Mobile Applications developed in Android supports a large number of applications in Smart Phones. These applications make life more comfortable and advanced for the users. Hardware that support Android are mainly based on ARM architecture platform. In Sri Lanka most banks, transport services, hotels, restaurants use mobile apps to improve their market share particularly among the upmarket potential buyers.
Google rolled out major security fixes in 2012 across the Android platform, making it a highly secure platform. It further pushed an address space layout customization making it extremely difficult for malware to locate data structure for executing codes.
Further, an automated system pushes periodic notification to users to decrypt their devices. For distribution, Android apps can be marketed via various marketing channels and can be easily found in the marketplace.
Android offers versatility with easy customization options, thus enabling developers to create applications with diverse functionalities.
Whether it is complex technical customization or web application integration, Android provides ample space for executing customization. The platform is designed to accommodate the varying requirements of business. It offers flexibility to integrate communication tools, data management functions, and multimedia tools with easy updates.
Android is an open source platform and the software development kit (SDK) is freely available to developers. Further, being a JavaScript based platform, it is easy to master and execute
Wearable device is fast gaining traction amongst businesses for the quick communication that can be pushed via smart watch notifications.
As per statistics provided by bolston-technology.com 54% enterprises already have brought your own wearable (BYOW) policy and 40% are planning to adopt it soon.
If your company is designing its mobile strategy and considering a single stable platform to start development with, Android app development is a feasible option. The platform gives width for the applications to grow and expand as per the needs of the company with easy feature integration.
Industry average to develop and launch an application on Android platform is 8 to 18 weeks based on the study by fliplet.com). if you want to implement a mobile strategy in the shortest span, Android will be the most recommended platform for its market perpetuation and ease in development.