Opposite to this Google android operating system is sold on
many different device types with different screen resolutions and sizes, so you
can buy your type and with not spending many bucks on it. So, where the idea of
Honeycomb came from?
Android now becoming popular and achieving Google’s
expectations has made Google feel the need for slightly new OS with better
looks, user interface and multitasking capabilities for professional people and
targeted towards more usefulness in the business sector and also big screen
gaming. And hence they came-up with first operating system dedicated to only
tablets, Honeycomb. With launching of the OS started the new era of tablet
computing and era of application development for the same. AndroidApplication Development has been started and is slowly becoming popular app
launching platform for business.
Android App Development is based on the same frame
that what developers have used for android apps development. Honeycomb Application Development is bit
different from that of the android app development, as it is different when it
comes to basic features provided by the honeycomb OS. As the OS is more made
towards handling things on bigger screens and multi tasking it is also
reflected on the development side. Typically honeycomb application development
environment is same as that of android app development, the difference comes
when you run the simulator and then it puts your patience on test. Honeycomb
application development testing simulator is so slow that sometimes you need to
wait for few minutes for one click to show the effect, and trust me that it has
nothing to do with your latest core i7 process or latest graphic card. Well
Google by now might have got idea and might be sorting that out soon, till than
guys and gals who are developing on this has to bear with it just like us.
Apart from the simulator, so far honeycomb application
development has been good experience and typically gives sense of Java
development somewhere hidden in it. Not as developer friendly as the iOS SDK,
but yet efficient enough that you can do good application development. We will
discuss about more technical side of the honeycomb app development on our next
article. Till then if anyone gets the simulator running fast... Please let me
know!!!
