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Android

Meaning in mobile app development, with examples

/ˈænˌdrɔɪd/nounCore term

In mobile app development, Android means: Google's mobile operating system, used by many phone makers such as Samsung, Xiaomi and Google itself. Its apps are mainly written in Kotlin or Java.

In Turkish: Android, Android işletim sistemi

How it is used

Used like iOS: Android app, Android developer, Android version. Developers also talk about API levels (each Android version has a number, such as API 34 for Android 14) and about testing on many different devices from different manufacturers.

Example sentences

  1. The layout looks fine on Pixel phones but breaks on some older Android devices.

  2. In Turkey, our Android app has twice as many users as the iOS one.

Common collocations

  • Android app
  • Android device
  • Android version
  • API level
  • iOSApple's operating system for the iPhone. Apps for it are built with Apple's own tools, mainly Xcode and the Swift programming language.
  • KotlinA modern programming language created by JetBrains that Google recommends as the main language for Android development; it works alongside Java code.
  • Android StudioGoogle's official development environment for Android apps, based on IntelliJ IDEA, with a code editor, the Android Emulator, profilers and build tools.
  • Google PlayGoogle's official store for Android apps and games, where developers publish their apps and users download and update them.
  • device fragmentationThe wide variety of devices, screen sizes, hardware and operating system versions an app must work on, which makes testing harder, especially on Android.

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