Android

Android Apps Development for Business

Android - the world’s number one mobile operating system by devices count. Accelerate your business by letting our Android experts spearhead development efforts with your new Android mobile app.

Android is a mobile operating system which was developed by Android Inc., which was acquired by Google in 2005, and designed mainly for use in touchscreen mobile devices, such as smartphones or tablets. With two billion active users each month (data as of May 2017) is the most-used mobile operating system in the world - and as such is an excellent target for app development.

There’s more to Android than just mobile and tablets. Google has also developed Android TV for televisions, Android Auto for cars, Android Wear for wrist watches and Android Things for IoT. Other variants of Android can be used on game consoles, digital cameras or notebooks.

Some impressive numbers

billion monthly active unique users

million Android applications offered

more app downloads than iOS platform

With 2 billion monthly active users worldwide, Android’s share of the global mobile operating system market is currently sitting pretty at 87.5%, with figures estimated to break the 90% mark by the end of 2017. Android is the most popular choice for mobile device manufacturers (over 400 worldwide), because it is ready-made, low-cost and customizable. For potential mobile app developers, Android development helps you to get a larger slice of the mobile pie.

Reach more customers with an Android app

By investing in an Android app you’ll be able to capture a worldwide market, across mobile devices at all price points. For example, if you’re targeting the Spanish market, 90% of the market share is held by Android. Establishing the audience for your app well in advance will help you determine which operating system to choose. Android mobile apps development for businesses is only growing around the world.

For your app to be successful, many Android mobile apps monetization strategies can be explored, such selling as a paid app, in-app advertisements, or revenue from in-app purchases. Paid apps are less popular, unless you have a unique and highly valued idea. Ads in apps are a different story. For example, you could develop a free game with ad placements, which will allow you to reach a wider audience than the paid games and therefore bypass your competition. In-app purchases give your customers something they both need and want within your app.

Let’s get technical

Android is based on the Linux kernel, written in the C language. It contains ART (previously Dalvik), a VM used by applications and some system services on Android. It performs the translation of the application's byte code into native instructions that are later executed by the device's runtime environment.

The user interface relies on direct manipulations, inspired by real-life motions, using touch gestures such as tapping, pinching, swiping to move and edit on-screen objects. It also contains a virtual keyboard for text input. With these concatenations, you are able to develop an app that’s far more interactive than a traditional web app for the browser.

Most of the time apps are written in Java and most recently Kotlin with the use of the Android Software Development Kit (SDK) along with a wide range of third-party add-ons.

Among the advantages of Android is that its code is available under open source licence, and it has a active development community - which means frequent updates and feature introductions, allowing you to capitalize on new feature sets to add to your app as they arise.

Choice is crucial

Thinking about Android, the word that comes to mind is choice. Users are keen to use Android; it opens them up to a wide choice of devices, a huge choice of compatible apps and a choice in personalizing their smartphone however their want. As a business owner, this means when developing an Android app, you can reach those billions of users around the world. If you need a hand in creating a robust, interesting, professional Android app - contact us!

Here at iRonin we develop both native mobile applications for Android and hybrid ones with Appcelerator Titanium and React Native, that can be deployed for Android, as well as iOS. We offer Android development to companies in the USA and worldwide a chance to break into the burgeoning app market. Come, check us out and join the billion users’ strong Android mobile operating ecosystem!

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