THE WORKINGS OF ANDROID COMPLICATE APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER

Status of Android as an operating system that is open source turned out to backfire for Google. In a survey conducted by Baird Research, analyst firm in the industrial sector, 56 percent mentioned application developers consider open source Android system is difficult for them when developing an application.

For which we all know, Android is the operating system for mobile phones based on Linux. Android provides an open platform to developers for creating their own applications for use by a variety of mobile devices. Initially, Google Inc. Bought Android Inc.., newcomers make software for mobile phones. Then to develop Android, formed the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 34 companies hardware, software, and telecommunications, including Google, HTC, Intel, Motorola, Qualcomm, T-Mobile, and Nvidia.

The developers feel overwhelmed because every Smartphone Android has a different resolution display, performance, and features varies. Not only that, developers also voiced their disappointment in the version of the OS (operating system) Android fragmented. Changes in small OS such as size, style or color in each version of the OS are different, the result of different applications often crash when run on different versions. Most developers find it easier to do the application for Google Android competitors, like Apple IOS because their systems more focused and easier updates. But compared to other open-source Android OS is still more superior than competitors like Symbian and Windows 7 Phone