, a lot of more experienced developers have taken issue with …

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Android to Become the #1 Choice for Developers in 2012

by Lucian Armasu on Jan 23, 2012 2 Comments">2

Android has had a very tough uphill battle with Apple over developers. This has been because of 2 reasons. One reason is that Apple had the headstart in both iPhone units and customer base, but also in the ecosystem. This made it so most new mobile developers would be naturally inclined to go with the iPhone ecosystem first. The more developers there were working for the iOS platform and more success stories appeared, the more wanted to join it. The second reason was that Google hasn’t really cared about developers until more recently. In the first few years there were …

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Android Market – 10 Billion App Downloads So Far. Now, 1 Billion Downloads Per Month

by Lucian Armasu on Dec 06, 2011 0 Comments">0

The Android Market has reached 10 billion total downloads since its launch, and it looks like the number of downloads per month are already as many as the iOS (1 billion), which means it will soon surpass the Apple app store in downloads per month. There’s still the issue if developers make as much money on Android as they do on iOS, and there have been many reasons in the past why they couldn’t make as much, but one by one those issues are being eliminated. For example, at first, Android just didn’t have such a huge user base, so …

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Are Developers Beginning to Favor the Android Market Over the App Store?

by Matthew Sabatini on Nov 16, 2011 1 Comments">1

The numbers don’t lie. Android is on the verge of taking 50% of the total smartphone market share. In addition, now that there are as many apps in the Android market as in the App Store, developers are turning to Android as their prime destination for their apps.

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Follow-up Interview with Airpush – Developers and Android Users Both Win

by Darcy LaCouvee on Nov 14, 2011 16 Comments">16

Most recently, we had the chance to chat with CEO of Airpush, Asher Delug, to follow up with the previous interview we had back in April. Below you will find the transcript of our interview, and what they are doing to help the community of hardworking Android developers better monetize their apps. Read on!

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Google Moves One Step Closer to Bringing Android to the Big Screens

by Elmer Montejo on Aug 23, 2011 0 Comments">0

Google promised early this year that the Android Market is coming to Google TV via Android 3.x Honeycomb. Just today, Google’s most recent announcement tells us that its promise is about to be fulfilled. Google has provided a preview of the Google TV add-on for the Android Software Development Kit (SDK). Way back in June, we were able to get a sneak preview of Google TV 2.0 beta (based on Android 3.1 Honeycomb) along with snapshots of its user interface and the Google-provided reference set-top box. Although the new add-on from Google is just a preview, it will allow developers …

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Amazon Appstore Update Rolled Out

by Aerol Bibat on Jul 29, 2011 1 Comments">1

If you haven’t experienced it yet, the Amazon App Store is looking to give the traditional Android Market some stiff competition. The wide selection and the Amazon customer experience are a great combination – so much so that you can’t imagine just how it can get better. Well, it just did! The Amazon App Store has just rolled out a new update for its popular store. Upping the version number to version 1.15, this update tweaks quite a few things that weren’t quite perfect and this should be a treat for both buyers and developers alike. So what gets added. …

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Zinio Get Optimized For Tegra 2

by Aerol Bibat on Jun 26, 2011 0 Comments">0

You maybe familiar with the Zinio app for Android. Of course, it’s hard to miss an application that easily converts magazines into a tablet-readable format. Well, if you’re one of those who own and use it, here’s some good news. Zinio has received a huge performance boost recently. That is if you’re using a Tegra-2 packing Android 3.1 tablet. The app is now fully utilizing the GPU and uses full OpenGL ES acceleration for all of its usual features: page turning animations, page panning and zooming. Plus it will not be resizing those pages anymore for your tablets screen. This …

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Google Nexus One becomes new Android developer phone

by Michelle Ruhfass on Aug 05, 2010 2 Comments">2

Today on the Android Dev Blog, it was announced that the Nexus One has officially become the new developer phone, replacing the Google Ion. It is noted that the new dev phone will ship with Android 2.1 pre-loaded but will get an update to Froyo shortly after it is turned on. The phone is paired up to T-Mobile’s network and can be had for $529.00. Features of the Nexus One include: 3.7-inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen 512MB FLASH memory 512MB RAM WiFi (802.11b/g) Bluetooth 2.1+EDR A2DP streo Bluetooth 5MP AF camera 2x digital zoom LED flash 1400mAh battery microSD card slot …

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Android Market reaches 20,000 applications milestone

by Susan Ellery on Dec 15, 2009 1 Comments">1

The Android Market reached a milestone today. Golf claps everyone as the 20,000th application has been added to the Android application catalog. Androlib has been tracking the Android Market since its inception and has recorded the Market’s explosive growth. According to the data compiled by Androlib, submissions to the Android Market have been growing at an astounding rate with over 3,500 new applications added in the month of November 2009 alone. Approximately 62.3% of the 20,000 applications are free, while 37.7% are paid. In the end, all these numbers add up to more applications for end users, increased revenue for …

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HTC Hero kernel is now available for developers

by James Tromans on Oct 23, 2009 0 Comments">0

Finally, HTC have made the kernel to the beloved HTC Hero available to developers to have their way with. Until now, one of the biggest issues for those wanting to develop for the HTC Hero was the fact that the ROM was not publically available. Now these wrongs have been made right and for those that are interested, the HTC Hero kernel can be obtained from HTC’s development center. Not to quash all the hard work performed by HTC with a wave of a hand, I should mention that the beautiful HTC Sense UI was a masterpiece in the first …

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Android Developers Blog talks about new screen resolutions

by James Tromans on Oct 12, 2009 0 Comments">0

Over the last few days, Android developers have had a few pointers and tips from the Android Developers Blog team. In my opinion, Google and the Android development team are particularly adept at providing documentation and read-me support for Android and now developers have improved information on how to support additional screen resolutions and densities in Android. One of the major changes that was introduced in Android 1.6 was support for new screen sizes. It is therefore very important that developers get to grips with how to support the three main categories of screens. small: devices with a screen size …

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Video: Some news from the Android Market

by James Tromans on Sep 04, 2009 1 Comments">1

Over at the Android developers blog, there is a recent video that shows the new Android Market in Android 1.6 aka Donut. The video is a real video, fingers and all, with a blacked out background to make for easy viewing. It is only short and sweet, so here is an extract of what Eric Chu had to say for himself on the blog; “…we will soon introduce new features… developers will be able to provide screenshots, promotional icons and descriptions that will better show off applications and games.” Chu goes on to explain that “We have also added four …

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HTC Hero ROM made available for download by Haykuro as he waves goodbye to XDA-Developers?

by James Tromans on Jun 01, 2009 0 Comments">0

A couple of news points regarding Haykuro, famous for his recent exploits on the HTC Hero handset. First, it would appear as though Haykuro has stepped down from the XDA developers community due to other individuals leaking his builds without permission. More information is available over here at their forum. Furthermore, perhaps in a related act, Haykuro appears to have just released a complete unwatermarked official HTC Hero ROM for download and use. I am sure that this will be very popular among budding developers! The forum thread is currently closed while the moderator cleans the thread and removes all …

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