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== "The Simple Project" ==

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== "officially supported": Eclipse or Android Studio ?==

It doesn't make much sense to have Basic4Android lumped under "The Simple Project" and then say that The Simple Project is no longer active while Basic4Android is very active. Why not change the heading to "Basic4Android"?

[[Special:Contributions/71.143.161.236|71.143.161.236]] ([[User talk:71.143.161.236|talk]]) 12:27, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

I am a little bit puzzled: In Sec. 1.1 someone says: "The officially supported integrated development environment (IDE) is Eclipse using the Android Development Tools (ADT) Plugin, though IntelliJ IDEA IDE (all editions) fully supports Android development out of the box" but when I visit the "Building Your First App" intro on [https://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/index.html https://developer.android.com/] it refers me to the community edition [[Android Studio]]. I am a newbie in Android development, so I would appreciate any clarification. Additionally [[Android Studio]] is labeled on its [https://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html download page] as "The official Android IDE" on 14. Jan. 2015. <small>[[User:Treutwein|Treutwein]] ([[User talk:Treutwein|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Treutwein|contribs]])</small>

== Fragmentation Section ==

This section needs to be both brought up to present and altered in tone from an advocatory "explaining away" of fragmentation issues to an objective reporting of the current state of affairs. Uptake of new Android versions is paralyzed due to manufacturer-specific implementations which can't be upgraded independently by users. Fragmentation is so severe that app and even Web developers are compelled to put extraordinary resources into testing and still can't reliably support all devices.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_os#Usage_share

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/the-sorry-state-of-android-hardware-fragmentation/19427

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/03/android-fragmentation-also-a-challenge-for-web-developers/ <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/98.180.5.218|98.180.5.218]] ([[User talk:98.180.5.218|talk]]) 15:43, 7 June 2012 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

:This is relevant to 0.9% of the customer base only. "Severe" is quite an overstatement. I have a few things to say about this.

:*Web developers have been encouraged for years to use ems instead of pixels. Different screen sizes are not a problem except for the most ancient of websites.

:*Android toolkit resizes at different resolutions.

:*Resources in apks are at different resolution. (ldpi, mdpi, hdpi and xhdpi)

:*The PC market is way more fragmented.

:As a developer I think this section is a load of selectively-researched FUD. It should go.--[[User:DavidHOzAu|davidh]].[[User talk:DavidHOzAu|oz]].[[Special:Contributions/DavidHOzAu|au]] 05:20, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

== the HyperNext issue ==

this section should be generic and include all such, including Caede at caede.curl.com

G. Robert Shiplett 12:12, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

== ADB ==

=== Merge ADB and Fastboot ===

Should [[Android Debug Bridge]] be merged into this article? I think so [[User:They think it&#39;s all over|They think it&#39;s all over]] ([[User talk:They think it&#39;s all over|talk]]) 19:25, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

:Done. Also merged in the article "Fastboot". If this article ([[Android software development]]) ever gets too large, the entire section "Software development tools" can be summarized and spun off to a new separate article. (I refactored the title of this talk section to include the subtitle: "Merge ADB and Fastboot".) <b>[[User:Sparkie82|<font color="#333333">Sparkie82</font>]]&nbsp;([[User talk:Sparkie82|<font color="#666666">t</font>]]•[[Special:Contributions/Sparkie82|<font color="#666666">c</font>]])</b> 04:37, 28 December 2012 (UTC)