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==History and market share==
Android was created by the [[Open Handset Alliance]], which is led by Google. The early feedback on developing applications for the Android platform was mixed.<ref name="MixedFeedback">{{cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071219-google-android-plagued-by-dysfunctional-development-process.html |title=Developing apps for Google Android: it's a mixed bag |access-date=December 19, 2007 |last=Paul |first=Ryan |date=December 19, 2007 |work=[[Ars Technica]]| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071220052053/http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071219-google-android-plagued-by-dysfunctional-development-process.html| archive-date= December 20, 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> Issues cited include bugs, lack of documentation, inadequate QA infrastructure, and no public issue-tracking system. (Google announced an issue tracker on January 18, 2008.)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/01/you-cant-rush-perfection-but-now-you.html |title=You can't rush perfection, but now you can file bugs against it |work=Android Developers Blog |first=Dan |last=Morrill |date=January 18, 2008 |access-date=September 3, 2009}}</ref> In December 2007, MergeLab mobile startup founder Adam MacBeth stated, "Functionality is not there, is poorly documented or just doesn't work... It's clearly not ready for prime time."<ref name="Bugs">{{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB119800856883537515 |title=Glitches Bug Google's Android Software |access-date=December 19, 2007 |last=Morrison |first=Scott |date=December 19, 2007 |work=The Wall Street Journal }}</ref> Despite this, Android-targeted applications began to appear the week after the platform was announced. The first publicly available application was the [[Snake (video game)|Snake game]].
A preview release of the Android SDK was released on November 12, 2007. On July 15, 2008, the Android Developer Challenge Team accidentally sent an email to all entrants in the Android Developer Challenge announcing that a new release of the SDK was available in a "private" download area. The email was intended for winners of the first round of the Android Developer Challenge. The revelation that Google was supplying new SDK releases to some developers and not others (and keeping this arrangement private) led to widely reported frustration within the Android developer community at the time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/14/android_developer_unrest/ |title=Google plays Hide and Seek with Android SDK |first=Cade |last=Metz |date=July 14, 2008 |access-date=October 23, 2008 |work=[[The Register]]| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081006032345/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/14/android_developer_unrest/| archive-date= October 6, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
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