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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Mobile Application Development - What You Need To Know

By Avina Gaz


I bet you are loving your handheld gadgets. When buying these gadgets and devices, say a mobile phone, for instance, the mere fact that it can make calls and send text messages is not enough. We would be forced to scrutinize its other features as well as the apps already installed within it. Now we want them to be capable of being added with apps later on, too. Most of us are really just concerned about what is already there. We rarely think about the entire process that goes on behind it. That is what is known as mobile application development.

The iPhone's arrival in the market served as the catalyst for many advancements in the field of mobile technology. Rivalry and competition among manufacturers of mobile devices became so stiff as they each tried to come up with their own version of the 'best' mobile devices. This competition also works to the advantage of the gadget-using public. As per definition, mobile application development is the process of creating or building application software for small handheld devices. Aside from mobile phones, another example of said handheld devices include personal digital assistants or PDAs.

Users get their mobile apps in various ways. One would be the pre-installation of said apps on the gadgets or phones during the manufacturing stage. The apps could also be installed by the sellers when it is being purchased by the end user. In many cases, these days, the end users themselves download the mobile apps from various distribution platforms and into their gadgets. File-sharing has become popular because of the influx of so many mobile application developers these days. You cannot hope to make very good mobile applications if you don't have the right tools. They will be needed to get a start on the creation and also during the entire process. The platforms for mobile applications come equipped with an IDE, or an integrated development environment, which provides these tools.

J2ME (Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition), Android, Symbian, Windows Phone and Windows Mobile are only a few among the long list of commonly used platforms for mobile applications development. Using the tools in these platforms, developers can write the applications. The developmental tool costs vary; some even come for free.

Testing of the mobile applications would follow, and that is done within the development environment itself. Initial testing is performed using emulators because they are simple to use and are cheaper. After the initial testing comes field testing. The mobile apps will be launched into the platform environment where they were planned to be used in. The mobile apps will eventually get to the end users in this environment.

Without a doubt, mobile application development has grown into something amazing and quite daunting as the years have progressed. Users will have a field day just trying to go through every mobile app found in these application stores.




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  1. Mobile Application Development added many features for your pocket device. You can download these applications, may also use different software distribution or can be bought on the app store.
    Mobile Application Development

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