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What are the various technologies, frameworks, tools and software used for android app development?
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Hello and thanks for the question!
Here are the pieces that I've used before and am somewhat familiar with:
1. The Android SDK (software development kit) - "The Android SDK provides you the API libraries and developer tools necessary to build, test, and debug apps for Android."
2. Eclipse IDE (integrated development environment) - the programming environment on your PC where you code and test
3. Java programming language - principle coding language for the apps
4. Your Android device, your PC, and a USB cable (don't forget USB debugging mode)
5. Android device emulator (via pieces from the SDK and Eclipse) - it's always been to slow for my tastes, so I don't really use this and prefer to simply install / launch a new app to my Android device and test it there
6. Logcat - Android system log viewer; vital tool for testing / debugging
7. The internet, Google search, stackoverflow.com, xda-developers.com, etc. -- tons and tons of great resources out there from lots of knowledgeable and helpful folks willing to share their experiences
8. Application Development - Android Forums
9. Google Play Store, developer console (for managing the apps you publish), Amazon Play Store, etc.
10. Dalvik virtual machine - your Java code is ultimately converted into dalvik byte code for execution by this virtual code processor
...and so on...tip of the iceberg
.Cheers and hope that helps!