Mobile Application Development With Android

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Mobile phones, especially smart-phones, have made life more exciting and easy for everyone who uses them. The cheap handsets and cost effective mobile application development companies have been the most prominent factors in making such an environment possible. Now people use their handsets not just for calling and texting but for a lot more. Android has emerged as the new leader in mobile platforms over which amazing phones and applications are being developed on a regular basis. Today you can hire any experienced mobile application development company and get an application of your own. As it has very close connections and similarities with web development therefore almost every major web development company has also jumped into this segment and is now offering their services to willing clients. Developing applications and releasing them over app stores is now a growing business trend for making money.

Its New – Android is a new and much better technology than its other predecessors for developing apps. Being an open source technology, it has now become the favorite platform for application developers and every mobile application development company. Android is based on Linux kernel which makes it a very flexible and reliable platform for developing apps. The Android environment consists of an operating system, a middle-ware and some key applications that make it a complete operating system. Further, it comes along with an Android SDK which provides with tools and APIs required for developing apps over Android platform. Java is used for programming apps over Android.

The Secret of Android – Android is a layered platform with rich functions and this enables software developers to perform highly complex tasks over it. The layered environment provides a highly flexible platform for developing unique and attractive mobile applications. The Android platform includes support for all the latest hardware and also provides great connectivity through various options such as Blue-tooth, WI-Fi, and wireless data transfer using GPRS, EDGE, and 3G etc. Android also offers built-in support for 2-D and 3-D graphics thus providing highly impressive and attractive graphics over android based phones.

The Scope Of Android – A mobile application development company can research and utilize the android platform to much greater level than its present utilization’s. With proper research and development initiatives the scope of android platform can be extended greatly. The success and future scope of android can be accessed from the fact that more than 300000 apps are currently available over android market. The android application development industry is growing at an amazing pace of 32 % growth every month.

Role of a Mobile Application Development company – As discussed above, most of the web development companies have embraced mobile apps development and are now also functioning as a mobile application development company and offering their services to clients who wish to earn money from their apps. It is now the responsibility of mobile application development industry to explore the Android platform and provide attractive, impressive, effective and unique android applications to their clients. Indian companies and organizations are currently providing the best mobile application development  and web development services to clients from all over the world. However, it is client’s responsibility to choose and select a reliable mobile application development company for their projects as a lot depends upon the service provider for achieving a successful app.

Enhanced Features of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

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Google android is now become a most famous stand, as per different survey company this android mobile operating system is become more popular than apple iphone smart phone. And still in continually developing and that makes it different and that is the key reason for becoming so much popular in short time. Google has released android 3.1, 3.0, and 3.2 honeycomb as well as the gingerbread for smart phone, and they are already preparing to introduce a new edition of this software later on this year. Last year company was announced about android 4.0 that is also known as ice cream sandwich, by that android has shake the whole smart phone market and people who are enthusiastic of using smart phone they will defiantly wait for this unique product.
The main thing is after the announcement of this news is spreading like a wind all over the internet and people are looking to buy it. And Google also says that by this latest version they will try to make the operating system that can run everywhere and so android 4.0 was urbanized. After the booming in android based device the requirement of android app developer is also booming on rapid way, there are lots of companies provide android application development service at really affordable rate.

Here are enhanced features in android 4.0 ice cream sandwich:

Multi-tasking Button:
Multitasking is a key strength of Android 4.0 and it is made even easier and more visual on this version. Now we can jump instantly from one task to another using the list in the System Bar. Pop up list shows thumbnail image of apps which are used recently.

Instant Screenshots with one click:
There are many quick share buttons that you would like to share and displayed on your mobile screen, there will also time when you have to save a screenshot for later use. In last version of android, you can also take a screenshots by installing app for that reason.

Enhanced Notification Bar:
Google has done some improvement to the announcement bar in android 4.0. Now it can be pulled down from the lock display. You can dismiss any individual item from the list of notification by just a swipe to the right.

