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page.title=Android, the world's most popular mobile platform
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<p>Android powers hundreds of millions of mobile devices in more than 190
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countries around the world. It's the largest installed base of any mobile platform
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and growing fast—every day another million users power up their
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Android devices for the first time and start looking for apps, games,
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and other digital content. </p>
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<p>Android gives you a world-class platform for creating apps and games for
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Android users everywhere, as well as an open marketplace for distributing
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to them instantly.</p>
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<h3>Global partnerships and large installed base</h3>
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<p>Building on the contributions of the open-source Linux community and more
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than 300 hardware, software, and carrier partners, Android has rapidly become
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the fastest-growing mobile OS.</p>
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<blockquote>Every day more than a million new Android devices are activated worldwide.</blockquote>
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<p>Android’s openness has made it a favorite for consumers and developers alike,
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driving strong growth in app consumption. Android users download more than
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billions of apps and games from Google Play each month. </p>
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<p>With its partners, Android is continuously pushing the boundaries of hardware and software
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forward to bring new capabilities to users and developers. For developers,
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Android innovation lets you build powerful, differentiated applications
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that use the latest mobile technologies.</p>
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<h3>Rapid innovation</h3>
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<p>Android is continuously pushing the boundaries of hardware and software
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forward, to bring new capabilities to users and developers. For developers, the
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rapid evolution of Android technology lets you stay in front with powerful,
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differentiated applications.</p>
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<p>Android gives you access to the latest technologies and innovations across a
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multitude of device form-factors, chipset architectures, and price points. From
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multicore processing and high-performance graphics to state-of-the-art sensors,
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vibrant touchscreens, and emerging mobile technologies.</p>
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<h3>Powerful development framework</h3>
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<blockquote>Easily optimize a single binary for phones, tablets, and other devices.</blockquote>
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<p>Android gives you everything you need to build best-in-class app experiences.
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It gives you a single application model that lets you deploy
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your apps broadly to hundreds of millions of users across a wide range of
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devices—from phones to tablets and beyond.</p>
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<p>Android also gives you tools for creating apps that look great and take
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advantage of the hardware capabilities available on each device. It
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automatically adapts your UI to look its best on each device, while giving you
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as much control as you want over your UI on different device
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types. </p>
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<p>For example, you can create a single app binary that's optimized for
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both phone and tablet form factors. You declare your UI in lightweight sets of XML
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resources, one set for parts of the UI that are common to all form factors and
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other sets for optimzations specific to phones or tablets.
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At runtime, Android applies the correct resource sets based on its screen size,
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density, locale,
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and so on.</p>
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<p>To help you develop efficiently, the <a href="{@docRoot}tools/index.html">Android
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Developer Tools</a>
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offer a full Java IDE with advanced features for developing, debugging, and
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packaging Android apps. Using the IDE, you can develop on any available Android
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device or create virtual devices that emulate any hardware configuration.</p>
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<blockquote>1.5 billion downloads a month and growing. Get your apps in front
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of millions of users at Google's scale.</blockquote>
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<h3>Open marketplace for distributing your apps</h3>
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<p>Google Play is the premier marketplace for selling and distributing Android apps.
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When you publish an app on Google Play, you reach the huge installed base of
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Android.</p>
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<p>As an open marketplace, Google Play puts you in control of how you sell your
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products. You can publish whenever you want, as often as you want, and to the
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customers you want. You can distribute broadly to all markets and
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devices or focus on specific segments, devices, or ranges of hardware
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capabilities.</p>
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<p>You can monetize in the way that works best for your business—priced or
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free, with in-app products or subscriptions—for highest engagement and
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revenues. You also have complete control of the pricing for your apps
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and in-app products and can set or change prices in any supported currency at
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any time.<p>
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<p>Beyond growing your customer base, Google Play helps you build visibility and
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engagement across your apps and brand. As your apps rise in popularity, Google
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Play gives them higher placement in weekly "top" charts and rankings, and for
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the best apps promotional slots in curated collections.
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</p>
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<p>Preinstalled on hundreds of billions of Android devices around the world,
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Google Play can be a growth engine for your business.</p> |