App Development and Platforms

The process by which a mobile app is developed is known as mobile app development for mobile devices such as phones, tablets and watches. A mobile application or also a mobile app is a computer program or software application that runs on mobile devices.

While apps may have been original to improve productivity levels , they are today used for a wide variety of things like mobile games, location-based services like GPS, order tracking, online shopping, bookings and reservations online, etc. These apps are usually installed from app stores on several different mobile phone device platforms.

The stores at which these apps are available are as follows:

 
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  • Google Play: Previously known as the Android Market, Google Play is an international online app store. Google developed it for Android users. More than 80 per cent of all apps available in Google Play are free to download. Out of over a million apps available at Google Play, there have been more than 5 billion downloads.
  • App Store: This app store is available for Apple users of iOS and iPadOS. In 2011, there were about 425 thousand apps available with over 200 million downloads. But by 2012, there were 650 thousand apps available to download, with 30 billion apps downloaded. While App Store certainty was not the first app distribution service, it certainly triggered a great deal of an app revolution.
  • Microsoft Store: Microsoft Store, previously known as the Windows Store, was introduced by Microsoft in 2012. It was an app distribution service for Windows 8 and Windows RT platform devices. While it could also be used by most other desktop platforms as well, it was certified compatibility for Windows 8. It was initially designed to provide Windows Store Apps for tablets and other touch screen devices. And it works on most traditional desktop computers as well.
  • Amazon App Store: It also provides apps for Android users as well as an app store. The Amazon App Store can also run on Blackberry 10 devices as well. It was launched in 2011 and had over 300 thousand apps in 2015.
  • Windows Phone Store: Windows Phone Store was launched by Microsoft in 2010. It's designed for its windows phone platform. In 2012 it had over 120 thousand apps available.
  • Samsung App Store: It was launched in 2009. In 2011, it had reached 10 million downloads. It provides apps for platforms Windows Mobile, Android and Bada, and in 125 countries.
  • Blackberry World: Blackberry World is an app store compatible with platforms Blackberry 10 and Blackberry OS. It was launched in 2009 and was then known as Blackberry App World.
  • Nokia Store: Ovi was launched internationally in 2009 for Nokia devices. Later it was renamed Nokia Store in 2011 . It does not allow developers to publish new apps or new app updates anymore since 2014 for its operating systems called MeeGo, and its legacy Symbian.
  • Electronic App Wrapper: It was the first app distribution service to provide not only encryption but also electronically devised purchases.
  • F -Droid: The F -Droid provides apps for Android -based platform users. It is free and open-sourced.
  • Opera Mobile Store: It was internationally launched in 2011. Opera Mobile Store is a platform-independent app store that provides for Android-based mobiles, Microsoft Mobile, iOS, Java, Blackberry OS and Symbian.

There are many other independent app stores as well for Android users. As one may have noticed, there are several different types of App stores available on different platforms. Some more information on different platforms are available as follows:

 

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  • Android:

This is a mobile operating system developed by Google that is based on a modified Linux kernel. While the system base is open-sourced, the drives and apps which provide functionality are becoming increasingly more and more closed sourced. It is the largest installed base worldwide. Even though the system may be free and open-sourced, there are default apps and software given with it, which is closed sourced.

  • Android One:

Android One is also software made by Google. Android One runs on an unmodified Android operating system has that closely resembles Pixel UI. It was distributed to partners who signed up for it, like Xiaomi and Nokia Mobile HMD. Google proprietary apps handle most of the apps. Google handles the updates and tests them internally with an OEM.

  • Blackberry Secure:

Blackberry created blackberry secure, an operating system based on Android Open Source Project or AOSP. Before Blackberry Secure, Blackberry had its brand devices running on Blackberry Priv, DTEK 50/60 and Blackberry KeyOne.

  • ColorOS:

OPPO Electronics Corp. officially released ColorOS in 2016 with every OPPO and Realme devices. ColorOS is also based on Android Open Source Project or AOSP.

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