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{{short description|Process of writing software for Android operating system}}
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[[File:Nexus 4.png|thumb|The [[Nexus 4]], part of the [[Google Nexus]] series, a line of "developer-friendly" devices<ref name=friendly>{{cite news|title=Editorial: Why You Should Go Nexus|url=http://droidlessons.com/why-you-should-go-nexus-opinion-2/|access-date=August 22, 2023|newspaper=Droid Lessons|date=September 24, 2023
|author=Syed H|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218000749/http://droidlessons.com/why-you-should-go-nexus-opinion-2/|archive-date=February 18, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>]]
'''Android software development''' is the process by which applications are created for devices running the [[Android (operating system)|Android]] mobile operating system
==Official development tools==
The [[Android software development kit]] (SDK) includes a comprehensive set of development tools. The Android SDK Platform Tools are a separately downloadable subset of the full SDK, consisting of command-line tools such as <code>adb</code> and <code>fastboot</code>.<ref>
{{cite journal | last = Modesti | first = Paolo | date = March 2021 | title = A Script-Based Approach for Teaching and Assessing Android Application Development | url = https://doi.org/10.1145/3427593 | journal = ACM Transactions on Computing Education | volume = 21 | issue = 1 | pages = 1–24 | doi = 10.1145/3427593 | access-date = May 8, 2022| url-access = subscription }}</ref> The [[Android Debug Bridge]] (ADB) is a tool to run commands on a connected Android device. [[Fastboot]] is a [[communications protocol|protocol]] used for flashing filesystems. Code written in [[C (programming language)|C]]/[[C++]] can be [[compiler|compiled]] to [[ARM architecture|ARM]], or [[x86]] [[native code]] (or their 64-bit variants) using the [[Android NDK|Android Native Development Kit]] (NDK).
===Android Open Accessory Development Kit===
The Android 3.1 platform (also backported to Android 2.3.4) introduces Android Open Accessory support, which allows external [[USB]] hardware (an Android USB accessory) to interact with an Android-powered device in a special "accessory" mode. When an Android-powered device is in accessory mode, the connected accessory acts as the USB host (powers the bus and enumerates devices) and the Android-powered device acts as the USB device. Android USB accessories are specifically designed to attach to Android-powered devices and adhere to a simple protocol (Android accessory protocol) that allows them to detect Android-powered devices that support accessory mode.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://developer.android.com/guide |title= Android Developers guides
|publisher=Developer.android.com |access-date=April 17, 2021}}</ref>
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Development tools intended to help an Android device interact with external electronics include [[IOIO]], [[Android Open Accessory Development Kit]], Microbridge, [[Triggertrap]], etc.
==Android
*[[BlueStacks]]
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*[[Windows Subsystem for Android]]
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==Android Developer Challenge==
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On December 5, 2008, Google announced the first [[Android Dev Phone]], a [[Subscriber Identity Module|SIM]]-unlocked and hardware-unlocked device that is designed for advanced developers. It was a modified version of HTC's Dream phone. While developers can use regular consumer devices to test and use their applications, some developers may choose a dedicated unlocked or no-contract device.
{{As of|July 2013}}, more than one million applications have been developed for Android,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mashable.com/2013/07/24/google-play-1-million/|title=Google Play Hits 1 Million Apps|date=July 24, 2013|work=Mashable}}</ref> with over 25 billion downloads.<ref name="200,000">{{cite web|title=Android App Stats |url=http://www.androlib.com/appstats.aspx |access-date=December 31, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102122636/http://www.androlib.com/appstats.aspx |archive-date=January 2, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://techcrunch.com/2011/04/14/google-3-billion-android-apps-installed-up-50-percent-from-last-quarter/ |title=Google: 3 Billion Android Apps Installed; Downloads Up 50 Percent From Last Quarter |author=Leena Rao|work=Techcrunch|date=April 14, 2011|access-date=May 13, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110425062025/http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/14/google-3-billion-android-apps-installed-up-50-percent-from-last-quarter/| archive-date= April 25, 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> A June 2011 research indicated that over 67% of mobile developers used the platform, at the time of publication.<ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.visionmobile.com/blog/2011/06/developer-economics-2011-winners-and-losers-in-the-platform-race/ |title =Developer Economics 2011 |access-date =July 8, 2011 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130929064053/http://www.visionmobile.com/blog/2011/06/developer-economics-2011-winners-and-losers-in-the-platform-race/ |archive-date =September 29, 2013 |url-status =dead }}</ref> Android smartphone shipments
==See also==
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