Android is the most powerful and advanced mobile operating system that comes with different features and functionalities to allow developers expanding all types of applications of different categories. Over the last couple of years, the platform has witnessed huge growth in the market because of its dynamic applications that can be used to carry-out various tasks like emailing, checking stock market updates, purchasing products online, performing banking transactions and more.

All the users can enjoy different types of applications as developers can expand any application using different development tools that are obtainable free to use. However, the platform also offers SDK tool that comes with functional emulator, step-by-step guide, debugging tools and more. Apart from a perfect operating system, it is a set of middleware, SDK, core applications that ties all together. It offers all the required components that are needed to base level of functionality and highly optimized virtual machine for running a different of Java-byte code.

One of the best things about this platform is that you do not need to purchase expensive hardware and software to start writing your first Android app. You just need Eclipse, the Android SDK and the ADT plugin and all these tools that are free and enable you to get comprehensive range of benefits. If you have an android powered smart-phone, allow USD debugging setting in the configuration menu that allow you to connect the device to your development environment, download code to it and raise the debugger. Many of you don’t get android based device in the hand, so they can use the emulator, which comes with the SDK.

Being an advanced mobile operating system, Android is one such platform that lets developers to develop any category application like game, software, web app, business, sports, travel & tourism, weather forecasting, personal utilities, multi-media, social networking, etc. Before start developing an application, developers need to make use of core libraries that offer them with the functions needed to build high quality and creative mobile applications.

Along with it, they can also make use of toolbox module that allow them through how to write code, which makes the most of the android system features, enabling you to develop custom components. So if you have decided to get an application that based on Android platform, make sure you get complete and end-to-end information about this platform and its related technologies as it will make much easier for you to develop a master-piece application.

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From past 5 years, I am a professional content developer, having interest on writing contents, blogs and articles on Android and its related technologies. Here, I am sharing information on “Android Based Application Development Guide for Beginners” that helps beginners to develop android for apps.