

The Android software development kit (SDK) includes a comprehensive set of development tools. 1.1 Android Open Accessory Development Kit.The official Android app distribution mechanism to end users is Google Play it also allows staged gradual app release, as well as distribution of pre-release app versions to testers. Third party tools, development environments, and language support have also continued to evolve and expand since the initial SDK was released in 2008.

Some programming languages and tools allow cross-platform app support (i.e. All non- Java virtual machine (JVM) languages, such as Go, JavaScript, C, C++ or assembly, need the help of JVM language code, that may be supplied by tools, likely with restricted API support. Google states that "Android apps can be written using Kotlin, Java, and C++ languages" using the Android software development kit (SDK), while using other languages is also possible. The Nexus 4, part of the Google Nexus series, a line of "developer-friendly" devices Īndroid software development is the process by which applications are created for devices running the Android operating system.
