ANDROID DEVICES

Android Devices

Here's a crazy question for you. What does words like apples, happy, appeal, wrapper, appliance, mapping, appropriate, happens, appendix, disappearance, approval, approach, overlapping, apply, append, appreciate, applause  and application all have in common? If you answered "app" then  you are absolutely right because we are going to discuss "apps" or "applets" or "applications", whichever you prefer. Just to clarify, an "applet" is the diminutive of "application", and "app" is an abbreviation of it. "Applet" is a word coined by Sun Microsystems (now Oracle Corporation) referring to a mini application that runs on client side computer system whereas "Servet" which in reality is just an "applet" the difference is, it runs on server side computer systems. "Applets" are normally written in Java, and even though conflicting technologies may also refer to the client side code as applets, they are non-the-less script. Scripts are written in Java script, Perl, python, tcl, etc.. and non of them deliver near the interactivity that Java does. Anyway, "apps" run on many appliances and devices, all made possible by Java.

Android is an Operating System maintained by Google

Java runs perfectly and seamlessly on the Google Android platform which is an absolutely free / open and awesome mobile system that runs on all sorts of cell phones, televisions, tablets and hoards of other devices whether  Mac, Linux or Windows, etc.  So, if you really, really want to get into "app" development and learn how to create your own "apps" with multiple device support, then the very first thing you need to do is like this blog, +g it, then follow it. This will entitle you to view, follow and recommend  "app" building to your social fraternity and impress them with your very own creations. Once you become proficient at  building your very own "apps" you could make a small fortune selling them on Amazon, Verizon and the Android Market. With the Internet of things, app development is going to take off like wildfire, so stake your claim.

In successive blogs we will discuss building "apps" for cell phones and tablets. Discuss Java programming for Android, app basics, the Android platform, the Android Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE), the Android Software Development Kit (SDK), Android emulator (AVD), Android Development Tools (ADT), Android packages and the Tomcat Server but not necessarily in that order.