More than 18 thousand smart phone running Android: Reality scares application developers

A company "Open Signal" British specialized mobile phones and the Internet, the number of Android mobile operating system around the world has reached more than 18 thousand phone.

The company said that "the number of mobile operating system Android by August of this year reached 18796 Tel, an increase of 60% from last year, as it was totaling 11868 Alpha". 

The rate of acquisition of South Korea's Samsung on the phone about 43%, by far advanced for its nearest competitor. 

Problems developers 

The company warned that this massive fragmentation of the Android mobile operating system is a nightmare for developers of applications, so that they should harmonize their applications to work seamlessly on different devices, however these numbers is difficult for them to make sure they are ready for action. 

The company said that the reason for this fact that drives developers to delay the launch of their applications via the Android operating system, and put a preference on the beginning of the operating system "iOS" from Apple. 

She adds, "Open Signal" to varying sizes of the screens of mobile operating system Android adversely affect the work of developers. For example, if an application runs on a 4-inch screen size, require additional work in order to work on a screen size of 5.5 inches.

One of the problems experienced by the developers with the Android operating system, the disparity in the versions used, since only 20% of phones are running "Kit Kat," the latest from Google, the phones will operate the remaining copy old, some dating back to 4 years. 

Application Development 

In contrast, the developers do not face this problem with the mobile operating system "iOS", that mostly works seventh version, which is easier for them to process development applications. 

Despite the problems caused by fragmentation for mobile operating system Android, the experts believe that Google is seeking through its acquisition of about 80% of the smartphone market around the world to offset the company "Apple" of the facade on the long-term.