Why should I choose Android Development as a beginner?

Hello Everyone, I am writing this article to answer this common question, student feels when they want to enter in the Android app development field but have some confusion about the technology.

So, first of all

What is Android?

Android is a mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and open source software, designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. We all are familiar with it as we use android phones on daily basis. So, it’s really fun to practically experience this cool technology.

Now we will move towards some important questions,

How to start with Android App Development?

1. Learn Kotlin/flutter language, doesn’t matter which language you choose each one has different advantages and scope.
2. Start building your first android app using the official course provided by android developers.
3. Create simple projects which will clear your fundamentals.
4. Refer the complete roadmap of android development.
5. Join the android discord community to solve your issues, always ask questions openly on StackOverflow.

What challenges you will face?

1. As compared to web development, starting with android development is quite difficult because as a beginner basic web language are easy to learn than Kotlin/Java/flutter when someone is new to programming.
2. You need good configuration of your device to run the android emulator as well as android studio with sufficient network connectivity.
3. Many problems and errors occur when developing the application.
4. Sometimes issues are really small but it takes time to just figure it out as a beginner.
5. Using support libraries to add new UI and features is quite not easy because of the documentation.

How to overcome these Challenges?

1. It requires patience as a first timer to understand the android studio and setting up the project and run the emulator.
2. Make notes of the procedure to perform each time when you solve specific type of issue.
3. Always help others so you will also learn something from that.
4. Be active in the open source community.
5. Always read the documentation to get familiar for writing your own.

You can check some resources provided by me at the end.

What are the benefits of choosing Android App Development?

According to the stats, Android users are able to choose between 3.48 million apps from Google Play store, it’s really very big number compare to the population of world. In India android OS runs on more than 75% of the smartphones, which indicates that there are tons of advantages of choosing android app development.

Not only this but android has various advantages as a technology, like Impressive UI designs, back-end stability, Cool features and scope to implement more with the high-level languages it uses for development, scalability, efficiency of internal system, high quality in tools and software.

What is the future scope of Android Technology?

Our technology is constantly changing with increasing innovation rate. We are building better and efficient solutions than the older. Android promises its large scope in the development field. Android ecosystem is evolving faster with the capacity to render the future leading technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, IoT, AR and Virtual Reality etc. We can observe different categories to Android apps in various fields like education, eCommerce, healthcare, fashion, entertainment, productivity, gaming, AI, finance, digital online payment, cryptocurrency and many more… are performing so big, that it’s not only generating income but creating jobs and empowering economy of the nation.

It’s definitely a good choice to begin with Android app development. I am sure you will definitely enjoy the journey as a beginner and build the innovative advance technology in the future.

Resources

https://developer.android.com/kotlin/campaign/learn
https://github.com/MindorksOpenSource/android-developer-roadmap
https://developer.android.com/courses
https://github.com/aadityamp01/Android-Apps

Thanks for reading this article till the end hope you liked it! Take care. Happy Coding!!😄