6 Most Popular Application On Android Market

#6 most popular application on Android Market case study - do's and dont's. Lessons learned. User centric development." Max Binshtok www.inteism.com Andriy Savchenko AndroidZ Mobile www.androidz.info Google/IO 2009 Lightning Talks

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Really?
You think I am kidding? Check the Market!

Download Stats
~287K downloads
~206K active installations
Only 29% abandonment rate

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KISS
“ It’s so simple even a caveman could use it”
Comment from Market
“ Now I have an application to show off my new G1” Comment from email It is simple and everyone gets it the first time. “ It just works” (c)?

Android Application
Early days of the Android Market
Many independent developers  not enough testing  bad apps quality
Most big players start to realize Android potential just now.
Some still don’t

Test Test Test things you absolutely have to test
Orientation switch for every activity
No connectivity
Interrupt your app (call, send SMS)
Cleanup – don’t leak network connections/GPS
Check your application name
Test on real device
Concrete strategies with code will be on my blog
www.androidz.info

User centric development
Practice “it just works” mantra for everything
Force the user to configure only if necessary
Don’t overburden user with selections – make smart decisions for user instead
Don’t block the user with dialogs
Fail gracefully

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6 Most Popular Application On Android Market

by inteist on Jun 03, 2009

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