Improved text input and spell-checking :
The soft keyboard in Android 4.0 makes text input even faster and more accurate. Error correction and word suggestion are improved through a new set of default dictionaries and more accurate heuristics for handling cases such as double-typed characters, skipped letters, and omitted spaces. Word suggestion is also improved and the suggestion strip is simplified to show only three words at a time. To fix misspelled words more easily, Android 4.0 adds a spell-checker that locates and underlines errors and suggests replacement words. With one tap, you can choose from multiple spelling suggestions, delete a word, or add it to the dictionary. You can even tap to see replacement suggestions for words that are spelled correctly.

Powerful voice input engine:
Android 4.0 introduces a powerful new voice input engine that offers a continuous “open microphone” experience and streaming voice recognition. Now you can speak continuously for a longed time, even pause for intervals if needed and dictate punctuation to create correct sentences. As the voice input engine enters text, it shows underlines to possible dictation errors in gray. You can tap the underlined words to quickly replace them from a list of suggestions.

Face Unlock:
Now forget to remember password, pin codes, and patterns. Android 4.0 ice cream sandwich has personalized phone unlocking much easier, with latest feature on unlocking the device, now your android tablet can identify the owner face and by that it will unlock.

Home screen folders and favorites tray:
New home screen folders offer a new way for you to group your apps and shortcuts logically, just by dragging one onto another. Also, in All Apps launcher, you can now simply drag an app to get information about it or immediately uninstall it, or disable a pre-installed app.

Resizable widgets:
Home screens in Android 4.0 are designed to be content-rich and customizable. Widgets let you check email, flip through a calendar, play music, check social streams and more — right from the home screen, without having to launch apps. Widgets are resizable, so you can expand them to show more content or shrink them to save space.

New lock screen actions:
The lock screens now let you do more without unlocking. From the slide lock screen, you can jump directly to the camera for a picture or pull down the notifications window to check for messages.

Quick responses for incoming calls:
When an incoming call arrives, you can now quickly respond by text message, without picking up the call or unlock the device. On the incoming call screen, you simply slide a control to see a list of text responses and then tap to send and end the call. You can add your own responses and manage the list from the Settings app.

Features of Android 4.0

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Ice Cream sandwich is a recent Android version which is developed to offer the best features of its last two versions – Android 3 honeycomb and Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Google shows high expectations from Android 4.0 and desires to utilize it in a best way in business marketing and mobile marketing strategies. It is also planning to draw attention of as many customers as possible from other smart phones to android based smart phones with the launch of this version. There is a stir in the mobile application development market due to the arrival of this new Android OS. Also, different service providers have begun polishing their skills on this new platform.

Now, let’s glance at the features of Google’s new operating system. The system is designed in such a way that the mobiles are now more entertaining and easy to operate. Some of the interesting features of Android 4 that may prove to be useful are -

Screen Shot: In the previous version of the android, the clients had to install the app to take the screen-shots whereas, nowadays this feature is available inbuilt with Android 4. It is easier to take screen shot, i.e. it can be taken instantly by just holding the power button and pressing the volume down button simultaneously.

Multitasking: The Ice Cream Sandwich version provides essential button that allows the user to glance at all the recently used apps and also they can switch to the desired app. The apps are now displayed as thumbnail images which allow the user to differentiate the running applications from non running applications.

Text Input and Voice Input: It has been found that the new keyboard in Android 4 is more responsive and is faster than its previous versions. An important improvement for text input method is in-line spell checker. The dictionary has also been updated and improved to provide only top 3 important suggestions to the client. Android 4 offers the input message features through voice. All you have to do is speak and the OS will translate your words into text.

Face lock and Unlock: Face lock and unlock is another feature that is included in Ice Cream sandwich version of Android. There is no need to remember any pins, passwords, patterns or other stuff. Face is now the identity because Android 4 will immediately recognize your face to lock and unlock the phone.

Android Beam: A feature called Near Field Communication is inbuilt in the system. Android beam is an application which allows user to share files with other users by bringing the two phones together and beating them against each other.

Data Usage Monitoring: The Android 4 OS has an in-built ability to observe the data usage of the phone and display it in a nice graphical neat format. The mobile users always worry about their data usage as the Data prices are very high once you exceed the data usage limit. Users can also set some warning signals to be received when data usage limits are being crossed. Moreover, data usage for each application can also be set in advance for controlled mobile data usage.