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Coding Green Robots: Internet Television Show by Android Developers, For Android Developers
Alright so you’ve finally heard enough about this Android thing and decided to look into developing your killer app. Or maybe you’ve done some tinkering before but just don’t know how to take things up a notch. What do you do? We’ll tell you. Check out Coding Green Robots, the new internet television show aimed at all levels of Android development.
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Paid Apps that Pay Off: $150,000 in a Month
We all know the Android Market’s bad rap: developers make money on paid apps. Rovio said so. Larva Labs said so. Even Google said so recently, saying that the number of paid app purchases are not increasing as they should with the increases in use of Android in general. So it must be true, right? Developers trying to make a buck on Android should just monetize with ads?
Well, maybe not. Certainly, it’s worth pointing out that there are counter-examples to the conventional wisdom, examples of developers whose paid apps have generated a decent chunk of revenue. This series of posts will look at a few examples, including one developer who brought in more than $150,000 in revenue in less than a month from a single app.
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Change in URL Structure is Latest Sign of Web-Based Android Market
The long, grueling wait for a fully functional web-based Android Market may be just about over. We’ve been asking for one since the Market launched back in 2008, but it wasn’t until Vic Gundotra got on stage at 2010′s Google I/O that we saw what was in store for us. Given all the recent changes, it looks as if the new desktop client is upon us.
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Developers Troubled with New Android Market, Too
It seems that users aren’t the only folks having issues with the newly updated Android Market. We reported earlier about one of our readers who ran into problems with his previously downloaded apps where plenty of others have seen similar issues. Shortly after we published …
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Zedge Discovery Network Launches, Aimed at Independent App Developers
Zedge has officially opened the doors up to their Discovery Network, which aims to level the playing field for independent Android developers. With over 30 million unique visitors a month, they have learned what it is that users are looking for in their smart phones. Taking everything they know into consideration, they decided they could help put the best stuff in front of these users.
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A Look into New Android Market Details
Developers logging into the Android Market developer console today will be greeted with new options. Looking at the console, there are three additions to help developers get extra exposure, discovery, and more.
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Android Market: Behold, The Change is Coming
I just received very interesting notification from Android Market notifying me that the developer console will be out of service Nov 18 for whole 6 hours. Now, I’ve had apps on the market for almost 2 years now and I’ve never before received notifications like …
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PayPal Coming to the Market Soon
A lot of people were asking themselves and Google why the Android Market didn’t have an option for PayPal payments. Don’t worry pals, PayPal is coming to the Market soon. Google has already set up the framework, I assume we’ll just have to wait for …
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Android Market Officially Eclipses 100,000 Apps
If you’re like us, you probably follow the Android Developers team on Twitter to keep up with official news and announcements. If you don’t, then you would have missed the recent tweet that officially pegged the Android Market with 100,000 applications. Congratulations to Google, the …
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Samsung Opens Galaxy Tab Developer Forum
Samsung wants Android developers to start writing for their new Galaxy Tab so they are making things easier. To help create the best user experience for games and applications, Samsung has set up a new developer forum.
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Android Market – New Countries
After allowing developers from more countries to sell apps, Google said that they would give access to paid apps to users from more countries. Well, it happened yesterday, now paid apps are available in: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, …
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Android: Open Source or Just an Open Mess?
Those of us who are familiar with the “with Google” stamp on the back of our respective Android phones what does this actually signify? Is it part of a carrier deal that gives exclusivity to Google premium apps like Gmail and the Android Market, or …
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On The Ground with APPNATION Part 1
Our own Ray Walters was on the ground in San Fransisco, live at the APPNATION conference. We have no idea how he worked his way into speaking at APPNATION, but he looks good doesn’t he? Below find his report on day one of the APPNATION …
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Sprint Dangles $50,000 and More in ’4G App Challenge’
Sprint has partnered with Wired, Reddit and Ars Technica to put up $50,000 and some killer prizes in an effort to spur 4G app development. The contest, called the Sprint 4G App Challenge, pits apps against each other in five categories accepting – entertainment, gaming, productivity, social networking and multimedia. Submissions will be accepted until November 5th and will be judged on four merits – creativity, intuitive navigation, functionality and design.
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