Droid phone developers have a powerful development tool with the Android Éclair Software Development Kit (SDK). The recent October 2009 release of this kit has added some application program interfaces (API) to give Android developers flashy new Bluetooth syncing tricks that make peer to peer connectivity much easier. Along with this, comes new e-mail, calendar, and contact management tools as well as enhanced camera functionality. Éclair even promises to help make Droid phone usage easier by updating the virtual keyboard and giving its users client-side data storage so they never have fill out an online form twice. These are but a few of the new features.
The Droid phone is unique in the sense that it is the only device with an operating system powered by software solely owned and created by Google. The Android OS is already getting rave reviews from technology enthusiasts who appreciate its pared-down bare bones style that makes applications run blazingly fast. Without as many extra bells and whistles, Android promises to the be the nimble doer to give the relatively bloated Windows XP and its other competitors a run for their money.
Android application development proceeds just as it did for most smartphones. A developer first downloads the Éclair SDK and then installs Éclair into a development environment like Eclipse. Once these preliminary steps are done, it is up to the developer to learn the Android language and get to making the next groundbreaking Droid phone app. As the Android app development process gets under way, developers can then test their new applications on the Android Droid phone simulator. This is to ensure that the app will work when it is loaded onto a Droid phone. The whole process really is as simple as that.
With the release of the Éclair SDK, developers are being offered a whole suite of new functions for Android development. The Bluetooth connectivity API, for example, will make it much easier for developers to create peer to peer Droid phone games that work when two Droid phone users are in proximity with one another. This is all accomplished with a software package that Android developers need only embed into their current applications. No extra code is necessary.
The recent release of the Android Éclair SDK is but one step towards giving developers better tools to quickly create new and innovative smartphone applications. It's a great time to get into Android development because new possibilities are being opened up each day. With every new SDK release, we get closer to doing more with our Droid phones than we have ever imagined. So if you have any Android app ideas that you want developed, drop us a mail with your contact details and we'll get back to you!
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