Nowadays anyone can become a "green robot" application developer. This article is intended for all of you who want to start becoming a professional developer of Android apps.
Recently, the world is being swayed by the symptoms"StartupWhere young people all over the world refuse to work for others and prefer to develop their own products, especially in technology.
Of course, to be developer Android applications have tremendous bargaining power on the phenomena of the world. Some advantages to be developer Android among the ideas (software to develop) officially provided free by Google. Yes, nowadays everyone can be developer "Green Robot" application. There are even junior high school graduates in Makassar who have succeeded in making applications with lucrative income.
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4 Things You MUST Know Before Becoming an Android Developer
It is not possible to develop applications at once. Therefore, this article is intended for all of you who want to start becoming a developer professional of the Android application. Straight away, these are the things you should know before becoming developer Android app:
1. Download the Software Development Kit (SDK) for Application Programming
At this stage there are several software which you can use. This depends on your comfort in making applications with what SDK. According to my experience, for application development, I prefer Android Studio or Eclipse, if you want to develop Android games, I prefer to Unity3d.
Third software It can be downloaded for free on their website:
- Android Studio
- Eclipse
- Unity3d
2. Learn Programming Language
Of course, when you want to develop applications, you must know the programming language. The basic programming language on Android is Java and XML. You don't need to worry if you don't know anything about the Android programming language, because one of the advantages of Android is Open Source, where source code already scattered and free for you to use.
I'm not very proficient in programming languages either. but to work around this you can use Library. Libraries can be likened to fractions of commands that you can later implement in your SDK. To download the library you can go to the site Android-Arsenal.
3. Master Graphic Design
Well, usually a lot developer forget about this. whereas for UI matters (User Interface) and UX (User Experience) is very crucial in application development. For example, there is an application with superior features but the appearance is very unconvincing, of course application users will not feel at home to linger using the application, it can even be directly downloaded.uninstall.
Because of this, graphic design is also a must for application developers to master. Like icons, splash screen, wallpapers/background and others should be watched carefully. It also avoids us from suspend Google if our application uses images that are sloppy or do not have legal property rights.
4. Publication and Monetization
After successfully making an application, of course we think then what's in it? Actually, if you can make Android applications, then we can take advantage. For example, opening an application development service and the like. But for long-term benefits, you must have an application that is your flagship and monetized. For monetization, I recommend using Admob, advertising from Google which is well known for revenue promising.
After you install Admob in your application, you have to market it widely. One of which is publish in any app store like Google Play Store, Amazon AppStore, and others. To publish your application on the Play Store, you need capital USD 25 or around IDR 325.000. Later your application will compete with millions of applications that are there. To improve the quality of your application, you can also learn ASO (App Store Optimization), a kind of SEO Play Store.
Well, those are the basics of being a developer Android you should know before running it. Hopefully this article is useful and strengthens your spirit milestone to become developer Android application professional.
