World’s leading smartphone platform: Android
Jan 31, 2011 News
The smartphone market data for Q4 2010 has been released by research firm Canalys today.
According to the report, Android is the world’s leading smartphone platform.
Shipments of Android-based smart phones reached 32.9 million, while devices running Nokia’s Symbian platform trailed slightly at 31.0 million worldwide. The smartphone market soared with a shipment of 101.2 million units with a year over year growth rate of 89%.
The boom in Android platform is again boosted by strong performances from HTC and Samsung which together accounted for 45% of the Android OS based handset shipment. the other contributors were LG and Acer. Apple was behind Symbian with 16.2 million units shipped.
Tags: ANDROID, android platform, Apple, Samsung
Android App update for Facebook released.
Jan 28, 2011 android apps
Facebook released an update for its Android app on Friday. But that is not all! The update is has fixed some previous bug issues and also introduced Facebook Deals.
“Everybody loves a deal. Now you can get access to Facebook Deals with the new Facebook for Android v1.5.1 – available free from the Android Market today,” Facebook said in a statement.
Facebook Deals was introduced to the iOS platform a few months ago and now Android users can enjoy the benefits of it as well. With Facebook Deals you can find discounts at nearby stores based on any four: individual, loyalty, friend, and charity. It launched with 22 partners, and will be opened to 20,000 small businesses.
Tags: Android app, android Marketplace
ADVENT VEGA SOURCE CODE V1.08 RELEASED
Jan 28, 2011 Android App Development
Last year, Advent has mentioned a release of the source code for the Advent Vega. Earlier this week, they distributed the latest firmware v1.08 to the Vega Tegra 2 tablet. And now Advent has released the source code as well.
The source code is however not available on Advent but instead they are hosting it on Modaco.
You can download the source code from here.
introducing the Android 3.0 Honeycomb logo!
Jan 27, 2011 News
When we knew the next Android OS was to be called Honeycomb, we dint really give much thought to whether it would get a logo.
With the SDK for the Android 3.0 released, there were few who found the logo within the SDK. The logo is of a blue bumblebee. It looks pretty cool and goes with the theme of Android and Honeycomb.
What do you think about the logo?
Tags: android 3.0, android developers, honeycomb, logo
Good news for Android developers: Android 3.0 SDK Preview goes live
Jan 27, 2011 Android App Development
It will be some time before a Android 3.0 Tablet would be in our hands, but the good news is that Android developers can now start developing and creating apps for tablets. On wednesday, Google released a preview to thier Android 3.0 Honeycomb SDK. The SDK includes
- an early Android 3.0 system image for use in the Android emulator
- Android 3.0 library with non-final APIs. Since its non-final, some API’s may change in behaivior or availability once the final SDK is made available.
- A new WXGA emulator skin for an extra large Android Virtual Device New documentation for Android 3.0, including a complete API reference, new developer guides, and an API differences report between Android 3.0 and 2.3.
The New Features that have been included in the SDK will help developers create amazing visual and interaction experiences with Tablets. Some of the highlights are
UI framework for creating great apps for larger screen devices: Developers can use a new UI components, new themes, richer widgets and notifications, drag and drop, and other new features to create rich and engaging apps for users on larger screen devices.
High-performance 2D and 3D graphics: A new property-based animation framework lets developers add great visual effects to their apps. A built-in GL renderer lets developers request hardware-acceleration of common 2D rendering operations in their apps, across the entire app or only in specific activities or views. For adding rich 3D scenes, developers take advantage of a new 3D graphics engine called Renderscript.
Support for multicore processor architectures: Android 3.0 is optimized to run on either single- or dual-core processors, so that applications run with the best possible performance.
Rich multimedia: New multimedia features such as HTTP Live streaming support, a pluggable DRM framework, and easy media file transfer through MTP/PTP, give developers new ways to bring rich content to users.
New types of connectivity: New APIs for Bluetooth A2DP and HSP let applications offer audio streaming and headset control. Support for Bluetooth insecure socket connection lets applications connect to simple devices that may not have a user interface.
Enhancements for enterprise: New administrative policies, such as for encrypted storage and password expiration, help enterprise administrators manage devices more effectively.
The full SDK will be made available in a few weeks. Additionally updates have also been released for SDK Tools (r9), NDK (r5b), and ADT Plugin for Eclipse (9.0.0).
For more details on developing and testing your app, click here.
Source Android Developers
Tags: Android 3.0 SDK, android developers, android development
AnDevCon – The First Android Developer Conference is here
Jan 25, 2011 News
The first ever Android developer conference is here, BZ Media LLC the publisher of Software development Times is organizing this developer conference .Starting with intensive workshops and moving to the technical classes , the conference will last for a total of 3 days . Companies selling products and services to Android developers and marketers will be provided with a tabletop exhibit area.
Of course, developing a successful and useful mobile application involves a lot more than just throwing a quick piece of software against the market wall to see if it sticks. This biggest challenge to success is the bar measuring the quality of applications, keeps getting raised. There are a huge number of apps that actually do nothing, and there are lots of sophisticated apps that never come up. One other big challenge is there really isn’t a clear picture of why some things sell well and others do not, so there is no definitive road-map to success. Some things sell very well and even the developers don’t know why. This is why the AnDevCon is here to share some vital aspects of Android app development. The conference will cover topics like:
Running a Successful Android Apps Business ,How to Speed Up Android Dev with Model-Driven-Development ,Coding Practices for Android Developers ,Using and Leveraging Android’s Sensors ,Overview of Mobile Development Platforms, Building Rich Mobile Apps with HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript ,Android Internals: From SDK to NDK to APIs and lot more .
The conference is an invitation to all app developer, marketers and Android geeks
Details about the Conference:
- Date: 7-9 March 2011
- Venue: San Mateo in San Francisco, California, USA
- Admission: non-free, with payment
Classes and workshops at AnDevCon fall into 3 topic areas:
- Android Developer Essentials: These technical classes and workshops are for all Android developers, and cover all programming topics.
- Android Enterprise Essentials: These technical sessions cover topics specific to building and managing apps for employees, business customers and partners, such as back-end integration corporate datacenter communications, ERP or CRM systems.
- Android Business Essentials: These classes and workshops are for entrepreneurs and developers who want to learn the most effective ways of distributing and marketing Android apps, including how to maximize sales through the Android Market.
More information about AnDevCon
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