'Net Features : Android, developers

Android Developers Get Key User Statistics

Mike Phillips — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:05:00 GMT

Google's Android Market has released a new feature for developers called Application Statistics. As the name implies, developers can now see detailed data about their applications. More importantly, they can see data about who is using their applications, and how.

On the Market Developer Console dashboard, you can see an overview of app performance -- each app’s active installation trend over time, as well as its distribution across key dimensions such as Android platform versions, devices, user countries and user languages. Also, you can compare your app's statistics with every other app's installation statistics across the market.

The key advantage here is optimization -- the more you know about your audience the better you can tailor your apps to them, as well as your marketing messaging.

Android (2.2) Froyo On Its Way

Pete Prestipino — Fri, 21 May 2010 16:11:00 GMT

This one's for all of you that aren't Apple fanboys - myself included. Google announced Android 2.2 (codenamed Froyo) today at its I/O Developer Conference.

This latest update to the open platform for mobile devices include portable hotspot functionality, support for Adobe flash within the Android Browser and some much needed improvements to the Android Market. the most significant aspect of the update are the new tools and options available for developers including performance and speed enhancements, new enterprise capabilities, the addition of the V8 Javascript engine to the Android browser and a new set of APIs and services.

“The growth of the Android ecosystem continues to exceed our expectations,” said Andy Rubin, VP, Engineering. “Every day, 100,000 new people start using Android-based handsets. There are now more than 180,000 active Android developers who have contributed over 50,000 apps to the Android Market. Froyo is another step toward making Android an even better platform for developers, enterprises and consumers.”

Developers can download the Android 2.2 SDK and Android NDK, Revision 4 now from the Android developer site. Froyo will be made available to OEMs and the open source community in the coming weeks.

A Flurry of Analytics Data for Mobile Apps

Pete Prestipino — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:39:00 GMT

Cross-platform mobile application analytics provider Flurry is making available its free service to all iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Java ME developers.

Flurry's technology allows developers to gather live consumer usage data (application behaviors, technical problems, etc.) to improve their products, increase user retention and compete more effectively in the new application markets like the App Store, which features more than 15,000 applications.

"Rapid adoption of Flurry Analytics validates we're solving a significant pain point for game and application developers. The response has exceeded our own expectations," said Flurry CEO, Simon Khalaf. "With more platforms supported than any other mobile analytics provider (1200) and new features being added all the time, Flurry offers the most complete solution on the market."